| Event: | Men's high jump |
| Competition: | 2018 World U20 Championships |
| Venue: | Ratina Stadium |
| Dates: | 12 July (qualification) 14 July (final) |
| Competitors: | 23 |
| Nations: | 18 |
| Win Label: | Winning height |
| Win Value: | 2.23 m |
| Gold: | Antonios Merlos |
| Goldnoc: | GRE |
| Gold2: | Roberto Vilches |
| Goldnoc2: | MEX |
| Bronze: | JuVaughn Blake |
| Bronzenoc: | USA |
| Bronze2: | Breyton Poole |
| Bronzenoc2: | RSA |
| Prev: | 2016 |
| Next: | 2021 |
The men's high jump at the 2018 IAAF World U20 Championships was held at Ratina Stadium on 12 and 14 July.[1]
| World U20 Record | 2.37 | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 12 August 1990 | ||
| Seoul, South Korea | 20 September 1992 | ||||
| Championship Record | 2.37 | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 12 August 1990 | ||
| Seoul, South Korea | 20 September 1992 | ||||
| World U20 Leading | 2.26 | Queretaro, Mexico | 28 April 2018 |
The qualification round took place on 12 July, in two groups, both starting at 19:44. Athletes attaining a mark of at least 2.17 metres (
Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) qualified for the final.[2] [3]| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 2.00 | 2.05 | 2.09 | 2.12 | 2.15 | Mark | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B | Breyton Poole | – | o | o | o | o | 2.15 | |||
| B | Jasmin Halili |  | o | o | – | o | o | 2.15 | , | ||
| 3 | A | Naoki Higashi |  | o | o | xo | o | o | 2.15 | ||
| A | Nathan Ismar |  | – | o | xo | o | o | 2.15 | |||
| B | JuVaughn Blake |  | – | xo | o | o | o | 2.15 | |||
| 6 | B | Luca Meinke | o | o | xo | xo | xo | 2.15 | |||
| 7 | B | Thomas Carmoy |  | o | o | xo | xxo | xo | 2.15 | ||
| 8 | A | Dmytro Nikitin |  | o | o | o | o | xxo | 2.15 | ||
| A | Roberto Vilches |  | – | – | o | o | xxo | 2.15 | |||
| 10 | B | Maid Redžić |  | o | o | xxo | xo | xxo | 2.15 | ||
| 11 | A | Antonios Merlos | – | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.12 | |||
| B | Filip Mrčić | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.12 | ||||
| B | Kyohei Tomori | | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.12 | |||
| 14 | B | Vladyslav Lavskyy | | o | xo | o | xo | xxx | 2.12 | ||
| 15 | A | Aleksey Fadeyev | o | o | o | xxx | 2.09 | ||||
| A | Andu Nuh |  | o | o | o | xxx | 2.09 | ||||
| 17 | B | Noel Vanderzee |  | o | xo | o | xxx | 2.09 | |||
| 18 | B | Jyles Etienne | – | o | xo | xxx | 2.09 | ||||
| 19 | A | Daniel Claxton | | o | o | xxx | 2.05 | ||||
| A | Kyle Alcine | – | o | – | xxx | 2.05 | |||||
| A | Pablo López |  | – | o | xxx | 2.05 | |||||
| 22 | A | Lucas Mihota | xo | o | xxx | 2.05 | |||||
| A | Aliaksandr Kisialiou |  | xxx |
The final was held on 14 July at 10:40.[4]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 2.07 | 2.12 | 2.16 | 2.19 | 2.21 | 2.23 | 2.25 | Mark | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antonios Merlos | o | xo | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.23 | ||||
| Roberto Vílches | | o | o | o | xo | o | o | xxx | 2.23 | |||
| JuVaughn Blake | | o | o | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.23 | |||
| Breyton Poole | o | o | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.23 | ||||
| Luca Meinke | xo | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | 2.21 | |||||
| Nathan Ismar | | o | xo | o | o | xxx | 2.19 | |||||
| Kyohei Tomori | | o | o | xxo | o | xxx | 2.19 | |||||
| Thomas Carmoy | | o | o | xo | xxo | xxx | 2.19 | |||||
| Dmytro Nikitin | | xo | o | o | xxx | 2.16 | ||||||
| 10 | Naoki Higashi | | o | xo | xxo | xxx | 2.16 | |||||
| 11 | Jasmin Halili | | o | o | – | xxx | 2.12 | |||||
| 12 | Maid Redžić | | o | xo | xxx | 2.12 | ||||||
| 13 | Filip Mrčić | o | xxx | 2.07 |