2019 World Athletics Championships – Men's high jump explained

Event:Men's high jump
Competition:2019 World Championships
Venue:Khalifa International Stadium
Dates:1 October (qualification)
4 October (final)
Competitors:31
Nations:21
Win Label:Winning height
Win Value:2.37
Gold:Mutaz Essa Barshim
Goldnoc:QAT
Silver:Mikhail Akimenko
Silvernoc:ANA
Bronze:Ilya Ivanyuk
Bronzenoc:ANA
Longnames:ys
Prev:2017
Next:2022

The men's high jump at the 2019 World Athletics Championships was held at the Khalifa International Stadium in Doha from 1 to 4 October.[1]

Summary

When Qatari officials put together the bid to host these championships, Doha born Mutaz Essa Barshim was a 23 year old already with a World Junior Championship, Olympic bronze and World Championship silver to his name. Qatari officials could see the potential. This was the day they were waiting for, when a now 28 year old was jumping at home. Now there was a bonus, he was defending champion.

The finals pared down to 7 over 2.30m. At 2.33m, Mikhail Akimenko got over on his first attempt to maintain a clean round and Maksim Nedasekau also was over on his first attempt. Shudder, Barshim, who had a clean series going so far, missed along with five others (veteran Gianmarco Tamberi saved attempts after missing 2.30m once). On the second attempt, everyone missed again. Tamberi eliminated, that trend started the third round of attempts as Luis Zayas and Michael Mason missed and were eliminated. Then it was Barshim's last attempt. He got over it and sighs of relief could be heard all over Qatar. Next up, Brandon Starc missed, then Ilya Ivanyuk also made it to leave four over 2.33m, with Akimenko holding the advantage.

Moving up to 2.35m, Nedasekau missed, then Barshim, Akimenko and Ivanyuk all made it on their first attempts. Akimenko still had a clean series. With three earlier misses, vs two each for Barshim and Ivanyuk, Nedasekau could see he was off the podium and passed. At, Nedasekau missed. Next up, on his first attempt, Barshim made it, and no else was able to clear the height.

Records

Before the competition records were as follows:[2]

World record2.45 mSalamanca, Spain27 July 1993
Championship record2.41 mMoscow, Russia15 August 2013
World Leading2.35 mMinsk, Belarus9 September 2019
African Record2.38 mOudtshoorn, South Africa5 March 2005
Asian Record2.43 mBrussels, Belgium5 September 2014
North, Central American and Caribbean record2.45 mSalamanca, Spain27 July 1993
South American Record2.33 mPereira, Colombia17 October 1994
European Record2.42 mStockholm, Sweden30 June 1987
Oceanian record2.36 mMelbourne, Australia2 March 1997
Eberstadt, Germany26 August 2018

Qualification standard

The standard to automatically qualify for entry was 2.30 m.[3] for a quota number of 32 athletes.

Only 24 high jumpers reached 2.30 m during the qualification period (2018-2019), indoors and outdoors. The final entries were made by completing to 31 athletes, including the defending world champion Mutaz Essa Barshim (wild card, only 2.27 m before the competition) and 1 Best country athlete, Lee Hup Wei.

The qualifiers with less than 2.30 m are:

Schedule

The event schedule, in local time (UTC+3), was as follows:[4]

DateTimeRound
1 October 16:50 Qualification
4 October 20:15 Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 2.31 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).[5] [6]

Rank Group Name Nationality 2.17 2.22 2.26 2.29 Mark Notes
1 B o o o o 2.29
A o o o o 2.29 ,
A o o o o 2.29
4 A o o xo o 2.29
A o o xo o 2.29
6 B o o o xo 2.29
7 B o o xo xo 2.29
8 B o o xxo xo 2.29
9 B o o o xxo 2.29 ,
10 B o o xo xxo 2.29
11 A o o xo xxx 2.26
A o o xo xxx 2.26
13 A xxo o xo xxx 2.26
14 B o o xxo xxx 2.26
B o o xxo xxx 2.26
16A o xo xxo xxx 2.26
A xo o xxo xxx 2.26
18 B o xxo xxo xxx 2.26
19 B o o xxx 2.22
A o o xxx 2.22
21 A o xo xxx 2.22
22 A xxo xo xxx 2.22
23 A o xxo xxx 2.22
B o xxo xr 2.22
25 B o xxx 2.17
B o xxx 2.17
B o xxx 2.17
A o xxx 2.17
29 B xo xxx 2.17
30 B xxo xxx 2.17
A xr

Final

The final was started on 4 October at 20:15.[7]

Rank Name Nationality 2.19 2.24 2.27 2.30 2.33 2.35 2.37 Mark Notes
o o o o xxo o o 2.37
o o o o o o xxx 2.35
o oo o xxo o xxx 2.35
4 o xo xo xo o x– xx 2.33
5 o o o o xxx2.30
6 o xo xxo o xxx 2.30
7 o o o xxo xxx 2.30
8 o o xo xxx 2.27
8 o o xo x–xx 2.27
10 o o xxx 2.24
11 xo o xxx 2.24
12 o xxx 2.19

Notes and References

  1. Web site: High Jump Men − Qualification − Start List. IAAF. 30 September 2019. 30 September 2019.
  2. Web site: High Jump Men − Records. IAAF. 21 September 2019.
  3. News: Competitions Entry Standards 2019 – IAAF World Championships – PDF title, Qualification Standards for the IAAF World Athletics Championships Doha 2019. iaaf.org. 2 August 2019.
  4. Web site: Decathlon Men − Timetable. IAAF. 21 September 2019.
  5. Web site: Qualification results.
  6. Web site: Qualification summary.
  7. Web site: Final results.

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