| Event: | Men's high jump |
| Games: | 2019 |
| Venue: | Athletics Stadium |
| Dates: | August 9 |
| Competitors: | 14 |
| Nations: | 11 |
| Win Value: | 2.30 |
| Win Label: | Winning height |
| Gold: | Luis Zayas |
| Goldnoc: | CUB |
| Silver: | Michael Mason |
| Silvernoc: | CAN |
| Bronze: | Roberto Vilches |
| Bronzenoc: | MEX |
| Prev: | 2015 |
| Next: | 2023 |
The men's high jump competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games took place on the 9 of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion was Derek Drouin from Canada.
Four men made it over 2.26m; Luis Zayas, Michael Mason and Roberto Vílches, on their second try and Fernando Ferreira on his third. Zayas and Vilches had an earlier miss each, putting Mason into the lead. Zayas cleared 2.28 to take the lead, Mason got over on his second attempt. Vilches was left with bronze when he and Ferreira couldn't make the height. At, Zayas made his personal best on his second attempt. Mason then passed to try to make 2.32m, 1 cm below his best, for the win.
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows:
| World record | 2.45 | Salamanca, Spain | July 27, 1993 | ||
| Pan American Games record | 2.40 | Mar del Plata, Argentine | March 25, 1995 |
All times shown are in meters.
| KEY: | bgcolor=ccffcc align=center | q | bgcolor=ccffcc align=center | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best | DQ | Disqualified |
The results were as follows[1]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 2.05 | 2.10 | 2.15 | 2.18 | 2.21 | 2.24 | 2.26 | 2.28 | 2.30 | 2.32 | Mark | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | – | o | o | o | xo | xo | o | xo | x- | 2.30 | PB | ||||
| – | o | o | o | o | o | xo | xo | x- | xx | 2.28 | |||||
| – | o | o | o | xo | o | xo | xxx | 2.26 | |||||||
| 4 | – | o | o | o | o | xo | xxo | xxx | 2.26 | SB | |||||
| 5 | – | – | o | o | xxo | o | xxx | 2.24 | |||||||
| 6 | – | – | o | xo | o | xxx | 2.21 | ||||||||
| 7 | – | o | xxo | – | xo | xxx | 2.21 | ||||||||
| 8 | – | o | – | xxo | xxx | 2.18 | |||||||||
| 9 | o | xo | o | xxx | 2.15 | =SB | |||||||||
| 9 | – | xo | o | xxx | 2.15 | ||||||||||
| 11 | – | xxo | xxx | 2.10 | |||||||||||
| 11 | – | xxo | – | x- | xx | 2.10 | |||||||||
| 13 | xxo | xxo | xxx | 2.10 | =SB | ||||||||||
| – | – | xxx |