2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump

The men's high jump at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 11 and 13 July.

Records
, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

Qualification
Qualification: Standard 2.19 m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q)

Participation
According to an unofficial count, 32 athletes from 27 countries participated in the event. • 🇦🇺 australia (1)

• undefined (1)

• 🇧🇾 belarus (2)

• 🇧🇷 brazil (2)

• 🇨🇳 china (1)

• undefined (1)

• 🇨🇿 czech republic (1)

• 🇫🇷 france (1)

• 🇩🇪 germany (1)

• 🇭🇺 hungary (1)

• 🇮🇳 india (1)

• undefined (1)

• 🇮🇱 israel (1)

• 🇮🇹 italy (1)

• 🇯🇲 jamaica (1)

• 🇯🇵 japan (1)

• 🇰🇿 kazakhstan (1)

• 🇵🇱 poland (2)

• 🇶🇦 qatar (1)

• 🇷🇺 russia (1)

• 🇸🇰 slovakia (1)

• 🇰🇷 south korea (2)

• 🇪🇸 spain (1)

• undefined (1)

• 🇹🇷 turkey (1)

• 🇺🇸 united states (2)

• 🇻🇪 venezuela (1)