2023 World Athletics Championships – Men's high jump

The men's high jump at the 2023 World Athletics Championships is being held at the National Athletics Centre in Budapest on 21 and 23 August 2023.

Summary
Including the fabled win at home in 2019, Mutaz Essa Barshim came in as a three time defending champion. He had also famously shared the 2020 Olympic gold with Gianmarco Tamberi who was also here.

Returning silver medalist Woo Sang-hyeok had a perfect round going to 2.29m. JuVaughn Harrison was also perfect and maintained that status to the next height of 2.33m putting him into the lead. Woo could go no higher, but five others did get over, all but Tobias Potye on their first attempt, leaving Potye in fifth. For Luis Enrique Zayas, it was a new personal best. The next height was. After watching everyone miss their first attempt, Tamberi cleared it cleanly to take the lead. On his second attempt, Harrison also cleared cleanly. When the remaining competitors failed, Barshim with one earlier miss took bronze over Zayas who had three. Both Tamberi and Harrison took attempts at 2.38m but neither could negotiate it on this night. That one miss at 2.36m costing Harrison the gold, leaving it to Tamberi.

Records
Before the competition records were as follows:

Qualification standard
The standard to qualify automatically for entry was 2.32 m.

Schedule
The event schedule, in local time (UTC+2), is as follows:

Qualification
Qualification: 2.30 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).

Final
The final was started on 22 August at 19:58.