2015 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump
The men's high jump at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Beijing National Stadium on 28 and 30 August.[1][2]
| Men's high jump at the 2015 World Championships | ||||||||||
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 Winner Derek Drouin | ||||||||||
| Venue | Beijing National Stadium | |||||||||
| Dates | 28 August (qualification) 30 August (final) | |||||||||
| Competitors | 40 from 26 nations | |||||||||
| Winning height | 2.34 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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In the trials, only nine were able to get over 2.31, so they took perfect to 2.29 to fill out the field. In the final, only seven were able to make 2.29 and at the next height 2.33 they were down to four, Derek Drouin, Bohdan Bondarenko, Zhang Guowei and Mutaz Essa Barshim all on their first attempt. In fact all but Barshim were perfect to that point. Nobody could make 2.36, which left a three way tie for first and Barshim, the odd man out. They did a fourth, jumpoff attempt at 2.36, nobody made it. The next step lowered the bar to 2.34. Drouin cleared it, putting do or die pressure on the others. Neither made it giving Drouin the gold and leaving a tie for silver.[3]
Records
Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:[4]
| World record |  Javier Sotomayor (CUB) |
2.45 | Salamanca, Spain | 27 July 1993 |
| Championship record |  Bohdan Bondarenko (UKR) |
2.41 | Moscow, Russia | 15 August 2013 |
| World leading |  Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) |
2.41 | Eugene, OR, United States | 30 May 2015 |
| African record |  Jacques Freitag (RSA) |
2.38 | Oudtshoorn, South Africa | 5 March 2005 |
| Asian record | Mutaz Essa Barshim (QAT) |
2.43 | Brussels, Belgium | 5 September 2014 |
| North, Central American and Caribbean record | Javier Sotomayor (CUB) |
2.45 | Salamanca, Spain | 27 July 1993 |
| South American record |  Gilmar Mayo (COL) |
2.33A | Pereira, Colombia | 17 October 1994 |
| European record |  Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) |
2.42 | Stockholm, Sweden | 30 June 1987 |
| Bohdan Bondarenko (UKR) |
New York City, United States | 14 June 2014 | ||
| Oceanian record | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Tim Forsyth (AUS) |
2.36 | Melbourne, Australia | 2 March 1997 |
Qualification standards
| Entry standards[5] |
|---|
| 2.28 |
Schedule
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| 28 August 2015 | 09:45 | Qualification |
| 30 August 2015 | 18:30 | Final |
All times are local times (UTC+8)
Results
| KEY: | Q | Qualified | q | 12 best performers | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |
Qualification
Qualification: 2.31 m (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q).[6]
Final
The final was started at 18:30[7]
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 2.20 | 2.25 | 2.29 | 2.33 | 2.36 | 2.36 | 2.34 | Mark | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Derek Drouin |  Canada (CAN) | o | o | o | o | xxx | x | o | 2.34 | |
 | Bohdan Bondarenko | Ukraine (UKR) | − | o | − | o | xxx | x | x | 2.33 | |
| Zhang Guowei |  China (CHN) | o | o | o | o | xxx | x | x | 2.33 | ||
| 4 | Mutaz Essa Barshim | Qatar (QAT) | o | o | xo | o | xxx | 2.33 | |||
| 5 | Daniil Tsyplakov |  Russia (RUS) | o | o | o | xxx | 2.29 | ||||
| 6 | Donald Thomas |  Bahamas (BAH) | o | o | xo | − | xxx | 2.29 | |||
| 7 | Jaroslav Bába |  Czech Republic (CZE) | o | xo | xo | xxx | 2.29 | ||||
| 8 | Erik Kynard |  United States (USA) | o | o | xxx | 2.25 | |||||
| Gianmarco Tamberi |  Italy (ITA) | o | o | xxx | 2.25 | ||||||
| 10 | Trevor Barry | Bahamas (BAH) | xxo | o | xxx | 2.25 | |||||
| 11 | Dimitrios Chondrokoukis |  Cyprus (CYP) | o | xo | xxx | 2.25 | |||||
| 12 | Brandon Starc |  Australia (AUS) | o | xxo | xxx | 2.25 | |||||
| Eike Onnen |  Germany (GER) | o | xxo | xxx | 2.25 | ||||||
| 14 | Konstadinos Baniotis |  Greece (GRE) | xo | xxx | 2.20 |
References
- "Beijing 2015: Timetable". Beijing 2015. 10 August 2015. Archived from the original on 1 December 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2015.
- http://media.aws.iaaf.org/competitiondocuments/pdf/4875/AT-HJ-M-q----.SL2.pdf Start list]
- "REPORT: MEN'S HIGH JUMP FINAL – IAAF WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, BEIJING 2015". iaaf.org. 30 August 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
- "Records & Lists – High jump". IAAF. Retrieved 19 August 2015.
- IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 – Standards (PDF), IAAF, 2014, retrieved 18 August 2015
- Qualification results
- Final results