The men's high jump of Athletics 2024 during the 2024 Summer Olympics was held on 7–10 August 2024 in the Stade de France . With 31 athletes competing, the event was won by Hamish Kerr from New Zealand , with Shelby McEwen from United States taking the silver medal and Mutaz Essa Barshim from Qatar taking bronze.
Format [ ] The competition exists out of two separate rounds. In the qualification, each competitor attempts to jump over a bar set at a certain height, with three failed attempts at the same height ending their competition. After four set heights, the twelve best performance advance to the final, including athletes tied for twelfth place. In the final, the qualified athletes once again attempt to jump over a certain height, but contrary to the qualification, the competition is continued until only a single competitor remains.
Preview [ ] Thirty-one athletes qualified for the event with Mutaz Essa Barshim and Gianmarco Tamberi as the top favorites for the title, after sharing the gold at the previous edition of the Olympic Games.
Current Records [ ]
Record
Date
Nat.
Name
Time
WR
27 July 1993
Javier Sotomayor
2.45
OR
28 July 1996
Charles Austin
2.39
Summary [ ] Qualification [ ]
Qualification A Results
Rank
Nat.
Athlete
2.15
2.20
2.24
2.27
2.29
1
Shelby McEwen
o
—
o
o r
2
Mutaz Essa Barshim
o
o
o
xo
r
2
Woo Sang-hyeok
o
o
o
xo
r
4
Ryoichi Akamatsu
o
o
o
xxo
r
5
Stefano Sottile
o
o
o xxx
6
Brian Raats
o
xxo
o xxx
6
Jan Stefela
o
xxo
o xxx
8
Luis Enrique Zayas
o
o
xxo
xxx
9
Luis Castro Rivera
o
o xxx
9
Edgar Rivera
o
o xxx
11
Wang Zhen
o
xo
xxx
12
Alperen Acet
xxo
xo
xxx
13
Vladyslav Lavskyy
o xxx
14
Vernon Turner
xxo
xxx
—
Donald Thomas
xxx
Qualification B Results
Rank
Nat.
Athlete
2.15
2.20
2.24
2.27
2.29
1
Hamish Kerr
o
xxo
xo
o r
2
Gianmarco Tamberi
—
o
o xxx
3
Romaine Beckford
o
xo
o xxx
4
Oleh Doroshchuk
o
o
xo
xxx
5
Tihomir Ivanov
o
xo
xo
xxx
6
Brandon Starc
xxo
xo
xo
xxx
7
Fernando Ferreira
o
o xxx
7
Erick Portillo
o
o xxx
9
Thomas Carmoy
o
xo
xxx
9
Juvaughn Harrison
o
xo
xxx
11
Yual Reath
o
xxo
xxx
11
Tomohiro Shinno
o
xxo
xxx
13
Sarvesh Anil Kushare
o xxx
14
Joel Baden
xo
xxx
—
Tobias Potye
xxx
—
Andrii Protsenko
xxx
Final [ ]
Final Results
Rank
Nat.
Athlete
2.17
2.22
2.27
2.31
2.34
2.36
2.38
1
Shelby McEwen
o
o
o
xxo
o
o xxx
2
Hamish Kerr
o
o
o
o
xxo
o xxx
3
Mutaz Essa Barshim
—
o
o
o
o xx—
x
4
Stefano Sottile
o
o
o
xo
o xxx
5
Ryoichi Akamatsu
o
o
xo
o xxx
6
Oleh Doroshchuk
o
o
xo
xo
xxx
7
Woo Sang-hyeok
o
o
xo
xxx
8
Tihomir Ivanov
xo
o
xo
xxx
9
Jan Stefela
xxo
o xxx
10
Romaine Beckford
o
xo
xxx
11
Gianmarco Tamberi
—
xxo
xxx
12
Brian Raats
o xxx
Final Jump-off Results
Rank
Nat.
Athlete
2.38
2.36
2.34
1
Hamish Kerr
x
x
o
2
Shelby McEwen
x
x
x
Results [ ]
Result
Athlete
Nationality
Hamish Kerr
New Zealand
Shelby McEwen
United States
Mutaz Essa Barshim
Qatar
4
Stefano Sottile
Italy
5
Ryoichi Akamatsu
Japan
6
Oleh Doroshchuk
Ukraine
7
Woo Sang-hyeok
South Korea
8
Tihomir Ivanov
Bulgaria
9
Jan Stefela
Czech Republic
10
Romaine Beckford
Jamaica
11
Gianmarco Tamberi
Italy
12
Brian Raats
South Africa
13
Brandon Starc
Australia
14
Luis Enrique Zayas
Cuba
15
Luis Castro Rivera
Puerto Rico
15
Fernando Ferreira
Brazil
15
Erick Portillo
Mexico
15
Edgar Rivera
Mexico
19
Thomas Carmoy
Belgium
19
Juvaughn Harrison
United States
19
Wang Zhen
China
22
Alperen Acet
Turkey
23
Yual Reath
Australia
24
Tomohiro Shinno
Japan
25
Sarvesh Anil Kushare
India
25
Vladyslav Lavskyy
Ukraine
27
Joel Baden
Australia
28
Vernon Turner
United States
—
Tobias Potye
Germany
—
Andrii Protsenko
Ukraine
—
Donald Thomas
Bahamas
