2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's high jump
| Men's high jump at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Nanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park | |||||||||
| Location | Nanjing, China | |||||||||
| Dates | 21 March | |||||||||
| Competitors | 13 from 10 nations | |||||||||
| Winning height | 2.31 m | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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The men's high jump at the 2025 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place on the short track of the Nanjing's Cube at Nanjing Youth Olympic Sports Park in Nanjing, China, on 21 March 2025. This was the 21st time the event was contested at the World Athletics Indoor Championships. Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standard or by their World Athletics Ranking in the event.
The final took place on 21 March during the morning session.
Background
The men's high jump was contested 20 times before 2025, at every previous edition of the World Athletics Indoor Championships.
| Record | Athlete (nation) | Height (m) | Location | Date |
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| World record[1] |  Javier Sotomayor (CUB)
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2.45 | Salamanca, Spain | 27 July 1993 |
| Championship record[2] | 2.43 | Budapest, Hungary | 4 March 1989 | |
| World leading[3] |  Oleh Doroshchuk (UKR)
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2.34 | Apeldoorn, Netherlands | 8 March 2025 |
Qualification
For the men's high jump, the qualification period ran from 1 September 2024 until 9 March 2025.[4] Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standards of 2.34 m.[5] Athletes could also qualify by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event or by virtue of their World Athletics Indoor Tour wildcard.[4] There was a target number of 12 athletes.[5]
Final
The final was held on 21 March, starting at 18:30 (UTC+8).[6][7]
| Place | Athlete | Nation | 2.14 | 2.20 | 2.24 | 2.28 | 2.31 | Result | Notes |
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Woo Sang-hyeok |  South Korea |
o | o | xo | o | o | 2.31 | SB |
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Hamish Kerr |  New Zealand |
o | o | xo | o | xxx | 2.28 | |
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Raymond Richards |  Jamaica |
o | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.28 | |
| 4 | Elijah Kosiba |  United States |
o | o | xo | xo | xxx | 2.28 | SB |
| 5 | Oleh Doroshchuk | Ukraine |
o | o | o | xxo | xxx | 2.28 | |
| 6 | Manuel Lando |  Italy |
o | o | xxo | xxx | 2.24 | ||
| 7 | Naoto Hasegawa |  Japan |
o | xo | xxx | 2.20 | SB | ||
| 8 | Jonathan Kapitolnik |  Israel |
xo | xxo | xxx | 2.20 | |||
| 9 | Romaine Beckford | Jamaica |
o | xxx | 2.14 | ||||
| 9 | Luis Castro Rivera |  Puerto Rico |
o | xxx | 2.14 | ||||
| 9 | Dmytro Nikitin | Ukraine |
o | xxx | 2.14 | ||||
| 9 | Jan Štefela |  Czech Republic |
o | xxx | 2.14 | ||||
| 13 | Souta Haraguchi | Japan |
xo | xxx | 2.14 | SB | |||
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References
- ^ "All time Top lists - Senior - High Jump". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
- ^ "1989 World Athletics Indoor Championships - High Jump Men - Final results". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
- ^ "Season Top Lists – Senior 2025 – High Jump men". World Athletics. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
- ^ a b "Timetable and qualification system approved for WCH Tokyo 25 and WIC Nanjing 25".
- ^ a b "World Athletics Indoor Championships Nanjing 25 Qualification System and Entry Standards" (PDF). World Athletics. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
- ^ "Nanjing 2025 - Timetable". World Athletics. 16 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
- ^ "Men's high jump - Final start list" (PDF). World Athletics. 21 March 2025. Retrieved 20 March 2025.
- ^ "Men's high jump - Final results" (PDF). World Athletics. 21 March 2025. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
World Indoor Champions in men's high jump | |
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