2011 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump

None thumb|250px|Jesse Williams victory celebration at Daeguthumb|110px|Official Video The Men's high jump event at the 2011 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Daegu Stadium on August 30 and September 1. It took a clean round up to 2.28 just to get into the final. In the final, seven competitors cleared 2.32, with only Jesse Williams and Trevor Barry maintaining a clean record. At 2.35, Williams maintained that clean streak, clearing on his first attempt, which ultimately won the gold medal. Only Aleksey Dmitrik was able to match that height, but it was on his second attempt as were all of his last three clearances in the competition. Medalists GoldSilverBronzeJesse WilliamsUSA 2011 WorldAleksey DmitrikRussia 2011 WorldTrevor BarryBahamas 2011 World Records World recordJavier Sotomayor CUB2.45Salamanca, Spain 27 July 1993Championship recordJavier Sotomayor CUB2.40Stuttgart, Germany22 August 1993World LeadingJesse Williams USA2.37Eugene, United States26 June 2011African recordJacques Freitag RSA2.38Oudtshoorn, South Africa5 March 2005Asian recordZhu Jianhua CHN2.39Eberstadt, West Germany 10 June 1984North, Central American and Caribbean recordJavier Sotomayor CUB2.45Salamanca, Spain 27 July 1993South American recordGilmar Mayo COL2.33Pereira, Colombia17 October 1994European recordPatrik Sjöberg SWE2.42Stockholm, Sweden30 June 1987Oceanian recordTim Forsyth AUS2.36Melbourne, Australia2 March 1997 Qualification standards A standardB standard 2.31 2.28 Schedule Date Time RoundAugust 30, 2011 10:10 QualificationSeptember 1, 2011 19:10 Final Results Qualification Qualification: Qualifying Performance 2.31 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final. Rank Group Name Nationality 2.162.212.252.282.31 Result Notes 1 B Dimitrios Chondrokoukis Greece 2011 World o o o o o 2.31 Q 2 A Darvin Edwards Saint Lucia 2011 World o o xo o o 2.31 Q, NR 2 B Mutaz Essa Barshim Qatar 2011 World o o o xo o 2.31 Q 4 B Ivan Ukhov Russia 2011 World o o xo xo o 2.31 Q 5 A Jesse Williams United States 2011 World – o o o xo 2.31 Q 6 B Aleksandr Shustov Russia 2011 World o o xo o xo 2.31 Q 7 A Donald Thomas Bahamas 2011 World xo o xxo o xo 2.31 Q 8 A Jaroslav Bába Czech Republic 2011 World – o o o xxo 2.31 Q 9 B Zhang Guowei China 2011 World o o o xo xxo 2.31 Q, PB 10 A Dmytro Dem'yanyuk Ukraine 2011 World o xo o xo xxo 2.31 Q 11 A Aleksey Dmitrik Russia 2011 World o o o o xxx 2.28q 11 B Trevor Barry Bahamas 2011 World o o o o xxx 2.28 q 11 B Raúl Spank Germany 2011 World – o o o xxx 2.28 q 14 A Erik Kynard United States 2011 World o o xo o xxx 2.28 15 A Eike Onnen Germany 2011 World o o xo xo xxx 2.28 15 A Konstadinos Baniotis Greece 2011 World o xo o xo xxx 2.28 15 A Bohdan Bondarenko Ukraine 2011 World o o xo xo xxx 2.28 18 B Viktor Ninov Bulgaria 2011 World o xo xo xo xxx 2.28 19 A Tom Parsons Great Britain 2011 World o xo xo xxx 2.25 20 A Raivydas Stanys Lithuania 2011 World o o xxo xxx 2.25 21 A Rožle Prezelj Slovenia 2011 World o xo xxo xxx 2.25 22 B Silvano Chesani Italy 2011 World xo xxo xxo xxx 2.25 23 A Majdeddin Ghazal Syria 2011 World o o xxx 2.21 23 B Diego Ferrín Ecuador 2011 World o o xxx 2.21 25 B Kabelo Kgosiemang Botswana 2011 World xxo o xxx 2.21 26 A Edgar Rivera Mexico 2011 World o xo xxx 2.21 27 B Andriy Protsenko Ukraine 2011 World xo xo xxx 2.21 28 A Víctor Moya Cuba 2011 World o xxo xxx 2.21 29 B Martyn Bernard Great Britain 2011 World xxo xxo xxx 2.21 30 B Dusty Jonas United States 2011 World o xxx 2.16 31 B Osku Torro Finland 2011 World xxo xxx 2.16 31 B Dmitry Kroyter Israel 2011 World xxo xxx 2.16 99 A Yun Ye-hwan South Korea 2011 World xxx 0.00 NM 99 B Kyriakos Ioannou Cyprus 2011 World 0.00 DNS Final Rank Name Nationality 2.202.252.292.322.352.37 Result Notes Jesse Williams United States 2011 World o o o o o xxx 2.35 Aleksey Dmitrik Russia 2011 World o o xo xo xo xxx 2.35 Trevor Barry Bahamas 2011 World o o – o xxx 2.32 PB 04 4 Jaroslav Bába Czech Republic 2011 World o o xxo o xxx 2.32 05 5 Dimitrios Chondrokoukis Greece 2011 World o o o xxo xxx 2.32 PB 05 5 Ivan Ukhov Russia 2011 World o o o xxo xxx 2.32 07 7 Mutaz Essa Barshim Qatar 2011 World o xo xo xxo xxx 2.32 08 8 Aleksandr Shustov Russia 2011 World o xo o xxx 2.29 09 9 Raúl Spank Germany 2011 World o o xo xxx 2.29 10 Zhang Guowei China 2011 World xo o xxx 2.25 11 Donald Thomas Bahamas 2011 World o xxx 2.20 12 Darvin Edwards Saint Lucia 2011 World xo xxx 2.20 12 Dmytro Dem'yanyuk Ukraine 2011 World xo xxx 2.20 References External links High jump results at IAAF website High jump Category:High jump at the World Athletics Championships