These are the official results of the Men's High Jump event at the 1987 IAAF World Championships in Rome, Italy. There were a total of 38 participating athletes, with two qualifying groups and the final held on Sunday September 6, 1987.

Medalists Gold Patrik SjöbergSweden (SWE)Silver Igor PaklinSoviet Union (URS)Silver Hennadiy AvdyeyenkoSoviet Union (URS)

Schedule All times are Central European Time (UTC+1) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B05.09.1987 – ??:??h05.09.1987 – ??:??hFinal Round06.09.1987 – 16:30h

Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best

Records Standing records prior to the 1987 World Athletics Championships World Record 2.42 m June 30, 1987 Stockholm, Sweden Event Record 2.32 m August 13, 1983 Helsinki, Finland Broken records during the 1987 World Athletics Championships Event Record 2.38 m September 6, 1987 Rome, Italy

Results Qualifying round Held on Saturday 1987-09-05 Rank Group Name Nationality 2.10 2.15 2.18 2.21 2.24 2.27 Result Notes 1 A Patrik Sjöberg 2.27 q 1 A Tom McCants 2.27 q 1 A Carlo Thränhardt 2.27 q 1 A Ján Zvara 2.27 q 1 A Sergey Malchenko 2.27 q 6 A Zhu Jianhua 2.24 6 A Luca Toso 2.24 6 A Roland Dalhäuser 2.24 9 A Lee Balkin 2.21 9 A Georgi Dakov 2.21 11 A Markus Einberger 2.18 12 A Sašo Apostolovski 2.10 12 A Motochika Inoue 2.10 12 A Jean-Charles Gicquel 2.10 12 A Milton Francisco 2.10 A Fakhredin Fouad A Hilaire Onwanlele 1 B Geoff Parsons 2.27 q 1 B Sorin Matei 2.27 q 1 B Javier Sotomayor 2.27 q 1 B Robert Marinov 2.27 q 1 B Clarence Saunders 2.27 q 1 B Arturo Ortiz 2.27 q 1 B Krzysztof Krawczyk 2.27 q 1 B Dietmar Mögenburg 2.27 q 1 B Gerd Nagel 2.27 q 1 B Igor Paklin 2.27 q 1 B Hennadiy Avdyeyenko 2.27 q 12 B Jerome Carter 2.24 12 B Troy Kemp 2.24 14 B Róbert Ruffini 2.21 15 B Othmane Belfaa 2.15 15 B Mikko Levola 2.15 15 B Paul Ngadjadoum 2.15

Final L'Athletisme (September 1987, p39) Rank Name Nationality 2.10 2.15 2.20 2.25 2.29 2.32 2.35 2.38 2.40 Result Notes Patrik Sjöberg – – – o – o o o xxx 2.38 CR Igor Paklin – – o o xo o xo xxo xxx 2.38 CR Hennadiy Avdyeyenko – – o o o o xxo xxo xxx 2.38 CR Dietmar Mögenburg – – – o o o o x– xx 2.35 Clarence Saunders – – o o o o xxx 2.32 Sorin Matei – – o xxo o o x– xx 2.32 Ján Zvara – o o o o xxo xxx 2.32 Carlo Thränhardt – – o o o xxx 2.29 Javier Sotomayor – – o o xo xx 2.29 10 Krzysztof Krawczyk – o o o xxx 2.25 10 Geoff Parsons – o – o xxx 2.25 12 Tom McCants – – o xo xxx 2.25 12 Arturo Ortiz – o o xo xxx 2.25 14 Gerd Nagel – – o xxx 2.20 15 Robert Marinov o o xo xxx 2.20 Sergey Malchenko – xxx

See also 1983 Men's World Championships High Jump (Helsinki) 1984 Men's Olympic High Jump (Los Angeles) 1984 Men's Friendship Games High Jump (Moscow) 1986 Men's European Championships High Jump (Stuttgart) 1988 Men's Olympic High Jump (Seoul) 1990 Men's European Championships High Jump (Split) 1991 Men's World Championships High Jump (Tokyo)

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