Athletics at the 2019 Pan American Games – Men's high jump

The men's high jump competition of the athletics events at the 2019 Pan American Games took place on the 9 of August at the 2019 Pan American Games Athletics Stadium. The defending Pan American Games champion was Derek Drouin from Canada.

Summary Four men made it over 2.26m; Luis Zayas, Michael Mason and Roberto Vílches, on their second try and Fernando Ferreira on his third. Zayas and Vilches had an earlier miss each, putting Mason into the lead. Zayas cleared 2.28 to take the lead, Mason got over on his second attempt. Vilches was left with bronze when he and Ferreira couldn't make the height. At , Zayas made his personal best on his second attempt. Mason then passed to try to make 2.32m, 1 cm below his best, for the win.

Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and Pan American Games records were as follows: World record2.45Salamanca, SpainJuly 27, 1993Pan American Games record2.40Mar del Plata, ArgentineMarch 25, 1995

Schedule Date Time RoundAugust 9, 2019 16:50 Final

Results All times shown are in meters.

KEY:qQQualifiedNRNational recordPBPersonal bestSBSeasonal bestDQDisqualified

Final The results were as followsFinal Results

Rank Name Nationality 2.05 2.10 2.15 2.18 2.21 2.24 2.26 2.28 2.30 2.32 Mark Notes Luis Zayas – – o o o xo xo o xo x- 2.30 PB Michael Mason – o o o o o xo xo x- xx 2.28 Roberto Vílches – o o o xo o xo xxx 2.26 4 Fernando Ferreira – o o o o xo xxo xxx 2.26 SB 5 Keenon Laine – – o o xxo o xxx 2.24 6 Jeron Robinson – – o xo o xxx 2.21 7 Eure Yáñez – o xxo – xo xxx 2.21 8 Luis Castro – o – xxo xxx 2.18 9 Arturo Chávez o xo o xxx 2.15 =SB 9 Edgar Rivera – xo o xxx 2.15 11 Carlos Layoy – xxo xxx 2.10 11 Donald Thomas – xxo – x- xx 2.10 13 Jermaine Francis xxo xxo xxx 2.10 =SB Jamal Wilson – – xxx

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