The men's high jump event at the 1989 Summer Universiade was held at the Wedaustadion in Duisburg on 29 and 30 August 1989.Results at Tilastopaja

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeJavier SotomayorHollis ConwayRudolf Povarnitsyn

Results Qualification Rank Group Athlete Nationality Result Notes 1 A Javier Sotomayor 2.20 Q 2 A Igor Paklin 2.20 Q 3 A Róbert Ruffíni 2.20 Q 4 A Jean-Charles Gicquel 2.20 Q 5 A Othmane Belfaa 2.15 q 5 A Marc Howard 2.15 q 5 A Luca Toso 2.15 q 8 A Brian Brown 2.15 q 9 A Péter Deutsch 2.15 q 9 A Kosmas Mikhalopoulos 2.15 q 11 A Brian Marshall 2.10 11 A Cory Siermachesky 2.10 13 A Takawira Mubako 2.00 1 B Rudolf Povarnitsyn 2.20 Q 1 B Cho Hyun-ok 2.20 Q 3 B Hollis Conway 2.20 Q 4 B Geoff Parsons 2.20 Q 5 B Artur Partyka 2.20 Q 6 B Matti Viitala 2.15 q 6 B Timo Ruuskanen 2.15 q 6 B Gustavo Adolfo Becker 2.15 q 9 B Bernhard Bensch 2.10 9 B Lambros Papakostas 2.10 9 B Esteves Costa 2.10 12 B Boubacar Guèye 2.00

Final Held on 30 August Rank Athlete Nationality Result Notes Javier Sotomayor 2.34 Hollis Conway 2.31 Rudolf Povarnitsyn 2.31 Geoff Parsons 2.28 Artur Partyka 2.25 Matti Viitala 2.20 Igor Paklin 2.20 Gustavo Adolfo Becker 2.20 Jean-Charles Gicquel 2.20 10 Róbert Ruffíni 2.20 11 Luca Toso 2.20 12 Péter Deutsch 2.15 13 Timo Ruuskanen 2.15 14 Marc Howard 2.15 15 Othmane Belfaa 2.10 16 Kosmas Mikhalopoulos 2.10 Brian Brown Cho Hyun-ok

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