The men's high jump at the 2026 World Athletics Indoor Championships took place on the short track of the Kujawsko-Pomorska Arena Toruń in Toruń, Poland, on 21 March 2026. This was the 22nd 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.
Background The men's high jump was contested 21 times before 2026, at every previous edition of the World Athletics Indoor Championships. +Records before the 2026 World Athletics Indoor ChampionshipsRecordAthlete (nation)Height (m)LocationDateWorld record 2.45 Salamanca, Spain 27 July 1993Championship record2.43 Budapest, Hungary 4 March 19892026 World Lead2.33 Chelyabinsk, Russia 16 January 2026
Qualification For the men's high jump, the qualification period ran from 1 November 2025 until 8 March 2026. Athletes could qualify by achieving the entry standard of 2.30 m. Athletes could also qualify by virtue of their World Athletics Ranking for the event or by virtue of their World Athletics Indoor Tour wildcard. There is a target number of 12 athletes.
Results Final The final was held on 21 March, starting at 12:15 (UTC+1) in the morning.
Place Athlete Nation 2.17 2.22 2.26 2.30 2.33 2.35 Result Notes Oleh Doroshchuk o o o o xxx 2.30 Erick Portillo o o xo xxo xxx 2.30 Raymond Richards o o o xxx 2.26 Woo Sang-hyeok o o o xxx 2.26 5 Tomohiro Shinno o xo xo xxx 2.26 6 Jan Štefela xo xo xo xxx 2.26 7 Mateusz Kołodziejski o o xxx 2.22 8 Antonios Merlos xo o xxx 2.22 9 Younes Ayachi o xo xxx 2.22 9 Romaine Beckford o xo xxx 2.22 11 Christian Falocchi xo xxx 2.17 11 Naoto Hasegawa xo xxx 2.17
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