The men's high jump at the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships was held at Hayward Field in Eugene, United States on 6 and 8 August 2026.
Records U20 standing records prior to the 2026 World Athletics U20 Championships were as follows: Record Athlete & Nationality Mark Location Date World U20 Record 2.37 m Plovdiv, Bulgaria 12 August 1990 Seoul, South Korea 20 September 1992 Championship Record 2.37 m Plovdiv, Bulgaria 12 August 1990 Seoul, South Korea 20 September 1992 World U20 Leading 2.28 m Weinheim, Germany 6 February 2026
Results Qualification Qualification took place in the morning session on 6 August 2026.
Group A Place Athlete Nation 2.00 2.05 2.10 2.14 Results Notes 1 Léo Courtine o o o o 2.14 m , 2 Leonard Nowoczyn o o xo o 2.14 m 2 Otis Poole - o xo o 2.14 m 4 Dawid Barański o xxo o o 2.14 m , 5 Basant Meghwal o o o xo 2.14 m 6 Yudai Sechi o o xxo xxo 2.14 m 7 Tatenda Chindowa o xxo o xxx 2.10 m 8 Eduardo Carrolo o o xo xxx 2.10 m 9 Nicolas Clemente xo o xo xxx 2.10 m 10 Jacob Thomä o xxo xo xxx 2.10 m 11 Alan Hanna o o xxo xxx 2.10 m 12 Jungi Kim xo o xxo xxx 2.10 m 13 Kenneth Phooko o xo xxx 2.05 m 14 Iacopo Storai o xxo xxx 2.05 m 15 Vuk Šolaja xo xxo xxx 2.05 m 15 Abdulrahman Mohammed Al-Malki xo xxo xxx 2.05 m 17 Kristiyan Tsanev o xxx 2.00 m 18 Dereck Alexandre Alves xxo xxx 2.00 m
Group B Place Athlete Nation 2.00 2.05 2.10 2.14 Results Notes 1 Younes Ayachi - o o o 2.14 m 1 Alberto Marzola - o o o 2.14 m 1 Samuel James - o o o 2.14 m 1 Maddox Krotzer o o o o 2.14 m 5 Charalampos Alivizatos o xo o o 2.14 m 6 Joshua Harel o o xxo o 2.14 m 7 David Brown o o xxo xo 2.14 m 8 Gage Voyles - xo o xxx 2.10 m 9 Keigo Nakamura xo xo o xxx 2.10 m 10 Vojtěch Zajíček o o xo xxx 2.10 m 11 Svante Svensson o xo xxo xxx 2.10 m 12 K. Ambriesh o xo xxx 2.05 m 12 Tharusha Dinushan Agampodi o xo xxx 2.05 m 14 Alejandro Muñoz xxo xo xxx 2.05 m 15 Nethya Sampath Jonikku o xxo xxx 2.05 m 16 Keon Schmidt-Gothan o xxx 2.00 m 17 Tianci Li xxo xxx 2.00 m — xxx
Final The final took place in the morning session on 8 August 2026.
Place Athlete Nation 2.06 2.12 2.17 2.21 2.24 2.26 2.28 Results Notes Younes Ayachi o o o o xxx 2.21 m Basant Meghwal o xo o xo xxx 2.21 m Otis Poole o o o xxo xxx 2.21 m 4 Maddox Krotzer o o o xxx 2.17 m 5 Charalampos Alivizatos o o xo xxx 2.17 m 5 Samuel James o o xo xxx 2.17 m 7 Dawid Barański xo o xo xxx 2.17 m 8 Joshua Harel o o xxo xxx 2.17 m 9 David Brown xo o xxo xxx 2.17 m 10 Alberto Marzola o o xxx 2.12 m 11 Leonard Nowoczyn o xo xxx 2.12 m 12 Yudai Sechi o xxo xxx 2.12 m 13 Léo Courtine xo xxx 2.06 m
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