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2013 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump

Men's high jump
at the 2013 World Championships
Bohdan Bondarenko Moscow 2013.jpg
Gold medalist Bohdan Bondarenko
Venue Luzhniki Stadium
Dates 13 August (qualification)
15 August (final)
Competitors 34 from 22 nations
Winning height 2.41 m (7 ft 1034 in)
Medalists
gold medal 
silver medal 
bronze medal 
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Events at the
2013 World Championships
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Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
5000 m men women
10,000 m men women
100 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men women
3000 m
steeplechase
men women
4 × 100 m relay men women
4 × 400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
20 km walk men women
50 km walk men
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Hammer throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Combined events
Heptathlon women
Decathlon men

The men's high jump at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 13–15 August.

With 18 over 2.26 m (7 ft 434 in), it took a first attempt clearance and one miss to make it into the final.

In the final, three remained perfect to 2.35 m (7 ft 812 in), with Mutaz Essa Barshim just one miss behind, while Donald Thomas passed his personal best. But Barshim seized the lead with a first attempt clearance at 2.38 m (7 ft 912 in). Thomas and home team favorite Ivan Ukhov couldn't make the height, while Derek Drouin set a Canadian national record clearing on his second attempt. World leader Bohdan Bondarenko confidently passed the height knowing it would require him to equal his world leading jump from the previous month and to break Javier Sotomayor's championship record. On his second attempt at 2.41 m (7 ft 1034 in), he made it to take the lead. Drouin took his three attempts and settled for bronze. Already above his personal best, Barshim passed to 2.44 m (8 ft 0 in), 1 cm below the world record, to try for the win but couldn't get it. Bondarenko watched, then took three attempts at Sotomayor's world record.

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

All times are local times (UTC+4)

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 2.31 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

The final was started at 19:00.


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