2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump

Men's high jump
at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships
Venue Oregon Convention Center
Dates March 19
Competitors 12 from 8 nations
Winning height 2.36
Medalists
 Gianmarco Tamberi   Italy
 Robert Grabarz   Great Britain
 Erik Kynard   United States
Events at the
2016 IAAF World Indoor
Championships
Track events
60 m   men   women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m men women
60 m hurdles men women
4×400 m relay men women
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Combined events
Pentathlon women
Heptathlon men
Exhibition events
Masters 800 m men women

The men's high jump at the 2016 IAAF World Indoor Championships took place on March 19, 2016.[1][2]

With eight over 2.29, the medals were settled by clearing 2.33, but not in order. Robert Grabarz was the first over. Erik Kynard had a perfect round going until missing his first attempt. He cleared it on his second. Also with a perfect round going, but after two misses, when Gianmarco Tamberi made it on his third attempt, defending champion Mutaz Essa Barshim passed to make one big attempt at 2.36. Barshim failed, but Tamberi cleared it on his first attempt. Even though he had five misses, more than anyone else in the competition, Tamberi leaped from third to first.

Results

The final was started at 18:22.[3]

Rank Name Nationality 2.20 2.25 2.29 2.33 2.36 2.40 Result Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Gianmarco Tamberi  Italy xo o xxo xxo o xxx 2.36
2nd, silver medalist(s) Robert Grabarz  Great Britain xo o xo o xxx 2.33 SB
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Erik Kynard  United States o o o xo xxx 2.33 SB
4 Mutaz Essa Barshim  Qatar o o o xx– x 2.29
5 Konstadinos Baniotis  Greece o o xo xxx 2.29
6 Zhang Guowei  China o xo xo xxx 2.29
7 Andriy Protsenko  Ukraine o xxo xo xxx 2.29
8 Chris Baker  Great Britain xo o xxo xxx 2.29
9 Marco Fassinotti  Italy xo xo xxx 2.25
10 Donald Thomas  Bahamas o xxo xxx 2.25
11 Jamal Wilson  Bahamas o xxx 2.20
12 Ricky Robertson  United States xxo xxx 2.20 SB

References

  1. ↑ "IAAF World Indoor Championships Timetable". IAAF. Retrieved March 16, 2016.
  2. ↑ Start list
  3. ↑ Final results
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