2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump explained

The men's high jump at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Ataköy Athletics Arena on 10 and 11 March.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Dimitrios Chondrokoukis	Andrey Silnov	Ivan Ukhov

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record		2.43	Budapest, Hungary	4 March 1989
Championship record		2.43	Budapest, Hungary	4 March 1989
World Leading		2.37	Hangzhou, China	19 February 2012
African record		2.32	Patras, Greece	15 February 2000
Asian record		2.37	Hangzhou, China	19 February 2012
European record		2.42	Berlin, Germany	26 February 1988
North and Central American and Caribbean record		2.43	Budapest, Hungary	4 March 1989
Oceanian record		2.33	Balingen, Germany	16 February 1997
South American record		2.27	Piraeus, Greece	24 February 1999

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
March 10, 2012	11:25	Qualification
March 11, 2012	15:30	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification standard: 2.32 m (Q) or at least best 8 qualified (q). 19 athletes from 15 countries participated. The qualification round started at 11:25 and ended at 13:01.^[1]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	2.18	2.23	2.26	2.29	Result	Notes
1			o	o	o	o	2.29	q
1			o	o	o	o	2.29	q, SB
1			o	o	o	o	2.29	q
4			o	o	xo	o	2.29	q, SB
5			o	o	xxo	o	2.29	q
6			o	o	o	xo	2.29	q
6			o	o	o	xo	2.29	q
8			o	o	xo	xo	2.29	q
9			o	o	xxo	xo	2.29	q
10			o	xo	o	xxo	2.29	q
11			o	o	o	xxx	2.26
12			xxo	xo	xo	xxx	2.26	NR
13			o	o	xxx		2.22
13			o	o	xxx		2.22
15			o	xo	xxx		2.22
15			o	xo	xxx		2.22
15			o	xo	xxx		2.22
15			o	xo	xxx		2.22
19			o	xxo	xxx		2.22	SB

Final

The final started at 15:31 and ended at 17:10.^[2]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	2.20	2.24	2.28	2.31	2.33	2.35	Result	Notes
			o	o	xo	xo	o	xx	2.33	PB
			o	o	o	xo	xo	xxx	2.33
			o	xo	o	o	xxx		2.31
			o	o	xo	xo	xxx		2.31	=NR
			o	o	xo	xo	xx-	x	2.31	SB
			o	o	o	xxo	xxx		2.31
			o	o	o	xxo	xxx		2.31
			o	o	xo	xxo	xxx		2.31	SB
			o	o	o	xxx			2.28
			o	o	o	xxx			2.28

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2012 World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump (qualification). Omega Timing. 2012-03-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20120827230549/http://iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4665/AT-HJ-M-q----.RS6.pdf. 2012-08-27. dead.
2. Web site: 2012 World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump (final). Omega Timing. 2012-03-15.