2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump
# 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump

The men's high jump event at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Bydgoszcz, Poland, at Zawisza Stadium on 11 and 13 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Bohdan Bondarenko Ukraine |
| - | - |
| Silver | Sylwester Bednarek Poland |
| Bronze | Miguel Ángel Sancho Spain |

## Results

### Final

13 July

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Bohdan Bondarenko | Ukraine | 2.26 |
| | Sylwester Bednarek | Poland | 2.24 |
| | Miguel Ángel Sancho | Spain | 2.21 |
| 4 | Sergey Mudrov | Russia | 2.17 |
| 4 | Ümit Tan | Turkey | 2.17 |
| 6 | Adónios Mástoras | Greece | 2.17 |
| 7 | Marco Fassinotti | Italy | 2.13 |
| 8 | Raymond Higgs | Bahamas | 2.13 |
| 9 | Matthew Owens | United Kingdom | 2.13 |
| 10 | Giuseppe Carollo | Italy | 2.08 |
| 10 | Naoto Tobe | Japan | 2.08 |
| 10 | Edgar Rivera | Mexico | 2.08 |
| 10 | Marius Dumitrace | Romania | 2.08 |
| 14 | Karim Lotfy | Egypt | 2.08 |

### Qualifications

11 July

**Group A**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Raymond Higgs | Bahamas | 2.14 | q |
| 1 | Edgar Rivera | Mexico | 2.14 | q |
| 1 | Sylwester Bednarek | Poland | 2.14 | q |
| 4 | Matthew Owens | United Kingdom | 2.14 | q |
| 5 | Sergey Mudrov | Russia | 2.14 | q |
| 6 | Karim Lotfy | Egypt | 2.14 | q |
| 6 | Giuseppe Carollo | Italy | 2.14 | q |
| 8 | Naoto Tobe | Japan | 2.14 | q |
| 9 | Martinš Karabeško | Latvia | 2.10 | |
| 10 | Erik Kynard | United States | 2.10 | |
| 11 | Barry Pender | Ireland | 2.05 | |
| 12 | Enrique Gimeno | Spain | 2.00 | |
| | Lakshmanan Yogaraj | India | NH | |

**Group B**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Miguel Ángel Sancho | Spain | 2.14 | q |
| 2 | Marco Fassinotti | Italy | 2.14 | q |
| 3 | Bohdan Bondarenko | Ukraine | 2.14 | q |
| 4 | Marius Dumitrace | Romania | 2.14 | q |
| 4 | Ümit Tan | Turkey | 2.14 | q |
| 6 | Adónios Mástoras | Greece | 2.14 | q |
| 7 | Bartosz Krocz | Poland | 2.10 | |
| 7 | Willem Voigt | South Africa | 2.10 | |
| 9 | Dávid Fajoyomi | Hungary | 2.10 | |
| 10 | Tino Martin | Germany | 2.10 | |
| 11 | Ryan Fleck | United States | 2.05 | |
| | Shawn Swartz | Canada | NH | |
| | Miloš Petrovic | Serbia | NH | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 26 athletes from 22 countries participated in the event.

* Bahamas (1)
* Canada (1)
* Egypt (1)
* Germany (1)
* Greece (1)
* Hungary (1)
* India (1)
* Ireland (1)
* Italy (2)
* Japan (1)
* Latvia (1)
* Mexico (1)
* Poland (2)
* Romania (1)
* Russia (1)
* Serbia (1)
* South Africa (1)
* Spain (2)
* Turkey (1)
* Ukraine (1)
* United Kingdom (1)
* United States (2)
