1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's high jump
# 1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's high jump

These are the official results of the Men's high jump event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia, held at Stadion Poljud on 29 and 31 August 1990. There were a total number of 24 participating athletes.

## Medalists

| Gold | Dragutin Topić Yugoslavia |
| - | - |
| Silver | Aleksey Yemelin Soviet Union |
| Bronze | Georgi Dakov Bulgaria |

## Result

### Qualification

Qualification: Qualifying Performance 2.28 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final.

| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 2.00 | 2.05 | 2.10 | 2.15 | 2.20 | 2.24 | 2.28 | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | A | Aleksey Yemelin | Soviet Union | | | | | | | | 2.28 | Q |
| 2 | A | Arturo Ortiz | Spain | | | | | | | | 2.28 | Q |
| 3 | A | Georgi Dakov | Bulgaria | | | | | | | | 2.28 | Q |
| 4 | A | Dragutin Topić | Yugoslavia | – | o | o | o | xxo | o | o | 2.28 | Q |
| 5 | A | Dietmar Mögenburg | West Germany | | | | | | | | 2.28 | Q |
| 6 | A | Luca Toso | Italy | | | | | | | | 2.24 | q |
| 7 | A | Matti Viitala | Finland | | | | | | | | 2.24 | |
| 8 | A | Geoff Parsons | Great Britain | – | – | – | o | o | xxx | | 2.20 | |
| 9 | A | Stevan Zorić | Yugoslavia | | | | | | | | 2.20 | |
| 10 | A | Carlo Thränhardt | West Germany | | | | | | | | 2.20 | |
| 11 | A | Lambros Papakostas | Greece | | | | | | | | 2.15 | |
| 12 | A | Itai Margalit | Israel | | | | | | | | 2.10 | |
| 1 | B | Sergey Dymchenko | Soviet Union | | | | | | | | 2.28 | Q |
| 2 | B | Ralf Sonn | West Germany | | | | | | | | 2.28 | Q |
| 3 | B | Daniele Pagani | Italy | | | | | | | | 2.28 | Q |
| 4 | B | Dalton Grant | Great Britain | – | – | – | – | o | xo | xxo | 2.28 | Q |
| 5 | B | Artur Partyka | Poland | | | | | | | | 2.28 | Q |
| 6 | B | Juha Isolehto | Finland | | | | | | | | 2.24 | q |
| 7 | B | Jean-Charles Gicquel | France | | | | | | | | 2.24 | |
| 8 | B | Sašo Apostolovski | Yugoslavia | | | | | | | | 2.24 | |
| 9 | B | Michael Mikkelsen | Denmark | | | | | | | | 2.20 | |
| 10 | B | Thomas Eriksson | Sweden | | | | | | | | 2.20 | |
| 11 | B | Brendan Reilly | Great Britain | – | – | xo | o | xxo | xxx | | 2.20 | |
| 12 | B | Håkon Särnblom | Norway | | | | | | | | 2.15 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 2.10 | 2.15 | 2.20 | 2.24 | 2.28 | 2.31 | 2.34 | 2.36 | 2.38 | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Dragutin Topić | Yugoslavia | – | o | o | o | xo | o | o | xx– | x | 2.34 |
| | Aleksey Yemelin | Soviet Union | – | – | o | xo | xo | xxo | xo | xxx | | 2.34 |
| | Georgi Dakov | Bulgaria | – | – | xo | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | | 2.34 |
| 4 | Sergey Dymchenko | Soviet Union | | | | | | | | | | 2.31 |
| 4 | Dalton Grant | Great Britain | – | – | – | o | – | o | x– | xx | | 2.31 |
| 4 | Dietmar Mögenburg | West Germany | – | – | – | – | o | o | xx | | | 2.31 |
| 7 | Ralf Sonn | West Germany | | | | | | | | | | 2.28 |
| 8 | Arturo Ortiz | Spain | | | | | | | | | | 2.28 |
| 8 | Luca Toso | Italy | | | | | | | | | | 2.28 |
| 10 | Juha Isolehto | Finland | | | | | | | | | | 2.24 |
| 11 | Artur Partyka | Poland | | | | | | | | | | 2.24 |
| 12 | Daniele Pagani | Italy | | | | | | | | | | 2.24 |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 24 athletes from 15 countries participated in the event.

* Bulgaria (1)
* Denmark (1)
* Finland (2)
* France (1)
* Greece (1)
* Israel (1)
* Italy (2)
* Norway (1)
* Poland (1)
* Soviet Union (2)
* Spain (1)
* Sweden (1)
* United Kingdom (3)
* West Germany (3)
* Yugoslavia (3)
