1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump
# 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump

The men's high jump event at the 1988 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, at Laurentian University Stadium on 30 and 31 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Artur Partyka Poland |
| - | - |
| Silver | Lámbros Papakóstas Greece |
| Bronze | Park Jae-Hong South Korea |
| Bronze | Jarosław Kotewicz Poland |

## Results

### Final

31 July

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Artur Partyka | Poland | 2.28 |
| | Lámbros Papakóstas | Greece | 2.25 |
| | Park Jae-Hong | South Korea | 2.22 |
| | Jarosław Kotewicz | Poland | 2.22 |
| 5 | Hiroyuki Sakaida | Japan | 2.19 |
| 6 | Carsten Korth | East Germany | 2.19 |
| 7 | Mats Kollbrink | Sweden | 2.12 |
| 8 | Miha Prijon | Yugoslavia | 2.12 |
| 9 | Dimitri Maenhoudt | Belgium | 2.12 |
| 9 | Patrick Thavelin | Sweden | 2.12 |
| 11 | Walter Barney | United States | 2.12 |
| 12 | Warren Lefebvre | Australia | 2.12 |
| 13 | Takahisa Yoshida | Japan | 2.08 |

### Qualifications

30 Jul

**Group A**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Artur Partyka | Poland | 2.14 | Q |
| 1 | Mats Kollbrink | Sweden | 2.14 | Q |
| 3 | Lámbros Papakóstas | Greece | 2.14 | Q |
| 4 | Takahisa Yoshida | Japan | 2.14 | Q |
| 5 | Walter Barney | United States | 2.14 | Q |
| 6 | Dimitri Maenhoudt | Belgium | 2.14 | Q |
| 6 | Miha Prijon | Yugoslavia | 2.14 | Q |
| 8 | Alex Zaliauskas | Canada | 2.05 | |
| 9 | Lluis Orona Santz | Andorra | 2.00 | |

**Group B**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Warren Lefebvre | Australia | 2.14 | Q |
| 1 | Carsten Korth | East Germany | 2.14 | Q |
| 1 | Hiroyuki Sakaida | Japan | 2.14 | Q |
| 4 | Park Jae-Hong | South Korea | 2.14 | Q |
| 5 | Jarosław Kotewicz | Poland | 2.14 | Q |
| 6 | Patrick Thavelin | Sweden | 2.14 | Q |
| 7 | Orrin Barton | United States | 2.10 | |
| 8 | Steven Hollings | New Zealand | 2.05 | |
| | Jean-Claude Silao | Congo | NH | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 18 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

* Andorra (1)
* Australia (1)
* Belgium (1)
* Canada (1)
* Congo (1)
* East Germany (1)
* Greece (1)
* Japan (2)
* New Zealand (1)
* Poland (2)
* South Korea (1)
* Sweden (2)
* United States (2)
* Yugoslavia (1)
