Athletics at the 1999 Summer Universiade – Men's high jump
# Athletics at the 1999 Summer Universiade – Men's high jump

The men's high jump event at the 1999 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Son Moix in Palma de Mallorca, Spain on 12 and 13 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Ben Challenger Great Britain | Mark Boswell Canada | Lee Jin-taek South Korea |

## Results

### Qualification

Qualification: 2.25 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) advance to the final

| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | 2.00 | 2.10 | 2.15 | 2.20 | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | A | Jean-Claude Rabbath | Lebanon | | | | | 2.20 | q |
| 2 | A | Mark Boswell | Canada | | | | | 2.20 | q |
| 2 | A | Stefan Holm | Sweden | | | | | 2.20 | q |
| 4 | A | Christian Rhoden | Germany | | | | | 2.20 | q |
| 5 | A | Mika Polku | Finland | | | | | 2.20 | q |
| 6 | A | Raúl Lozano | Spain | o | o | o | xxx | 2.15 | |
| 7 | A | Felipe Apablaza | Chile | | | | | 2.15 | |
| 8 | A | Luke Russell | Australia | | | | | 2.15 | |
| 9 | A | Marko Alekseyev | Estonia | | | | | 2.10 | |
| 9 | A | Jamie Nieto | United States | | | | | 2.10 | |
| 11 | A | Johnway Okonobo | Nigeria | | | | | 2.10 | |
| 12 | A | Roshan | India | | | | | 2.00 | |
| 13 | A | Anders Møller | Denmark | | | | | 1.90 | |
| | A | Andriy Sokolovskyy | Ukraine | | | | | NM | |
| 1 | B | Wilbert Pennings | Netherlands | | | | | 2.20 | q |
| 2 | B | Ramon Kaju | Estonia | | | | | 2.20 | q |
| 2 | B | Ben Challenger | Great Britain | | | | | 2.20 | q |
| 2 | B | Lee Jin-taek | South Korea | | | | | 2.20 | q |
| 5 | B | Kenny Evans | United States | | | | | 2.20 | q |
| 6 | B | Michael Ponikvar | Canada | | | | | 2.20 | q |
| 6 | B | Staffan Strand | Sweden | | | | | 2.20 | q |
| 8 | B | Đorđe Niketić | Yugoslavia | | | | | 2.15 | |
| 9 | B | Ignacio Pérez | Spain | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.15 | |
| 10 | B | Fana Mtshatsheni | South Africa | | | | | 2.10 | |
| 11 | B | Angel Kararadev | Bulgaria | | | | | 2.10 | |
| 12 | B | Chan Ming Sang | Hong Kong | | | | | 2.00 | |
| 13 | B | Martin Gartner | Denmark | | | | | 2.00 | |
| | A | Tomáš Janků | Czech Republic | – | – | – | xxx | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 2.15 | 2.19 | 2.22 | 2.25 | 2.28 | 2.30 | 2.32 | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Ben Challenger | Great Britain | o | – | o | o | xo | xo | xxx | 2.30 | PB |
| | Mark Boswell | Canada | o | – | xo | o | xxo | xo | xxx | 2.30 | |
| | Lee Jin-taek | South Korea | o | o | – | o | xxo | xxx | | 2.28 | SB |
| 4 | Stefan Holm | Sweden | | | | | | | | 2.25 | |
| 5 | Kenny Evans | United States | | | | | | | | 2.25 | |
| 6 | Ramon Kaju | Estonia | | | | | | | | 2.22 | |
| 6 | Jean-Claude Rabbath | Lebanon | | | | | | | | 2.22 | |
| 8 | Wilbert Pennings | Netherlands | | | | | | | | 2.19 | |
| 9 | Mika Polku | Finland | | | | | | | | 2.19 | |
| 10 | Michael Ponikvar | Canada | | | | | | | | 2.15 | |
| 11 | Christian Rhoden | Germany | | | | | | | | 2.15 | |
| | Staffan Strand | Sweden | | | | | | | | NM | |
