2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump
# 2001 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump

These are the results of the Men's High Jump event at the 2001 World Championships in Athletics in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

## Medalists

| Gold | Martin Buß Germany (GER) |
| - | - |
| Silver | Vyacheslav Voronin Russia (RUS) |
| Silver | Yaroslav Rybakov Russia (RUS) |

## Schedule

* All times are Mountain Standard Time (UTC-7)

Qualification Round :

| Group A | Group B |
| - | - |
| 05.08.2001 – 10:17 | 05.08.2001 – 10:17 |
| Final Round ||
| 08.08.2001 – 18:40 ||

## Results

### Qualification

5 August

Qualification standard: 2.29 m or at least 12 best.

| Rank | Group | Name | 2.15 | 2.20 | 2.25 | 2.27 | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | A | Charles Austin (USA) | – | o | – | o | 2.27 | q |
| 2 | B | Stefan Holm (SWE) | – | o | xxo | o | 2.27 | q |
| 2 | B | Vyacheslav Voronin (RUS) | o | o | xxo | o | 2.27 | q |
| 2 | A | Staffan Strand (SWE) | – | o | xxo | o | 2.27 | q |
| 5 | A | Mark Boswell (CAN) | – | o | – | xo | 2.27 | q |
| 5 | A | Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS) | o | o | o | xo | 2.27 | q |
| 7 | A | Martin Buß (GER) | – | o | xo | xo | 2.27 | q |
| 8 | B | Abderahmane Hammad (ALG) | o | xo | o | xo | 2.27 | q |
| 9 | B | Kwaku Boateng (CAN) | – | xo | xo | xo | 2.27 | q |
| 10 | A | Sergey Klyugin (RUS) | o | o | o | xxx | 2.25 | q |
| 11 | B | Gilmar Mayo (COL) | o | xo | o | xxx | 2.25 | q |
| 12 | B | Nathan Leeper (USA) | o | xo | xo | xxx | 2.25 | |
| 13 | A | Jan Janků (CZE) | – | o | xo | xxx | 2.25 | |
| 14 | A | Serhiy Dymchenko (UKR) | xxo | xo | xxo | xxx | 2.25 | |
| 15 | A | Mika Polku (FIN) | o | o | xxx | | 2.20 | |
| 15 | A | David Furman (USA) | o | o | xxx | | 2.20 | |
| 17 | B | Ben Challenger (GBR) | o | xo | xxx | | 2.20 | |
| 17 | B | Aleksandr Kravtsov (RUS) | o | xo | xxx | | 2.20 | |
| 19 | B | Einar Karl Hjartarson (ISL) | xo | xo | xxx | | 2.20 | |
| 20 | A | Elvir Krehmić (BIH) | – | xxo | xxx | | 2.20 | |
| 21 | B | Andriy Sokolovskyy (UKR) | o | xxx | | | 2.15 | |
| 21 | A | Grzegorz Sposób (POL) | o | xxx | | | 2.15 | |
| 23 | A | Jacques Freitag (RSA) | xxo | xxx | | | 2.15 | |
| | B | Eugene Ernesta (SEY) | xxx | | | | NM | |
| | B | Javier Sotomayor (CUB) | | | | | DQ | q* |

Note: Javier Sotomayor had originally qualified for the final with 2.27 m but was later disqualified for doping.

### Final

8 August

| Rank | Name | 2.20 | 2.25 | 2.30 | 2.33 | 2.36 | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Martin Buß (GER) | o | o | o | x- | xo | 2.36 | WL |
| | Vyacheslav Voronin (RUS) | - | o | o | o | xxx | 2.33 | SB |
| | Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS) | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.33 | PB |
| 4 | Sergey Klyugin (RUS) | o | - | xo | xxx | | 2.30 | |
| 4 | Stefan Holm (SWE) | o | o | xo | x- | xx | 2.30 | |
| 6 | Staffan Strand (SWE) | - | o | xx- | x | | 2.25 | |
| 6 | Mark Boswell (CAN) | o | o | - | xxx | | 2.25 | |
| 8 | Kwaku Boateng (CAN) | o | xxo | x- | xx | | 2.25 | |
| 9 | Charles Austin (USA) | o | - | xxx | | | 2.20 | |
| 9 | Abderahmane Hammad (ALG) | o | xxx | | | | 2.20 | |
| 11 | Gilmar Mayo (COL) | xxo | xxx | | | | 2.20 | |
| | Javier Sotomayor (CUB) | | | | | | DQ | * |

Note: Javier Sotomayor had originally finished in the 4th place with 2.33 m but was later disqualified for doping.

