2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's high jump
# 2002 European Athletics Championships – Men's high jump

The men's high jump at the 2002 European Athletics Championships were held at the Olympic Stadium on August 6–8.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Yaroslav Rybakov Russia | Stefan Holm Sweden | Staffan Strand Sweden |

## Results

### Qualification

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

**Group A**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Yaroslav Rybakov | Russia | 2.20 | q |
| 1 | Staffan Strand | Sweden | 2.20 | q |
| 3 | Wilbert Pennings | Netherlands | 2.20 | q |
| 4 | Martin Buß | Germany | 2.20 | q |
| 4 | Tomáš Janků | Czech Republic | 2.20 | q |
| 6 | Svatoslav Ton | Czech Republic | 2.20 | q |
| 7 | Grzegorz Sposób | Poland | 2.15 | |
| 8 | Luboš Benko | Slovakia | 2.15 | |
| 9 | Giulio Ciotti | Italy | 2.15 | |
| 9 | Rožle Prezelj | Slovenia | 2.15 | |
| | Dalton Grant | Great Britain | NM | |
| | Aleksey Lesnichyi | Belarus | NM | |
| | Konstantin Matusevich | Israel | NM | |
| | Ville Vepsalainen | Finland | NM | |

**Group B**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Grégory Gabella | France | 2.20 | q |
| 1 | Stefan Holm | Sweden | 2.20 | q |
| 3 | Pavel Fomenko | Russia | 2.20 | q |
| 4 | Jan Janků | Czech Republic | 2.20 | q |
| 5 | Alessandro Talotti | Italy | 2.20 | q |
| 6 | Aleksander Waleriańczyk | Poland | 2.15 | q |
| 6 | Oskari Frosen | Finland | 2.15 | q |
| 6 | Andrea Bettinelli | Italy | 2.15 | q |
| 9 | Hennazdy Maroz | Belarus | 2.15 | |
| 10 | Ben Challenger | Great Britain | 2.15 | |
| 10 | Ştefan Vasilache | Romania | 2.15 | |
| 10 | Martin Stauffer | Switzerland | 2.15 | |
| | Andrei Chubsa | Belarus | NM | |
| | Metin Durmuşoğlu | Turkey | NM | |
| | Dimitrios Sirrakos | Greece | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 2.18 | 2.22 | 2.25 | 2.27 | 2.29 | 2.31 | 2.33 | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Yaroslav Rybakov | Russia | – | o | – | o | o | o | – | 2.31 |
| | Stefan Holm | Sweden | – | o | – | xo | o | xx– | x | 2.29 |
| | Staffan Strand | Sweden | – | o | – | o | – | xxx | | 2.27 |
| 4 | Alessandro Talotti | Italy | o | xo | o | o | x– | xx | | 2.27 |
| 5 | Tomáš Janků | Czech Republic | xo | xo | o | xxx | | | | 2.25 |
| 6 | Svatoslav Ton | Czech Republic | o | o | xo | xxx | | | | 2.25 |
| 7 | Martin Buß | Germany | xo | o | xxo | xxx | | | | 2.25 |
| 8 | Jan Janků | Czech Republic | – | xo | xxx | | | | | 2.22 |
| 9 | Andrea Bettinelli | Italy | o | xxx | | | | | | 2.18 |
| 9 | Oskari Frosen | Finland | o | xxx | | | | | | 2.18 |
| 9 | Grégory Gabella | France | o | – | xxx | | | | | 2.18 |
| 12 | Pavel Fomenko | Russia | xo | xxx | | | | | | 2.18 |
| 13 | Wilbert Pennings | Netherlands | xxo | xxx | | | | | | 2.18 |
| 13 | Aleksander Waleriańczyk | Poland | xxo | xxx | | | | | | 2.18 |
