1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump
# 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump

The men's high jump event at the 1989 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Budapest Sportcsarnok in Budapest on 3 and 4 March.

## Medallists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Javier Sotomayor Cuba (CUB) | Dietmar Mögenburg West Germany (FRG) | Patrik Sjöberg Sweden (SWE) |

## Results

### Qualification

Qualification: 2.23 metres (Q) or the best 12 (q) qualified for the final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Javier Sotomayor | Cuba | 2.10 | q |
| 1 | Dietmar Mögenburg | West Germany | 2.10 | q |
| 1 | Patrik Sjöberg | Sweden | 2.10 | q |
| 1 | Dalton Grant | Great Britain | 2.10 | q |
| 1 | Carlo Thränhardt | West Germany | 2.10 | q |
| 1 | Krzysztof Krawczyk | Poland | 2.10 | q |
| 1 | Jake Jacoby | United States | 2.10 | q |
| 1 | Róbert Ruffini | Czechoslovakia | 2.10 | q |
| 1 | Panayotis Kontaksakis | Greece | 2.10 | q |
| 1 | Sergey Dymchenko | Soviet Union | 2.10 | q |
| 1 | Georgi Dakov | Bulgaria | 2.10 | q |
| 1 | Jean-Charles Gicquel | France | 2.10 | q |
| 1 | Troy Kemp | Bahamas | 2.10 | q |
| 14 | Clarence Saunders | Bermuda | 2.10 | q |
| | Thomas McCants | United States | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 2.20 | 2.25 | 2.28 | 2.31 | 2.33 | 2.35 | 2.37 | 2.43 | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Javier Sotomayor | Cuba | – | o | – | o | – | xo | o | o | 2.43 | WR, CR |
| | Dietmar Mögenburg | West Germany | – | xo | – | xxo | – | o | | | 2.35 | |
| | Patrik Sjöberg | Sweden | – | o | – | o | – | xo | | | 2.35 | |
| 4 | Dalton Grant | Great Britain | – | o | – | o | x– | xo | | | 2.35 | NR |
| 5 | Carlo Thränhardt | West Germany | – | o | – | – | o | | | | 2.33 | |
| 6 | Krzysztof Krawczyk | Poland | | | o | – | xx | | | | 2.28 | |
| 7 | Jake Jacoby | United States | xo | xxo | o | xxx | | | | | 2.28 | |
| 8 | Róbert Ruffini | Czechoslovakia | o | o | xo | xxx | | | | | 2.28 | |
| 9 | Panayotis Kontaksakis | Greece | o | xo | xxo | xx | | | | | 2.28 | NR |
| 9 | Sergey Dymchenko | Soviet Union | xo | o | xxo | xxx | | | | | 2.28 | |
| 11 | Georgi Dakov | Bulgaria | o | o | x | | | | | | 2.25 | |
| 12 | Jean-Charles Gicquel | France | o | xo | x | | | | | | 2.25 | |
| 13 | Troy Kemp | Bahamas | xo | x | xxx | | | | | | 2.25 | |
| 14 | Clarence Saunders | Bermuda | o | xxx | | | | | | | 2.20 | |
