1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump
# 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump

The men's high jump event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 22 and 24 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Mark Boswell Canada |
| - | - |
| Silver | Svatoslav Ton Czech Republic |
| Silver | Ben Challenger United Kingdom |

## Results

### Final

24 August

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Mark Boswell | Canada | 2.24 |
| | Svatoslav Ton | Czech Republic | 2.21 |
| | Ben Challenger | United Kingdom | 2.21 |
| 4 | Dave Furman | United States | 2.18 |
| 5 | Toni Huikuri | Finland | 2.18 |
| 6 | Dejan Vreljakovic | FR Yugoslavia | 2.18 |
| 7 | James Brierley | United Kingdom | 2.15 |
| 7 | Roman Fricke | Germany | 2.15 |
| 9 | François Potgieter | South Africa | 2.15 |
| 10 | Yannick Tregaro | Sweden | 2.10 |
| 11 | Tivadar Kovács | Hungary | 2.10 |
| 12 | Noriyasu Arai | Japan | 2.05 |

### Qualifications

22 Aug

**Group A**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Svatoslav Ton | Czech Republic | 2.14 | q |
| 1 | Toni Huikuri | Finland | 2.14 | q |
| 1 | James Brierley | United Kingdom | 2.14 | q |
| 1 | Noriyasu Arai | Japan | 2.14 | q |
| 5 | Yannick Tregaro | Sweden | 2.14 | q |
| 5 | Dejan Vreljakovic | FR Yugoslavia | 2.14 | q |
| 7 | Alfredo Deza | Peru | 2.10 | |
| 8 | Vagner Principe | Brazil | 2.10 | |
| 9 | Alberto Juantorena Jr. | Cuba | 2.10 | |
| 10 | Marcin Kaczocha | Poland | 2.10 | |
| 11 | Andrey Krasulya | Ukraine | 2.05 | |
| 12 | David Larsen | United States | 2.05 | |
| 13 | Ronald Garlett | Australia | 2.00 | |
| 13 | Oleg Prokopov | Belarus | 2.00 | |
| 15 | Felipe Apablaza | Chile | 2.00 | |
| 16 | Luis Soto Caballero | Puerto Rico | 2.00 | |
| | Zoltán Akacz | Hungary | NH | |

**Group B**

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Mark Boswell | Canada | 2.14 | q |
| 1 | Ben Challenger | United Kingdom | 2.14 | q |
| 1 | Roman Fricke | Germany | 2.14 | q |
| 1 | Tivadar Kovács | Hungary | 2.14 | q |
| 1 | Dave Furman | United States | 2.14 | q |
| 6 | François Potgieter | South Africa | 2.14 | q |
| 7 | Sauli Niemi | Finland | 2.10 | |
| 7 | Katsuyoshi Miyamichi | Japan | 2.10 | |
| 9 | Marat Rakipov | Russia | 2.10 | |
| 10 | Adi Mordel | Israel | 2.10 | |
| 11 | Fabrício Romero | Brazil | 2.10 | |
| 12 | Abderahmane Hammad | Algeria | 2.05 | |
| 12 | Luke Temme | Australia | 2.05 | |
| 14 | Aleksey Lesnichiy | Belarus | 2.05 | |
| 15 | Ha Chung-Soo | South Korea | 2.00 | |
| 16 | Dejan Dokleja | Croatia | 2.00 | |
| | Fawzi Warsame | Somalia | NH | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.

* Algeria (1)
* Australia (2)
* Belarus (2)
* Brazil (2)
* Canada (1)
* Chile (1)
* Croatia (1)
* Cuba (1)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Finland (2)
* Germany (1)
* Hungary (2)
* Israel (1)
* Japan (2)
* Peru (1)
* Poland (1)
* Puerto Rico (1)
* Russia (1)
* Somalia (1)
* South Africa (1)
* South Korea (1)
* Sweden (1)
* Ukraine (1)
* United Kingdom (2)
* United States (2)
* FR Yugoslavia (1)
