2003 World Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump

These are the official results of the Men's High Jump event at the 2003 World Championships in Paris, France. There were a total number of 32 participating athletes, with the final held on Monday 25 August 2003.

Medalists edit

Gold	Jacques Freitag South Africa (RSA)
Silver	Stefan Holm Sweden (SWE)
Bronze	Mark Boswell Canada (CAN)

Schedule edit

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Qualification Round
Group A	Group B
23.08.2003 – 17:40h	23.08.2003 – 17:40h
Final Round
25.08.2003 – 19:00h

Abbreviations edit

All results shown are in metres

Q	automatic qualification
q	qualification by rank
DNS	did not start
NM	no mark
WR	world record
AR	area record
NR	national record
PB	personal best
SB	season best

Results edit

Qualification edit

Qualification: 2.29 m (Q) or best 12 performances (q)^[1]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	2.15	2.20	2.25	2.27	2.29	Result	Notes
1	A	Mikhail Tsvetkov	Russia	o	o	o	o	o	2.29	Q
2	A	Stefan Holm	Sweden	–	o	xo	o	o	2.29	Q
2	B	Andriy Sokolovskyy	Ukraine	o	o	o	xo	o	2.29	Q
4	B	Jaroslav Bába	Czech Republic	o	xo	xo	xo	o	2.29	Q
5	A	Jamie Nieto	United States	–	o	o	o	xo	2.29	Q
5	B	Jacques Freitag	South Africa	–	o	o	o	xo	2.29	Q
7	B	Germaine Mason	Jamaica	–	o	xo	xo	xo	2.29	Q
8	B	Grzegorz Sposób	Poland	o	xo	xo	xo	xxo	2.29	Q
9	A	Mark Boswell	Canada	–	o	o	o	xxx	2.27	q
10	A	Yaroslav Rybakov	Russia	–	o	xo	o	xxx	2.27	q
10	B	Roman Fricke	Germany	xo	o	o	o	xxx	2.27	q, PB
12	A	Aleksander Waleriańczyk	Poland	o	o	o	xxo	xxx	2.27	q
12	B	Matt Hemingway	United States	o	o	o	xxo	xxx	2.27	q
14	A	Hennazdy Maroz	Belarus	o	o	xo	xxo	xxx	2.27
15	B	Andrei Chubsa	Belarus	o	xxo	xxo	xxo	xxx	2.27
16	A	Tomáš Janků	Czech Republic	o	o	o	xxx		2.25
16	B	Martin Stauffer	Switzerland	o	o	o	xxx		2.25
16	B	Aleksey Lesnichiy	Belarus	o	o	o	xxx		2.25
19	B	Alessandro Talotti	Italy	o	xo	o	xxx		2.25
20	A	Andrea Bettinelli	Italy	–	xxo	o	xxx		2.25
21	A	Stefan Vasilache	Romania	o	o	xxo	xxx		2.25
22	A	Michał Bieniek	Poland	o	o	xxx			2.20
22	A	Fabrício Romero	Brazil	o	o	xxx			2.20
22	A	Staffan Strand	Sweden	–	o	xxx			2.20
22	B	Abderrahmane Hammad	Algeria	o	o	xxx			2.20
22	B	Pyotr Brayko	Russia	o	o	xxx			2.20
27	A	Oskari Frösén	Finland	xo	o	xxx			2.20
27	B	Wilbert Pennings	Netherlands	xo	o	xxx			2.20
29	A	Rožle Prezelj	Slovenia	o	xo	xxx			2.20
29	B	Nicola Ciotti	Italy	o	xo	xxx			2.20
31	B	Tora Harris	United States	o	xxo	xxx			2.20
	A	Alfredo Deza	Peru	xxx					NM

Final edit

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Rank	Name	Nationality	2.15	2.20	2.25	2.29	2.32	2.35	Result	Notes
	Jacques Freitag	South Africa	–	o	xo	o	o	xo	2.35	SB
	Stefan Holm	Sweden	–	o	o	o	xo	xxx	2.32
	Mark Boswell	Canada	–	–	o	–	xxo	xxx	2.32	SB
4	Mikhail Tsvetkov	Russia	o	o	o	o	xxx		2.29
5	Germaine Mason	Jamaica	–	xo	xo	o	xxx		2.29
6	Grzegorz Sposób	Poland	xo	xxo	o	o	xxx		2.29
7	Jamie Nieto	United States	–	o	o	xo	xxx		2.29
8	Andriy Sokolovskyy	Ukraine	o	o	xo	xxo	xxx		2.29
9	Yaroslav Rybakov	Russia	–	o	o	xxx			2.25
10	Aleksander Waleriańczyk	Poland	xo	xo	o	xxx			2.25
11	Jaroslav Bába	Czech Republic	o	o	xxo	xxx			2.25
12	Matt Hemingway	United States	–	xo	xxo	xxx			2.25
13	Roman Fricke	Germany	xo	o	xxx				2.20