Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump
The men's high jump at the 2008 Olympic Games took place on 17–19 August at the Beijing Olympic Stadium.
The qualifying standards were 2.30 m and 2.27 m .
Notably, reigning world champion Donald Thomas, who cleared 2.32 metres in Osaka 2007, finished only in twenty-first place, but failed to advance into the final round.Records
Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.Results
Qualifying round
Qualification Criteria: Qualifying Performance 2.32 or at least 12 best performers advance to the Final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | 2.10 | 2.15 | 2.20 | 2.25 | 2.29 | Result | Notes |
| A | Jaroslav Bába | | - | o | o | o | o | 2.29 | q |
| B | Jessé de Lima | | - | o | o | o | o | 2.29 | q |
| B | Tomáš Janků | | o | o | o | o | o | 2.29 | q |
| A | Germaine Mason | | - | o | o | o | o | 2.29 | q |
| A | Raúl Spank | | - | o | o | xo | o | 2.29 | q |
| B | Martyn Bernard | | - | o | o | o | xo | 2.29 | q |
| A | Stefan Holm | | - | o | o | o | xo | 2.29 | q |
| B | Andrey Silnov | | - | o | o | o | xo | 2.29 | q |
| B | Filippo Campioli | | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.25 | q |
| A | Rožle Prezelj | | - | o | o | o | xxx | 2.25 | q |
| A | Yaroslav Rybakov | | - | o | o | o | xxx | 2.25 | q |
| 12 | B | Tom Parsons | | - | o | xo | o | xxx | 2.25 | q |
| 13 | A | Andra Manson | | - | xo | xo | o | xxx | 2.25 | |
| 14 | A | Andrea Bettinelli | | - | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.25 | |
| 14 | A | Mickael Hanany | | o | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.25 | |
| 14 | A | Vyacheslav Voronin | | - | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.25 | |
| 17 | A | Dragutin Topić | | - | o | xo | xo | xxx | 2.25 | |
| 18 | B | Kyriakos Ioannou | | - | xo | xo | xo | xxx | 2.25 | |
| 19 | B | Michael Mason | | - | o | o | xxo | xxx | 2.25 | |
| 19 | B | Jesse Williams | | - | o | o | xxo | xxx | 2.25 | |
| 21 | B | Dmytro Demyanyuk | | o | o | o | xxx | | 2.20 | |
| 21 | A | Niki Palli | | o | o | o | xxx | | 2.20 | |
| 21 | A | Donald Thomas | | - | o | o | xxx | | 2.20 | |
| 24 | A | Michał Bieniek | | - | xo | o | xxx | | 2.20 | |
| 24 | A | Majed Aldin Gazal | | o | xo | o | xxx | | 2.20 | =NR |
| 26 | A | Dusty Jonas | | o | o | xo | xxx | | 2.20 | |
| 26 | B | Linus Thörnblad | | - | o | xo | xxx | | 2.20 | |
| 28 | B | James Grayman | | xo | xxo | xo | xxx | | 2.20 | |
| 29 | B | Javier Bermejo | | o | o | xxo | xxx | | 2.20 | |
| 29 | B | Kabelo Kgosiemang | | - | o | xxo | xxx | | 2.20 | |
| 29 | B | Alessandro Talotti | | o | o | xxo | xxx | | 2.20 | |
| 32 | B | Lee Hup Wei | | o | xo | xxo | xxx | | 2.20 | |
| 33 | A | Peter Horák | | o | xo | xxx | | | 2.15 | |
| 33 | B | Yuriy Krymarenko | | o | xo | xxx | | | 2.15 | |
| 33 | A | Gerardo Martínez | | o | xo | xxx | | | 2.15 | |
| 36 | B | Naoyuki Daigo | | xxo | xxo | xxx | | | 2.15 | |
| 37 | A | Konstadínos Baniótis | | xo | xxx | | | | 2.10 | |
| 37 | B | Sergey Zasimovich | | xo | xxx | | | | 2.10 | |
| 39 | A | Oleksandr Nartov | | xxo | xxx | | | | 2.10 | |
| B | Huang Haiqiang | | xxx | | | | | | |
Final
The final was held on August 19.
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 2.15 | 2.20 | 2.25 | 2.29 | 2.32 | 2.34 | 2.36 | 2.42 | Result | Notes |
| Andrey Silnov | | – | o | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.36 | |
| Germaine Mason | | – | o | o | x– | o | o | xxx | | 2.34 | PB |
| Yaroslav Rybakov | | – | o | o | o | xxo | o | xxx | | 2.34 | SB |
| 4 | Stefan Holm | | – | o | o | o | o | x– | xx | | 2.32 | |
| 5 | Raúl Spank | | o | o | o | o | xxo | xx– | x | | 2.32 | PB |
| 6 | Jaroslav Bába | | o | o | o | o | x– | x– | x | | 2.29 | |
| 7 | Tomáš Janků | | o | o | o | xo | x– | xx | | | 2.29 | |
| 8 | Tom Parsons | | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | 2.25 | |
| 9 | Martyn Bernard | | o | o | xo | x– | xx | | | | 2.25 | |
| 10 | Jessé de Lima | | o | o | xxx | | | | | | 2.20 | |
| 10 | Filippo Campioli | | – | o | xxx | | | | | | 2.20 | |
| 12 | Rožle Prezelj | | o | xxo | xxx | | | | | | 2.20 | |
