Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump
Rank Group Name Nationality 2.16 2.21 2.26 2.29 Result Note
1 B Robert Grabarz Great Britain - o o o 2.29 q
2 B Ivan Ukhov Russia o o xo o 2.29 q
3 A Erik Kynard United States o o o x o 2.29 q
3 B Jesse Williams United States o o o x o 2.29 q
5 B Andriy Protsenko Ukraine o xo xo x o 2.29 q
6 A Derek Drouin Canada o xxo xo xx o 2.29 q
7 B Jamie Nieto United States o o o xxx 2.26 q
8 A Mutaz Essa Barshim Qatar o o x o xx- 2.26 q
8 A Bohdan Bondarenko Ukraine o o x o xx- 2.26 q
8 A Mickael Hanany France o o x o xxx 2.26 q
8 A Andrey Silnov Russia o o x o xxx 2.26 q
12 A Kyriakos Ioannou Cyprus o o xx o xxx 2.26 q
12 B Michael Mason Canada o o xx o xxx 2.26 q
12 B Wanner Miller Colombia o o xx o xxx 2.26 q
15 A Aleksandr Shustov Russia o xo xx o xxx 2.26
16 B Trevor Barry Bahamas o o xxx 2.21
16 B Guilherme Cobbo Brazil o o xxx 2.21
16 A Dmytro Dem'yanyuk Ukraine o o xxx 2.21
16 A Osku Torro Finland o o xxx 2.21
20 B Víctor Moya Cuba xo o xx- x 2.21
Results -- Qualification
Qual . rule : qualification standard 2.32m ( Q ) or at least best 12 qualified ( q ) .
The men's high jump competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom was held at the Olympic Stadium on 5-7 August. In the qualifying round, nobody needed to take an attempt at the automatic qualifying mark because they were at a tie for the 12th qualifying position at 2.26 metres, with no misses before that height. Because there were two pits going on at the same time, they continued to 2.29 and half the field missed, two heights below the auto-qualifier. All the medalists came from those who made 2.29. In the final, six athletes did not make it back to the qualifying height, including reigning world champion Jesse Williams and defending champion Andrey Silnov. Derek Drouin, Robert Grabarz and Mutaz Essa Barshim were clean through 2.29 and were in a three-way tie for first place. Erik Kynard cleared the next height at 2.33. Somehow between jumps, Ivan Ukhov had taken off his singlet and it got lost. As time clicked down, he pinned his number to a T-shirt and quickly took his jump at that height. It was successful, to move him into a tie for first place. After the other three had failed, Jamie Nieto made a strategic decision to take an all or nothing jump at 2.36. It was a close attempt, but he missed it.