2020 Summer Olympics / Athletics - High Jump (Men)

sport	athletics
discipline	high jump
gender	Men
Attendees	?? Athletes from ?? Countries
Competition location	Olympic Stadium
Competition phase	July 31 to August 2, 2020

The men's high jump competition at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo will take place from July 31 to August 2 in the newly built Olympic Stadium.

Current title holders

Olympic champion	Derek Drouin ( Canada )	2.38 m	Rio de Janeiro 2016
World Champion	Mutaz Essa Barshim ( Qatar )	2.37 m	Doha 2019
European champion	Mateusz Przybylko ( Germany )	2.35 m	Berlin 2018
North / Central America / Caribbean champions	Jeron Robinson ( United States )	2.28 m	Toronto 2018
South American champions	Alexander Bowen ( Panama )	2.21 m	Lima 2019
Asian champion	Majd Eddin Ghazal ( Syria )	2.31 m	Doha 2019
African champions			Algiers 2020
Oceania Champion	Hamish Kerr ( New Zealand )	2.30 m	Townsville 2019

Existing records

World record	Javier Sotomayor ( Cuba )	2.45 m	Salamanca , Spain	July 27, 1993
Olympic record	Charles Austin ( United States )	2.39 m	Atlanta Final , United States	July 29, 1996

Web links

• Athletics on the Tokyo 2020 official homepage