Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Men's high jump

Men's high jump at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Carrara Stadium
Dates	9 April (qualifying round) 11 April (final)
Competitors	20 from 13 nations
Winning height	2.32 m
Medalists
Brandon Starc    Australia   Jamal Wilson    Bahamas   Django Lovett    Canada

Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
Field events
High jump		women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
Para events
100 m (T12)	men
100 m (T35)		women
100 m (T38)	men	women
100 m (T47)	men
1500 m (T54)	men	women
Marathon (T54)	men	women
Long jump (T38)		women
Shot put (F38)	men
Javelin throw (F46)		women

The men's high jump at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium on 9 and 11 April 2018.^[1]

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:^[2]

World record	Javier Sotomayor (CUB)	2.45 m	Salamanca, Spain	23 July 1993
Games record	Clarence Saunders (BER)	2.36 m	Auckland, New Zealand	1 February 1990

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Across two groups, those who cleared 2.27 m (Q) or at least the 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.^[3]

Rank	Group	Athlete	1.95	2.00	2.05	2.10	2.15	2.18	2.21	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	A	Jamal Wilson (BAH)	–	–	o	o	o	o	o	2.21		q
	B	Chris Baker (ENG)	–	–	–	o	o	o	o	2.21		q
	B	Django Lovett (CAN)	–	–	–	o	o	o	o	2.21		q
4	A	David Smith (SCO)	–	–	–	o	xo	o	o	2.21	=SB	q
	A	Brandon Starc (AUS)	–	–	–	o	o	xo	o	2.21		q
6	B	Robbie Grabarz (ENG)	–	–	–	–	–	o	xo	2.21		q
7	A	Lee Hup Wei (MAS)	–	–	o	o	o	o	xo	2.21		q
	B	Allan Smith (SCO)	–	–	–	–	o	xxo	o	2.21		q
9	A	Tejaswin Shankar (IND)	–	–	–	o	xo	o	xo	2.21		q
	B	Donald Thomas (BAH)	–	–	–	o	o	o	xxo	2.21		q
11	A	Manjula Kumara (SRI)	–	–	o	o	o	xo	xo	2.21		q
	A	Michael Mason (CAN)	–	–	–	o	o	o	xxo	2.21		q
13	B	Nauraj Singh Randhawa (MAS)	–	–	–	o	xxo	o	xxo	2.21		q
14	A	Tom Gale (ENG)	–	–	–	xxo	xxo	o	xxx	2.18
15	A	Breyton Poole (RSA)	–	–	o	o	o	xo	xxx	2.18
16	B	Mathieu Sawe (KEN)	–	–	o	o	o	xxx		2.15
17	B	Joel Baden (AUS)	–	–	o	–	xo	xxx		2.15
18	B	Vasilios Konstantinou (CYP)	–	–	–	o	xx–	x		2.10
19	B	Kivarno Handfield (TCA)	–	o	o	xo	xxx			2.10
–	A	Malakai Kaiwalu (FIJ)	–	xxx						NM

The medals were determined in the final.^[2]

Rank	Athlete	2.18	2.21	2.24	2.27	2.30	2.32	2.34	Result	Notes
	Brandon Starc (AUS)	o	o	xo	xo	xo	o	xr	2.32	PB
	Jamal Wilson (BAH)	o	o	xo	o	o	xx–	x	2.30	SB
	Django Lovett (CAN)	o	o	xo	xo	xxo	xxr		2.30	PB
4	Donald Thomas (BAH)	o	o	xo	xo	xxx			2.27
5	Allan Smith (SCO)	o	xxo	o	xo	xxx			2.27	SB
6	Michael Mason (CAN)	o	xo	o	xxx				2.24
	Tejaswin Shankar (IND)	xo	o	o	xxx				2.24
8	Lee Hup Wei (MAS)	xo	o	xxx					2.21
9	Chris Baker (ENG)	xxo	xo	xxx					2.21
10	Nauraj Singh Randhawa (MAS)	o	xxx						2.18
	David Smith (SCO)	o	xxx						2.18
12	Robbie Grabarz (ENG)	xo	xxx						2.18
–	Manjula Kumara (SRI)	xxx							NM