1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump
The men's high jump event at the 1987 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held at the Hoosier Dome in Indianapolis on 6 and 7 March.Medalists
Results
Qualification
Qualification: 2.24 or at least 12 best performers qualified for the final.
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Hennadiy Avdyeyenko | | 2.24 | Q |
| 1 | Jimmy Howard | | 2.24 | Q |
| 1 | Sorin Matei | | 2.24 | Q |
| 1 | Milton Ottey | | 2.24 | Q |
| 1 | Igor Paklin | | 2.24 | Q |
| 1 | Patrik Sjöberg | | 2.24 | Q |
| 1 | Javier Sotomayor | | 2.24 | Q |
| 1 | Carlo Thränhardt | | 2.24 | Q |
| 9 | Roland Dalhäuser | | 2.24 | Q |
| 9 | James Lott | | 2.24 | Q |
| 9 | Ján Zvara | | 2.24 | Q |
| 12 | Zhu Jianhua | | 2.24 | Q |
| 12 | Dalton Grant | | 2.24 | Q |
| 14 | Eugen-Cristian Popescu | | 2.20 | |
| 15 | André Schneider-Laub | | 2.20 | |
| 16 | Takao Sakamoto | | 2.20 | |
| Judex Lefou | | | |
| Alexis Neophytou | | | |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| Igor Paklin | | 2.38 | CR, NR |
| Hennadiy Avdyeyenko | | 2.38 | NR |
| Ján Zvara | | 2.34 | |
| Javier Sotomayor | | 2.32 | AR |
| Roland Dalhäuser | | 2.32 | NR |
| Sorin Matei | | 2.32 | |
| Milton Ottey | | 2.28 | |
| Dalton Grant | | 2.28 | |
| Zhu Jianhua | | 2.28 | |
| 10 | James Lott | | 2.24 | |
| 10 | Jimmy Howard | | 2.24 | |
| Patrik Sjöberg | | | |
| Carlo Thränhardt | | | |
