1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's high jump
The men's high jump event at the 1997 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 8–9.Medalists
Results
Qualification
Qualification: 2.29 or at least 12 best performers qualified for the final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | 2.10 | 2.15 | 2.20 | 2.24 | 2.27 | 2.29 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Charles Austin | | – | – | o | – | o | o | 2.29 | Q |
| 2 | A | Steinar Hoen | | – | – | o | o | xxo | xxo | 2.29 | Q |
| 3 | A | Steve Smith | | – | xxo | – | xxo | o | xxo | 2.29 | Q |
| 4 | A | Wolfgang Kreißig | | – | o | o | o | o | xxx | 2.27 | q |
| 5 | A | Didier Detchénique | | – | xo | o | o | o | xxx | 2.27 | q |
| 5 | B | Stefan Holm | | – | o | o | xo | o | – | 2.27 | q |
| 5 | B | Charles Lefrançois | | – | o | xo | o | o | – | 2.27 | q, PB |
| 8 | B | Dalton Grant | | – | – | o | o | xo | – | 2.27 | q |
| 8 | B | Labros Papakostas | | – | – | o | o | xo | – | 2.27 | q |
| 10 | B | Jarosław Kotewicz | | – | o | – | xo | xo | – | 2.27 | q |
| 11 | B | Dragutin Topić | | – | o | xxo | o | xo | – | 2.27 | q |
| 12 | A | Arturo Ortiz | | – | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | 2.27 | q |
| 13 | A | Konstantinos Liapis | | o | xo | o | o | xxo | xxx | 2.27 | |
| 14 | A | Sergey Klyugin | | o | o | o | o | xxx | | 2.24 | |
| 14 | B | Brian Brown | | – | – | o | o | xxx | | 2.24 | |
| 16 | B | Tim Forsyth | | – | – | o | xo | xxx | | 2.24 | |
| 17 | B | Svatoslav Ton | | o | o | xo | xxo | xxx | | 2.24 | |
| 18 | A | Kwaku Boateng | | – | – | o | xxx | | | 2.20 | |
| 18 | A | Ian Thompson | | o | o | o | xxx | | | 2.20 | |
| 20 | A | Jan Janků | | – | xo | o | xxx | | | 2.20 | |
| 20 | A | Konstantin Matusevich | | xo | o | o | xxx | | | 2.20 | |
| 22 | A | Mark Mandy | | o | o | xo | xxx | | | 2.20 | |
| 22 | A | Vyacheslav Tyrtyshnik | | o | o | xo | xx– | x | | 2.20 | |
| 24 | B | Itai Margalit | | – | o | xxo | | | | 2.20 | |
| 25 | B | Gustavo Becker | | o | o | xxx | | | | 2.15 | |
| 25 | B | István Kovács | | o | o | xxx | | | | 2.15 | |
| 27 | A | Marko Turban | | xo | xo | xxx | | | | 2.15 | |
| 28 | B | Shigeki Toyoshima | | xo | xxo | xxx | | | | 2.15 | |
| 29 | A | Lee Jin-taek | | o | xxx | | | | | 2.10 | |
| 29 | B | Hervé Ndi Ndi | | o | – | xxx | | | | 2.10 | |
| 31 | B | Elvir Krehmić | | xxo | xxx | | | | | 2.10 | |
| B | Jean-Claude Rabbath | | | | | | | | ' | |
| B | Christian Rhoden | | | | | | | | ' | |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | 2.15 | 2.20 | 2.25 | 2.29 | 2.32 | 2.35 | 2.41 | Result | Notes |
| Charles Austin | | – | o | – | o | xo | xxo | xxx | 2.35 | |
| Labros Papakostas | | – | xo | – | o | xo | xxx | | 2.32 | SB |
| Dragutin Topić | | – | – | xo | – | xxo | xxx | | 2.32 | |
| Charles Lefrançois | | – | o | o | o | xxx | | | 2.29 | PB |
| Wolfgang Kreißig | | – | xo | o | xo | xxx | | | 2.29 | |
| Steve Smith | | – | – | o | – | xx– | x | | 2.25 | |
| Jarosław Kotewicz | | o | – | o | – | xxx | | | 2.25 | |
| Steinar Hoen | | – | o | xo | x– | xx | | | 2.25 | |
| Stefan Holm | | o | o | xo | – | xxx | | | 2.25 | |
| 10 | Dalton Grant | | – | x– | xo | – | xxx | | | 2.25 | |
| 11 | Arturo Ortiz | | o | xo | xxo | – | xxx | | | 2.25 | |
| 12 | Didier Detchénique | | o | xo | xxx | | | | | 2.20 | |
