Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump
These are the official results of the Men's High Jump event at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. There were a total number of 43 participating athletes. The qualification mark was set at 2.29 metres.
Medalists
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records prior to the 1992 Summer Olympics.| World Record | 2.44 |  Javier Sotomayor | San Juan | July 29, 1989 |
| Olympic Record | 2.38 |  Hennadiy Avdyeyenko | Seoul | September 25, 1988 |
Results
Qualifying round
Qualification: Qualifying Performance 2.29 or at least 12 best performers advance to the [|final].| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | 2.00 | 2.05 | 2.10 | 2.15 | 2.20 | 2.23 | 2.26 | 2.29 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | B | Marino Drake | – | – | – | o | – | xxo | xo | xo | 2.29 | Q | |
| 2 | B | Steve Smith | – | – | – | o | – | o | xo | xxo | 2.29 | Q | |
| 3 | A | Javier Sotomayor | – | – | – | – | o | – | o | – | 2.26 | q | |
| 3 | B | Charles Austin | – | – | – | – | o | – | o | x- | 2.26 | q | |
| 3 | B | Patrik Sjöberg | – | – | – | – | – | o | o | x- | 2.26 | q | |
| 3 | B | Dragutin Topić | – | – | – | – | o | – | o | – | 2.26 | q | |
| 7 | B | Ralf Sonn | – | – | – | o | xo | o | o | – | 2.26 | q | |
| 8 | A | Sorin Matei | – | – | – | xo | o | xo | o | – | 2.26 | q | |
| 8 | B | Gustavo Adolfo Becker | – | – | – | xo | xo | – | o | – | 2.26 | q | |
| 10 | A | Hollis Conway | – | – | – | o | o | o | xo | – | 2.26 | q | |
| 10 | B | Troy Kemp | – | – | – | – | o | – | xo | x- | 2.26 | q | |
| 12 | A | Georgi Dakov | – | – | – | o | xo | xo | xo | – | 2.26 | q | |
| 13 | A | Artur Partyka | – | – | o | – | o | – | xxo | – | 2.26 | q | |
| 14 | A | Tim Forsyth | – | – | – | – | xo | o | xxo | – | 2.26 | q | |
| 15 | A | Steinar Hoen | – | – | – | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.23 | |||
| 16 | A | Ian Thompson | – | – | – | xo | o | xxo | xxx | 2.23 | |||
| 16 | B | Brendan Reilly | – | – | o | o | xo | xxo | xxx | 2.23 | |||
| 18 | A | Darrin Plab | – | – | – | xxo | xo | xxo | xxx | 2.23 | |||
| 19 | A | Lee Jin-taek | – | – | – | – | o | – | xxx | 2.20 | |||
| 19 | B | Lambros Papakostas | – | – | – | – | o | xxx | 2.20 | ||||
| 19 | B | Håkon Särnblom | – | – | o | o | o | – | xxx | 2.20 | |||
| 22 | B | Igor Paklin | – | – | – | – | xo | – | xxx | 2.20 | |||
| 22 | B | Lochsley Thomson | – | – | o | – | xo | xxx | 2.20 | ||||
| 24 | A | Yuriy Sergiyenko | – | – | o | xo | xo | xxx | 2.20 | ||||
| 25 | A | Wolf-Hendrik Beyer | – | – | – | o | xxo | xxx | 2.20 | ||||
| 26 | A | Xu Yang | – | o | xo | o | xxo | xxx | 2.20 | ||||
| 27 | A | Arturo Ortiz | – | – | – | o | – | xxx | 2.15 | ||||
| 27 | A | Dietmar Mögenburg | – | – | – | o | xxx | 2.15 | |||||
| 29 | A | Dalton Grant | – | – | – | xo | xxx | 2.15 | |||||
| 29 | A | Stevan Zorić | – | – | – | xo | xxx | 2.15 | |||||
| 31 | A | David Anderson | – | – | o | xxo | xxx | 2.15 | |||||
| 31 | A | Alex Zaliauskas | – | – | o | xxo | xxx | 2.15 | |||||
| 33 | A | Khemraj Naiko | – | – | o | xxx | 2.10 | ||||||
| 33 | A | Kosmas Mikhalopoulos | – | – | o | – | xxx | 2.10 | |||||
| 33 | A | Hossein Shahyan | – | – | o | xxx | 2.10 | ||||||
| 33 | B | Danny Beauchamp | o | o | o | xxx | 2.10 | ||||||
| 33 | B | Yacine Mousli | – | – | o | xxx | 2.10 | ||||||
| 33 | B | Abdullah Mohamed Al-Sheib | – | o | o | xxx | 2.10 | ||||||
| 39 | A | Karl Scatliffe | o | o | xo | xxx | 2.10 | ||||||
| 39 | B | Cho Hyun-uk | – | – | xo | xxx | 2.10 | ||||||
| 41 | A | Hilaire Onwanlélé-Ozimo | – | o | xxx | 2.05 | |||||||
| 42 | B | Fakhredin Fouad | o | xo | xxx | 2.05 | |||||||
| B | Clarence Saunders | – | – | – | xxx |
Final
- Held on August 2, 1992
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 2.15 | 2.20 | 2.24 | 2.28 | 2.31 | 2.34 | 2.37 | 2.39 | Result | Notes |
| Javier Sotomayor | – | – | xo | – | o | o | xx- | x | 2.34 | |||
| Patrik Sjöberg | – | – | o | – | o | xo | xxx | 2.34 | ||||
| Artur Partyka | o | – | xo | – | o | xo | xxx | 2.34 | ||||
| Tim Forsyth | – | o | o | – | xo | xo | xxx | 2.34 | ||||
| Hollis Conway | – | o | – | xo | – | xo | xxx | 2.34 | ||||
| Ralf Sonn | – | o | o | o | o | xx- | x | 2.31 | ||||
| Troy Kemp | – | o | – | xo | o | xxx | 2.31 | |||||
| Marino Drake | – | o | – | o | xxx | 2.28 | ||||||
| Charles Austin | – | o | – | o | x- | xx | 2.28 | |||||
| Dragutin Topić | – | o | – | o | xx- | x | 2.28 | |||||
| 11 | Gustavo Adolfo Becker | – | o | xo | o | xxx | 2.28 | |||||
| 12 | Steve Smith | o | – | o | xx- | x | 2.24 | |||||
| 13 | Sorin Matei | – | – | xo | xxx | 2.24 | ||||||
| 14 | Georgi Dakov | o | o | xxo | xxx | 2.24 |