The men's high jump at the 2026 European Athletics Championships took place over two rounds at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 11 and 14 August 2026."European Athletics Championships Birmingham 2026", European Athletics, 21 April 2026. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
Background
+ Records before the 2026 European Athletics Championships Record Athlete (nation) Location Date World record"All time Top lists – Senior High Jump men – World", World Athletics. Retrieved 6 August 2026. 2.45 m Salamanca, Spain 27 July 1993 European record"All time Top lists – Senior High Jump men – Europe", World Athletics. Retrieved 6 August 2026.2.42 mStockholm, Sweden30 July 1987West Berlin, West Germany26 February 1988New York City, United States14 June 2014 Championship record"European Athletics Championships Best Performances", European Athletics. Retrieved 6 August 2026. 2.37 m Rome, Italy 11 June 2024 World leading"Season Top Lists – Senior 2026 High Jump men – World", World Athletics. Retrieved 6 August 2026.2.34 mFontvieille, Monaco5 August 2026 European leading"Season Top Lists – Senior 2026 High Jump men – Europe", World Athletics. Retrieved 6 August 2026. 2.33 m Chelyabinsk, Russia 16 January 2026Berdichev, Ukraine27 June 2026
Qualification For the men's high jump, the qualification period was from 27 July 2025 to 26 July 2026. Athletes qualified by achieving the entry standard of 2.27 m or better, by wildcard for the 2024 European Athletics Champion, or by their position on the World Athletics Rankings for the event. The target number was 30 athletes;"Qualification System and Entry Standards", European Athletics, 14 November 2025. Retrieved 6 August 2026. eventually 27 qualified.
+ Qualification standings per 31 July 2026 QP CP Country Athlete Status Details 1 1 Gianmarco Tamberi Qualified by Wild Card Defending European Champion 2 1 Oleh Doroshchuk Qualified by Entry Standard 2.33 - Berdichev (UKR) - 27 JUN 2026 3 1 Jan Štefela Qualified by Entry Standard 2.32 - Športová hala Dukla, Banská Bystrica (SVK) (i) - 24 FEB 2026 4 1 Kimani Jack Qualified by Entry Standard 2.31 - Spec Towns Track, Athens, GA (USA) - 02 MAY 2026 5 1 Mateusz Kołodziejski Qualified by Entry Standard 2.30 - Městská sportovní hala, Hustopeče (CZE) (i) - 07 FEB 2026 6 2 Christian Falocchi Qualified by Entry Standard 2.30 - Palaindoor Ancona, Ancona (ITA) (i) - 01 MAR 2026 7 2 Roman Petruk Qualified by Entry Standard 2.30 - Stadion SKIF, Lviv (UKR) - 06 JUN 2026 8 1 Tobias Potye Qualified by Entry Standard 2.30 - Kennedyplatz, Essen (GER) - 20 JUN 2026 9 3 Matteo Sioli Qualified by Entry Standard 2.30 - Stadio Luigi Ridolfi, Firenze (ITA) - 26 JUL 2026 10 1 Juozas Baikštys Qualified by Entry Standard 2.27 - Athletics Stadium, Beograd (SRB) - 07 AUG 2025 11 1 Antonios Merlos Qualified by Entry Standard 2.27 - Arena Gorzów, Gorzów Wielkopolski (POL) (i) - 31 JAN 2026 12 2 Joel Clarke-Khan Qualified by Entry Standard 2.27 - Alexander Stadium, Birmingham (GBR) - 20 JUN 2026 13 4 Edoardo Stronati Qualified by Entry Standard 2.27 - Stadio Luigi Ridolfi, Firenze (ITA) - 26 JUL 2026 14 1 Thomas Carmoy Qualified by World Rankings 8th - 1196 points 15 3 Dmytro Nikitin Qualified by World Rankings 14th - 1161 points 16 1 Jonathan Kapitolnik Qualified by World Rankings 16th - 1157 points reserve 5 Manuel Lando Qualified by World Rankings 17th - 1154 points 17 2 Falk Wendrich Qualified by World Rankings 21st - 1142 points 18 1 Melwin Lycke Holm Qualified by World Rankings 26th - 1128 points 19 2 Antrea Mita Qualified by World Rankings 27th - 1128 points 20 2 Mikołaj Szczęsny Qualified by World Rankings 30th - 1124 points 21 2 Jef Vermeiren Qualified by World Rankings 31st - 1123 points reserve 6 Federico Celebrin Qualified by World Rankings 37th - 1111 points 22 1 Daniel Kosonen Qualified by World Rankings 39th - 1104 points 23 2 Marek BahnÍk Qualified by World Rankings 40th - 1102 points 24 1 Erlend Bolstad Raa Qualified by World Rankings 41st - 1101 points 25 3 Matyáš Čudlý Qualified by World Rankings 44th - 1090 points reserve 4 Adam Tomášek Qualified by World Rankings 47th - 1083 points 26 1 Valentin Alexandru Androne Qualified by World Rankings 49th - 1081 points 27 1 Loizos Chrysostomou Qualified by World Rankings 53rd - 1074 points
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Schedule Date Time Round11 August 2026 10:33 Qualification14 August 2026 20:00 Final
Results Qualification The qualification round was held on 11 August 2026, at 10:43 in the morning. All athletes meeting the Qualification Standard (Q) of 2.26 m or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.
Group A Place Athlete Nation 2.10 2.15 2.19 2.23 Result Notes 1 Kimani Jack o o o o 2.23 m 2 Jonathan Kapitolnik o o xo o 2.23 m , = 3 Thomas Carmoy xo xo xxo xxo 2.23 m , 4 Edoardo Stronati o o o xxx 2.19 m 5 Christian Falocchi o xxo o xxx 2.19 m 5 Antrea Mita o xxo o xxx 2.19 m 7 Melwin Lycke Holm o o xo xxx 2.19 m 7 Jan Štefela - o xo xxx 2.19 m 9 Mikołaj Szczęsny xo xxo xxo xxx 2.19 m 10 Daniel Kosonen xxo xo xxx 2.15 m 11 Roman Petruk o xxx 2.10 m — xxx — xxx
Group B Place Athlete Nation 2.10 2.15 2.19 2.23 Result Notes 1 Joel Clarke-Khan o o o o 2.23 m 2 Mateusz Kołodziejski o o xo o 2.23 m 3 Oleh Doroshchuk o o o xo 2.23 m 3 Matteo Sioli - o o xo 2.23 m 3 Gianmarco Tamberi - o o xo 2.23 m , = 6 Antonios Merlos o xo xo xo 2.23 m 7 Falk Wendrich o o o xxo 2.23 m , = 8 Dmytro Nikitin o o xxx 2.15 m 9 o xxo 2.15 m 10 o xxx 2.10 m 10 o xxx 2.10 m 12 xo xxx 2.10 m 13 xxo xxx 2.10 m
Final The final was held on 14 August 2026, at 20:00 in the evening. Place Athlete Nation 2.18 2.23 2.27 2.30 2.32 2.34 Result Notes Gianmarco Tamberi xo o o xo xo r 2.32 m Oleh Doroshchuk o o o o xxx 2.30 m Matteo Sioli o o o xr- 2.27 m 4 Kimani Jack o o xxx 2.23 m 5 Joel Clarke-Khan o xo xxx 2.23 m 5 Jonathan Kapitolnik o xo xxx 2.23 m 5 Mateusz Kołodziejski o xo xxx 2.23 m 8 Thomas Carmoy o xxx 2.18 m 8 Christian Falocchi o xxx 2.18 m 10 Falk Wendrich xo xxx 2.18 m 11 Antonios Merlos xxo xxx 2.18 m 11 Antrea Mita xxo xxx 2.18 m — Edoardo Stronati xxx
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