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

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Charles Austin United States	Labros Papakostas Greece	Dragutin Topić Yugoslavia

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 2.29 (Q) or at least 12 best performers (q) 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	United States	–	–	o	–	o	o	2.29	Q
2	A	Steinar Hoen	Norway	–	–	o	o	xxo	xxo	2.29	Q
3	A	Steve Smith	Great Britain	–	xxo	–	xxo	o	xxo	2.29	Q
4	A	Wolfgang Kreißig	Germany	–	o	o	o	o	xxx	2.27	q
5	A	Didier Detchénique	France	–	xo	o	o	o	xxx	2.27	q
5	B	Stefan Holm	Sweden	–	o	o	xo	o	–	2.27	q
5	B	Charles Lefrançois	Canada	–	o	xo	o	o	–	2.27	q, PB
8	B	Dalton Grant	Great Britain	–	–	o	o	xo	–	2.27	q
8	B	Labros Papakostas	Greece	–	–	o	o	xo	–	2.27	q
10	B	Jarosław Kotewicz	Poland	–	o	–	xo	xo	–	2.27	q
11	B	Dragutin Topić	Yugoslavia	–	o	xxo	o	xo	–	2.27	q
12	A	Arturo Ortiz	Spain	–	o	o	o	xxo	xxx	2.27	q
13	A	Konstantinos Liapis	Greece	o	xo	o	o	xxo	xxx	2.27
14	A	Sergey Klyugin	Russia	o	o	o	o	xxx		2.24
14	B	Brian Brown	United States	–	–	o	o	xxx		2.24
16	B	Tim Forsyth	Australia	–	–	o	xo	xxx		2.24
17	B	Svatoslav Ton	Czech Republic	o	o	xo	xxo	xxx		2.24
18	A	Kwaku Boateng	Canada	–	–	o	xxx			2.20
18	A	Ian Thompson	Bahamas	o	o	o	xxx			2.20
20	A	Jan Janků	Czech Republic	–	xo	o	xxx			2.20
20	A	Konstantin Matusevich	Israel	xo	o	o	xxx			2.20
22	A	Mark Mandy	Ireland	o	o	xo	xxx			2.20
22	A	Vyacheslav Tyrtyshnik	Ukraine	o	o	xo	xx–	x		2.20
24	B	Itai Margalit	Israel	–	o	xxo				2.20
25	B	Gustavo Becker	Spain	o	o	xxx				2.15
25	B	István Kovács	Hungary	o	o	xxx				2.15
27	A	Marko Turban	Estonia	xo	xo	xxx				2.15
28	B	Shigeki Toyoshima	Japan	xo	xxo	xxx				2.15
29	A	Lee Jin-taek	South Korea	o	xxx					2.10
29	B	Hervé Ndi Ndi	France	o	–	xxx				2.10
31	B	Elvir Krehmić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	xxo	xxx					2.10
	B	Jean-Claude Rabbath	Lebanon							NM
	B	Christian Rhoden	Germany							NM

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	2.15	2.20	2.25	2.29	2.32	2.35	2.41	Result	Notes
	Charles Austin	United States	–	o	–	o	xo	xxo	xxx	2.35
	Labros Papakostas	Greece	–	xo	–	o	xo	xxx		2.32	SB
	Dragutin Topić	Yugoslavia	–	–	xo	–	xxo	xxx		2.32
4	Charles Lefrançois	Canada	–	o	o	o	xxx			2.29	PB
5	Wolfgang Kreißig	Germany	–	xo	o	xo	xxx			2.29
6	Steve Smith	Great Britain	–	–	o	–	xx–	x		2.25
6	Jarosław Kotewicz	Poland	o	–	o	–	xxx			2.25
8	Steinar Hoen	Norway	–	o	xo	x–	xx			2.25
8	Stefan Holm	Sweden	o	o	xo	–	xxx			2.25
10	Dalton Grant	Great Britain	–	x–	xo	–	xxx			2.25
11	Arturo Ortiz	Spain	o	xo	xxo	–	xxx			2.25
12	Didier Detchénique	France	o	xo	xxx					2.20