The men's high jump event at the 1986 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Athens, Greece, at Olympic Stadium on 19 and 20 July.
Medalists
| Gold | Javier Sotomayor Cuba
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| Silver | Hollis Conway United States
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| Bronze | Thomas Müller East Germany
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Results
Final
20 July
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
Javier Sotomayor | Cuba |
2.25 | |
 |
Hollis Conway | United States |
2.22 | |
 |
Thomas Müller | East Germany |
2.22 | |
| 4 | Vyacheslav Galushko |  Soviet Union |
2.19 | |
| 5 | Róbert Ruffíni |  Czechoslovakia |
2.16 | |
| 6 | Joey Johnson | United States |
2.16 | |
| 7 | Philip Henderson |  Australia |
2.16 | |
| 8 | Lámbros Papakóstas |  Greece |
2.13 | |
| 9 | Junichi Takemoto |  Japan |
2.13 | |
| 10 | Timo Ruuskanen |  Finland |
2.13 | |
| 11 | Normunds Sietiņš | Soviet Union |
2.10 | |
| 12 | Patrick Renaud |  Canada |
2.10 |
Qualifications
19 Jul
Group A
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Junichi Takemoto | Japan |
2.15 | Q |
| Vyacheslav Galushko | Soviet Union |
2.15 | Q | |
| 3 | Joey Johnson | United States |
2.13 | q |
| 4 | Plamen Florov |  Bulgaria |
2.11 | |
| 5 | Pantelis Papageorgiou | Greece |
2.09 | |
| 6 | Jarosław Kotewicz |  Poland |
2.06 | |
| 7 | Patrick O'Donaghue | Canada |
2.03 | |
| 8 | Rachid Lalmi |  Algeria |
2.00 | |
| Uwe Bellmann | East Germany |
2.00 | ||
| Lou Cwee Peng |  Malaysia |
2.00 | ||
| José Escalera |  Puerto Rico |
2.00 | ||
| 12 | Awail Abou Oulya |  Egypt |
1.95 | |
| Bruce Butcher |  Guyana |
1.95 | ||
| Rohit Kateel |  India |
1.95 | ||
| Johann Ómarsson |  Iceland |
1.95 | ||
| 16 | Mahmoud Mukhtar |  Pakistan |
1.90 | |
| Omran Hafizi Al-Mahmoud |  Palestine |
1.90 | ||
| Marino Drake | Cuba |
NH |
Group B
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Philip Henderson | Australia |
2.13 | q |
| Patrick Renaud | Canada |
2.13 | q | |
| Javier Sotomayor | Cuba |
2.13 | q | |
| Timo Ruuskanen | Finland |
2.13 | q | |
| Thomas Müller | East Germany |
2.13 | q | |
| Lámbros Papakóstas | Greece |
2.13 | q | |
| Róbert Ruffíni | Czechoslovakia |
2.13 | q | |
| Normunds Sietins | Soviet Union |
2.13 | q | |
| Hollis Conway | United States |
2.13 | q | |
| 10 | Fabrizio Borellini |  Italy |
2.11 | |
| Artur Partyka | Poland |
2.11 | ||
| 12 | Robert Koch |  Austria |
2.06 | |
| Kesavan Sivabalan | Malaysia |
2.06 | ||
| Humberto Sarubbi |  Paraguay |
2.06 | ||
| Nai Hui-Fang |  Chinese Taipei |
2.06 | ||
| 16 | Dharminder Singh | India |
1.85 | |
| 17 | Fayaka Dumbar |  Liberia |
1.80 | |
| Muhammad Azah Alam Manaka | Pakistan |
NH |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 36 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.
- Algeria (1)
- Australia (1)
- Austria (1)
- Bulgaria (1)
- Canada (2)
- Chinese Taipei (1)
- Cuba (2)
- Czechoslovakia (1)
- East Germany (2)
- Egypt (1)
- Finland (1)
- Greece (2)
- Guyana (1)
- Iceland (1)
- India (2)
- Italy (1)
- Japan (1)
- Liberia (1)
- Malaysia (2)
- Pakistan (2)
- Palestine (1)
- Paraguay (1)
- Poland (2)
- Puerto Rico (1)
- Soviet Union (2)
- United States (2)
References
- Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 1986 Athens GRE Jul 16-20, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 26 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
- IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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