After equalling 2018 World lead by clearing 2.40m, the reigning World champion, Barshim, asked to raise the bar to a new World record height of 2.46m which he almost cleared after a couple of very good attempts.
Men High Jump Results
1 Mutaz Essa Barshim QAT 2.40 =WL =SB
2 Danil Lysenko RUS 2.32
3 Brandon Starc AUS 2.32 =PB
4 Donald Thomas BAH 2.32 SB
5 Joel Castro PUR 2.26 SB
5 Trevor Barry BAH 2.26 SB
7 Gianmarco Tamberi ITA 2.26 SB
8 Andrii Protsenko UKR 2.22
9 Péter Bakosi HUN 2.18 =SB
10 Sylwester Bednarek POL 2.14