Qualifikationshöhe 2,29 m
| 1 | Charles Austin | USA | 2,27 | q |
| 1 | Dalton Grant | GBR | 2,27 | q |
| 1 | Marino Drake | CUB | 2,27 | q |
| 4 | Arturo Ortiz | ESP | 2,27 | q |
| 5 | Dragutin Topic | YUG | 2,27 | q |
| 5 | Troy Kemp | BAH | 2,27 | q |
| 5 | Rick Noji | USA | 2,27 | q |
| 8 | Rudolf Povarnitsyn | URS | 2,27 | q |
| 9 | Ian Garrett | AUS | 2,24 | |
| 10 | Takahisa Yoshida | JPN | 2,24 | |
| 11 | Robert Ruffini | TCH | 2,24 | |
| 12 | Georgi Dakov | BUL | 2,24 | |
| 13 | Hakon Särnblom | NOR | 2,20 | |
| 13 | Fahredin Fouad | JOR | 2,20 | |
| 15 | Zhongge Zhou | CHN | 2,20 | |
| 16 | Steve Smith | GBR | 2,20 | |
| 17 | Michael Mikkelsen | DEN | 2,20 | |
| 18 | Jaroslaw Kotewicz | POL | 2,15 | |
| 19 | Roger Te Puni | NZL | 2,15 | |
| Fernando Moreno | ARG | NM |
| Athlet | |||||
| Charles Austin | |||||
| Dalton Grant | |||||
| Marino Drake | |||||
| Arturo Ortiz | |||||
| Dragutin Topic | |||||
| Troy Kemp | |||||
| Rick Noji | |||||
| Rudolf Povarnitsyn | |||||
| Ian Garrett | |||||
| Takahisa Yoshida | |||||
| Robert Ruffini | |||||
| Georgi Dakov | |||||
| Hakon Särnblom | |||||
| Fahredin Fouad | |||||
| Zhongge Zhou | |||||
| Steve Smith | |||||
| Michael Mikkelsen | |||||
| Jaroslaw Kotewicz | |||||
| Roger Te Puni | |||||
| Fernando Moreno |
| 1 | Hollis Conway | USA | 2,27 | q |
| 1 | Artur Partyka | POL | 2,27 | q |
| 1 | Javier Sotomayor | CUB | 2,27 | q |
| 1 | Igor Paklin | URS | 2,27 | q |
| 5 | Patrik Sjöberg | SWE | 2,27 | q |
| 6 | Steinar Hoen | NOR | 2,27 | q |
| 7 | Juha Isolehto | FIN | 2,24 | |
| 8 | Gustavo Becker | ESP | 2,24 | |
| 8 | Othmane Belfaa | ALG | 2,24 | |
| 8 | Sorin Matei | ROM | 2,24 | |
| 11 | Tim Forsyth | AUS | 2,24 | |
| 12 | Alex Zaliauskas | CAN | 2,24 | |
| 13 | Sergey Dymchenko | URS | 2,20 | |
| 14 | Yang Xu | CHN | 2,20 | |
| 15 | David Anderson | AUS | 2,15 | |
| 16 | Karl Scatliffe | BVI | 2,05 | |
| 17 | Valery Abugattas | PER | 2,00 | |
| 18 | Khalid Ahmed Mousa | SUD | 1,90 | |
| 18 | Emanuel Ngadjadoum | CHA | 1,90 | |
| Geoff Parsons | GBR | DNS |
| Athlet | |||||
| Hollis Conway | |||||
| Artur Partyka | |||||
| Javier Sotomayor | |||||
| Igor Paklin | |||||
| Patrik Sjöberg | |||||
| Steinar Hoen | |||||
| Juha Isolehto | |||||
| Gustavo Becker | |||||
| Othmane Belfaa | |||||
| Sorin Matei | |||||
| Tim Forsyth | |||||
| Alex Zaliauskas | |||||
| Sergey Dymchenko | |||||
| Yang Xu | |||||
| David Anderson | |||||
| Karl Scatliffe | |||||
| Valery Abugattas | |||||
| Khalid Ahmed Mousa | |||||
| Emanuel Ngadjadoum | |||||
| Geoff Parsons |