title: Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Men's high jump
text: # Athletics at the 1997 Summer Universiade – Men's high jump
  
  The men's high jump event at the 1997 Summer Universiade was held at the Stadio Cibali in Catania, Italy on 27 and 28 August.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Lee Jin-taek South Korea | Charles Lefrançois Canada | Didier Detchénique France |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Qualification
  
  | Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | Result |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | ? | Sergey Klyugin | Russia | 2.23 |
  | ? | ? | Gregory Walker | United States | 2.20 |
  | ? | ? | Christian Rhoden | Germany | 2.20 |
  | ? | ? | Lee Jin-taek | South Korea | 2.20 |
  | ? | ? | Charles Lefrançois | Canada | 2.20 |
  | ? | ? | Tomáš Janků | Czech Republic | 2.20 |
  | ? | ? | Ben Challenger | Great Britain | 2.20 |
  | ? | ? | Shane Lavy | United States | 2.15 |
  | ? | ? | Ramon Kaju | Estonia | 2.15 |
  | ? | ? | Ruslan Stipanov | Ukraine | 2.15 |
  | ? | ? | Marcin Kaczocha | Poland | 2.15 |
  | ? | ? | Didier Detchénique | France | 2.15 |
  | ? | ? | Xu Yang | China | 2.15 |
  | ? | A | Ignacio Pérez | Spain | 2.15 |
  | ? | ? | Kim Tae-hoi | South Korea | 2.15 |
  | ? | ? | Abderrahmane Hammad | Algeria | 2.10 |
  | 16 | ? | Mustapha Raifak | France | 2.10 |
  | ? | ? | Đorđe Niketić | Yugoslavia | 2.10 |
  | ? | ? | Svatoslav Ton | Czech Republic | 2.10 |
  | ? | ? | István Kovács | Hungary | 2.10 |
  | ? | ? | Eduard Rajter | Hungary | 2.10 |
  | ? | ? | César Ballesteros | Mexico | 2.00 |
  | ? | ? | Szymon Kuźma | Poland | 2.00 |
  | ? | ? | Kemal Güner | Turkey | 2.00 |
  | ? | ? | José Barahona | Panama | 1.90 |
  | ? | ? | Cheong Chi Fong | Macau | 1.80 |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Nationality | Result |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Lee Jin-taek | South Korea | 2.32 |
  | | Charles Lefrançois | Canada | 2.32 |
  | | Didier Detchénique | France | 2.28 |
  | 4 | Tomáš Janků | Czech Republic | 2.26 |
  | 5 | Ramon Kaju | Estonia | 2.23 |
  | 5 | Sergey Klyugin | Russia | 2.23 |
  | 7 | Gregory Walker | United States | 2.23 |
  | 7 | Shane Lavy | United States | 2.23 |
  | 9 | Ruslan Stipanov | Ukraine | 2.20 |
  | 10 | Christian Rhoden | Germany | 2.20 |
  | 11 | Ben Challenger | Great Britain | 2.10 |
  | 12 | Marcin Kaczocha | Poland | 2.10 |
  