1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
5000 m walk		women
10,000 m walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's high jump event at the 1996 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Sydney, Australia, at International Athletic Centre on 22 and 24 August.^[1][2]

Gold	Mark Boswell  Canada
Silver	Svatoslav Ton  Czech Republic
Silver	Ben Challenger  United Kingdom

24 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Mark Boswell	Canada	2.24
	Svatoslav Ton	Czech Republic	2.21
	Ben Challenger	United Kingdom	2.21
4	Dave Furman	United States	2.18
5	Toni Huikuri	Finland	2.18
6	Dejan Vreljakovic	Yugoslavia	2.18
7	James Brierley	United Kingdom	2.15
7	Roman Fricke	Germany	2.15
9	François Potgieter	South Africa	2.15
10	Yannick Tregaro	Sweden	2.10
11	Tivadar Kovács	Hungary	2.10
12	Noriyasu Arai	Japan	2.05

22 Aug

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Svatoslav Ton	Czech Republic	2.14	q
1	Toni Huikuri	Finland	2.14	q
1	James Brierley	United Kingdom	2.14	q
1	Noriyasu Arai	Japan	2.14	q
5	Yannick Tregaro	Sweden	2.14	q
5	Dejan Vreljakovic	Yugoslavia	2.14	q
7	Alfredo Deza	Peru	2.10
8	Vagner Principe	Brazil	2.10
9	Alberto Juantorena Jr.	Cuba	2.10
10	Marcin Kaczocha	Poland	2.10
11	Andrey Krasulya	Ukraine	2.05
12	David Larsen	United States	2.05
13	Ronald Garlett	Australia	2.00
13	Oleg Prokopov	Belarus	2.00
15	Felipe Apablaza	Chile	2.00
16	Luis Soto Caballero	Puerto Rico	2.00
	Zoltán Akacz	Hungary	NH

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Mark Boswell	Canada	2.14	q
1	Ben Challenger	United Kingdom	2.14	q
1	Roman Fricke	Germany	2.14	q
1	Tivadar Kovács	Hungary	2.14	q
1	Dave Furman	United States	2.14	q
6	François Potgieter	South Africa	2.14	q
7	Sauli Niemi	Finland	2.10
7	Katsuyoshi Miyamichi	Japan	2.10
9	Marat Rakipov	Russia	2.10
10	Adi Mordel	Israel	2.10
11	Fabrício Romero	Brazil	2.10
12	Abderahmane Hammad	Algeria	2.05
12	Luke Temme	Australia	2.05
14	Aleksey Lesnichiy	Belarus	2.05
15	Ha Chung-Soo	South Korea	2.00
16	Dejan Dokleja	Croatia	2.00
	Fawzi Warsame	Somalia	NH

According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.