The men's high jump at the 2013 World Championships in Athletics was held at the Luzhniki Stadium on 13–15 August.

In the final, three remained perfect to 2.35 m (7 ft 8+1⁄2 in), with Mutaz Essa Barshim just one miss behind, while Donald Thomas passed his personal best.

Thomas and home team favorite Ivan Ukhov couldn't make the height, while Derek Drouin set a Canadian national record clearing on his second attempt.

World leader Bohdan Bondarenko confidently passed the height knowing it would require him to equal his world leading jump from the previous month and to break Javier Sotomayor's championship record.

Already above his personal best, Barshim passed to 2.44 m (8 ft 0 in), 1 cm below the world record, to try for the win but couldn't get it.