Qualifikationshöhe: 2,24 m
| 1 | Gennadiy Avdeyenko | URS | 2,24 | Q |
| 1 | Igor Paklin | URS | 2,24 | Q |
| 1 | Carlo Thränhardt | FRG | 2,24 | Q |
| 1 | Jim Howard | USA | 2,24 | Q |
| 1 | Milton Ottey | CAN | 2,24 | Q |
| 1 | Javier Sotomayor | CUB | 2,24 | Q |
| 1 | Sorin Matei | ROM | 2,24 | Q |
| 1 | Patrik Sjöberg | SWE | 2,24 | Q |
| 9 | Roland Dalhäuser | SUI | 2,24 | Q |
| 9 | James Lott | USA | 2,24 | Q |
| 9 | Ján Zvara | TCH | 2,24 | Q |
| 12 | Zhu Jianhua | CHN | 2,24 | Q |
| 12 | Dalton Grant | GBR | 2,24 | Q |
| 14 | Eugen-Cristian Popescu | ROM | 2,20 | |
| 15 | André Schneider-Laub | FRG | 2,20 | |
| 16 | Takao Sakamoto | JPN | 2,20 | |
| Judex Lefou | MRI | NM | ||
| Alexis Neophytou | CYP | DNS |