Qualifikationshöhe: 2,24
| Stevan Zoric | YUG | 2,24 | Q | |
| Hollis Conway | USA | 2,24 | Q | |
| Timothy Forsythe | AUS | 2,24 | Q | |
| Arturo Ortiz | ESP | 2,24 | Q | |
| Mariano Drake | CUB | 2,24 | Q | |
| Javier Sotomayor | CUB | 2,24 | Q | |
| Artur Partyka | POL | 2,24 | Q | |
| Alexey Yemelin | URS | 2,24 | Q | |
| Sorin Matei | ROM | 2,24 | Q | |
| Dragutin Topic | YUG | 2,24 | Q | |
| Georgiy Dakov | BUL | 2,24 | Q | |
| Troy Kemp | BAH | 2,24 | Q | |
| Patrik Sjöberg | SWE | 2,24 | Q | |
| Charles Austin | USA | 2,24 | Q | |
| Ian Garrett | AUS | 2,24 | Q | |
| Gustavo Becker | ESP | 2,20 | ||
| Takahisa Yoshida | JPN | 2,20 | ||
| Geoffrey Parsons | GBR | 2,15 | ||
| Stephen Smith | GBR | 2,15 | ||
| Sergey Dymchenko | URS | 2,10 |