| Rnk | Perf | Mark | Wind | Name | Nat | Born | Pos | Meet | Venue | Date | Ht/Wt | Record | Event |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 2.29 | Pat Matzdorf | USA | 26Dec1949 | 1 | vsURS | Berkeley CA | 3Jul1971 | 189/79 | PB | HJ | |
| 2 | 2 | 2.25 | Ni Zhiqin | CHN | 14Apr1942 | 1 | Tiranë | 16Jul1971 | 184/71 | HJ | |||
| 3 | 2.25 | Ni Zhiqin | 1 | Shkoder | 23Jul1971 | HJ | |||||||
| 4 | 2.25 | Ni Zhiqin | 1 | Elbasan | 29Jul1971 | HJ | |||||||
| 5 | 2.25 | Ni Zhiqin | 1 | Korge | 4Aug1971 | HJ | |||||||
| 6 | 2.235 | Pat Matzdorf | 1 | vsAFR | Durham NC | 17Jul1971 | HJ | ||||||
| 3 | 7 | 2.23 | Rustam Akhmyetov | URS | 17May1950 | 1 | NC | Moskva | 18Jul1971 | 187/71 | PB | HJ | |
| 4 | 8 | 2.23 | István Major | HUN | 20May1949 | 1 | Amicizia | Siena | 19Sep1971 | 187/80 | HJ | ||
| 5 | 9 | 2.22 | i | Thomas Zacharias | FRG | 2Jan1947 | 1 | Berlin | 21Feb1971 | 185/77 | PB | HJ | |
| 6 | 10 | 2.22 | Kestutis Sapka | URS | 15Nov1949 | 1 | HB | München | 5Sep1971 | 191/85 | HJ | ||
| 7 | 11 | 2.21 | i | Lothar Doster | FRG | 16May1950 | 1 | Heilbronn | 9Jan1971 | 183/75 | PB | HJ | |
| 12 | 2.21 | i | Kestutis Sapka | 1 | Kaunas | 2Feb1971 | HJ | ||||||
| 8 | 13 | 2.21 | i | Jüri Tarmak | URS | 1Jul1946 | 1 | Moskva | 21Feb1971 | 193/75 | HJ | ||
| 14 | 2.21 | i | Pat Matzdorf | 1 | Madison WI | 6Mar1971 | HJ | ||||||
| 9 | 15 | 2.21 | Reynaldo Brown | USA | 6Dec1950 | 1 | NCAA | Seattle WA | 19Jun1971 | 198/88 | HJ | ||
| 16 | 2.21 | Reynaldo Brown | 1 | AAU | Eugene OR | 25Jun1971 | HJ | ||||||
| 17 | 2.21 | Reynaldo Brown | 2 | vsURS | Berkeley CA | 3Jul1971 | HJ | ||||||
| 18 | 2.21 | Reynaldo Brown | 1 | Oslo | 3Aug1971 | HJ | |||||||
| 19 | 2.21 | István Major | 1 | Budapest | 22Aug1971 | HJ | |||||||
| 20 | 2.21 | Ni Zhiqin | 1 | Beijing | 14Oct1971 | HJ |