Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump

Athletics at the
1980 Summer Olympics
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The Men's High Jump event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union had an entrylist of 30 competitors. The final was held on Friday 1 August 1980. Athletes absent due to the boycott included the West German Dietmar Mogenburg, who had cleared 2.35 m in May 1980. This was the first and only Olympic competition where a new world record was set in the men's high jump.

Medalists

GoldGerd Wessig
 East Germany
SilverJacek Wszola
 Poland
BronzeJörg Freimuth
 East Germany

Qualification

RANK GROUP A HEIGHT
1.  Jörg Freimuth (GDR) 2.21 m
2.  Henry Lauterbach (GDR) 2.21 m
3.  Gerd Wessig (GDR) 2.21 m
4.  Roland Dalhäuser (SUI) 2.21 m
5.  Aleksey Demyanyuk (URS) 2.21 m
 Gennady Belkov (URS) 2.21 m
 Marco Tamberi (ITA) 2.21 m
8.  Jacek Wszola (POL) 2.21 m
9.  Adrian Proteasa (ROU) 2.21 m
10.  Aleksandr Grigoryev (URS) 2.21 m
11.  Janusz Trzepizur (POL) 2.21 m
12.  Francis Agbo (FRA) 2.18 m
13.  Oscar Raise (ITA) 2.18 m
14.  Zoltán Torsi (HUN) 2.18 m
15.  Paolo Borghi (ITA) 2.18 m
RANK GROUP B HEIGHT
1.  Mark Naylor (GBR) 2.21 m
2.  Vaso Komnenic (YUG) 2.21 m
3.  Sorin Matei (ROU) 2.21 m
4.  Guy Moreau (BEL) 2.21 m
5.  Roberto Cabrejas (ESP) 2.21 m
6.  Abdelhamid Sahil (ALG) 2.18 m
7.  Martí Perarnau (ESP) 2.15 m
8.  István Gibicsár (HUN) 2.15 m
9.  Atanas Mladenov (BUL) 2.10 m
 Desmond Morris (JAM) 2.10 m
11.  Francisco Centelles (CUB) 2.10 m
12.  Moussa Sagna Fall (SEN) 2.10 m
13.  Othmane Belfaa (ALG) 2.10 m
14.  Ahmad Balkis (SYR) 2.05 m
 Claudio da Matta Freire (BRA) 2.05 m

Final

RANK FINAL HEIGHT
 Gerd Wessig (GDR) 2.36 m
 Jacek Wszola (POL) 2.31 m
 Jörg Freimuth (GDR) 2.31 m
4.  Henry Lauterbach (GDR) 2.29 m
5.  Roland Dalhäuser (SUI) 2.24 m
6.  Vaso Komnenić (YUG) 2.24 m
7.  Adrian Proteasa (ROU) 2.21 m
8.  Aleksandr Grigoryev (URS) 2.21 m
9.  Mark Naylor (GBR) 2.21 m
10.  Gennady Belkov (URS) 2.21 m
11.  Aleksey Demyanyuk (URS) 2.21 m
12.  Janusz Trzepizur (POL) 2.18 m
13.  Sorin Matei (ROU) 2.18 m
14.  Guy Moreau (BEL) 2.18 m
15.  Marco Tamberi (ITA) 2.15 m
16.  Roberto Cabrejas (ESP) 2.10 m

See also

References

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