Men High Jump Athletics XXII Olympic Games Moskva, Soviet Union 1980 - Friday, 1st August - Gold Medal: Gerd Wessig, East Germany
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1. Gerd WessigGDRGDR2.36mWR3. O OOOX0OXOXOXXX
2. Jacek WszolaPOLPOL2.31m 4. O XOXOOOXOXXX
3. Jorg FreimuthGDRGDR2.31m 2.O OOOXXOOXOXXX
4. Henry LauterbachGDRGDR2.29m 8. O XXOXOOOXXX
5. Roland DalhauserSUISUI2.24m 9. O OXOXXX
6. Vaso KomnenicYUGYUG2.24m 11.OO OXXOXXX
7. Adrian ProteasoROMROM2.21m 7. OOOXXX
8. Aleksandr GrigorievURSURS2.21m 1.OOOOXXX
9. Mark NaylorGBRGBR2.21m OXOOXXX
10.Gennadi BelkovURSURS2.21m OOXOOXXX
11.Aleksei DemianiukURSURS2.21m OOXOXXOXXX
12.Janusz TrzepizurPOLPOL2.18m OOXXX
13.Sorin MateiROMROM2.18m OOOXXX
14.Guy MoreauBELBEL2.18m OOXOXXX
15.Marco TamberiITAITA2.15m OOXXX
16.Roberto CabrejasESPESP2.10 OXXX
Competitors: 30; Countries: 19
The world record had moved up to 2.35, with Wszoła and the FRG’s Dietmar Mögenburg – absent because of the boycott – the co-record holders. Wszoła was favourite, especially as the best Soviet jumper, Vladimir Yashchenko, the previous world record holder and a straddler, was injured in 1980. Six men made 2.24, the shock being that none of the Soviets managed to do so. Just four men made the Olympic record height of 2.27, the three GDR jumpers and Wszoła. At 2.29 only Wessig failed first time, but made it on his second attempt, and then was the only man to clear 2.31 first time, 8cm above on his best prior to 1980 and a personal best. Wszoła and Freimuth made it second time, but Lauterbach, a fast running straddler, missed. Wessig cleared 2.33 cleanly to earn the gold. After Freimuth had failed to improve his personal best for a second time, and Wszoła had finally bowed out after two close attempts at 2.33, the baker from Schwerin put the icing on the cake with a second time clearance at 2.36. He grazed the bar lightly with his shorts and bounced gently off the landing area on to the ground head first. It was the first high jump world record in Olympic history.

Qualifications - Thursday 31.07

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1. Jorg FreimuthGDRGDR2.21mOOOOO
2. Henry LauterbachGDRGDR2.21mOOOOO
3. Gerd WessigGDRGDR2.21mOOOOO
4. Roland DalhauserSUISUI2.21m OOXOO
5. Aleksei DemianiukURSURS2.21mXOXOOOO
5. Gennadi BelkovURSURS2.21mOOOXXOO
5. Marco TomberiITAITA2.21mOOOXXOO
8. Jacek WszolaPOLPOL2.21m OOOX0
9. Adrian ProteasoROMROM2.21m XXOOX0X0
10.Aleksandr GrigorievURSURS2.21m OOOXXO
11.Janusz TrzepizurPOLPOL2.21m XOXOOXXO
12.Francis AgboFRAFRA2.18m OOOXXX
13.Oscar RaiseITAITA2.18mOOXOOXXX
14.Zoltan TorsiHUNHUN2.18mOXOXOOXXX
15.Paolo BorghiITAITA2.18mOOOXOXXX
Group BHeight205210215218221
1. Mark NaylorGBRGBR2.21m OOOO
2. Vaso KomnenicYUGYUG2.21mOOOXXOO
3. Sorin MateiROMROM2.21m OX0XXOO
4. Guy MoreauBELBEL2.21mOOOXOXXO
5. Roberto CabrejasESPESP2.21mOOXOXXOXXO
6. Abdelhamid SahilALGALG2.18mXOOOXXOXXX
7. Martin PerarnauESPESP2.15mOXOOXXX
8. Istvan GibicsarHUNHUN2.15mXOOXX0XXX
9. Atanas MladenovBULBUL2.10mOOXXX
9. Desmond MorrisJAMJAM2.10mOOXXX
11.Juan CentellesCUBCUB2.10m XOXXX
12.Moussa FallSENSEN2.10mOXOXXX
13.Othmane BelfaaALGALG2.05mOXXX
14.Ahmad BalkisSYRSYR2.05mXOXXX
14.Claudio da Matta FreireBRABRA2.05mXOXXX
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index Athletics
Moscow 1980 index
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Athletics Moscow 1980
Men 100mWomen 100m
Men 200mWomen 200m
Men 400mWomen 400m
Men 800mWomen 800m
Men 1500mWomen 1500m
Men 5000m
Men 10000m
Men Marathon
Men 110m HurdlesWomen 100m Hurdles
Men 400m Hurdles
Men 3000m Steeplechase
Men 4x100m RelayWomen 4x100m Relay
Men 4x400m RelayWomen 4x400m Relay
Men High JumpWomen High Jump
Men Pole Vault
Men Long JumpWomen Long Jump
Men Triple Jump
Men Shot PutWomen Shot Put
Men Discus ThrowWomen Discus Throw
Men Hammer Throw
Men Javelin ThrowWomen Javelin Throw
Men 20km Walk
Men 50km Walk
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Men DecathlonWomen Pentathlon
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