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

The Men's High Jump event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union had an entry list of 30 competitors. The final was held on Friday 1 August 1980.[1] Athletes absent due to the boycott included the West German Dietmar Mogenburg, who had cleared 2.35 m in May 1980.

Men's high jump at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Lenin Stadium
Dates	31 July-1 August
Competitors	30 from 11 nations
Winning height	2.36 WR
Medalists
Gerd Wessig  East Germany Jacek Wszoła  Poland Jörg Freimuth  East Germany

Medalists

Gold	Gerd Wessig  East Germany
Silver	Jacek Wszoła  Poland
Bronze	Jörg Freimuth  East Germany

Results

Qualification

• Held on Thursday July 31, 1980

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	2.05	2.10	2.15	2.18	2.21	Result	Note
1	B	Mark Naylor	Great Britain	–	o	o	o	o	2.21	Q
2	A	Jörg Freimuth	East Germany	o	o	o	o	o	2.21	Q
2	A	Henry Lauterbach	East Germany	o	o	o	o	o	2.21	Q
2	A	Gerd Wessig	East Germany	o	o	o	o	o	2.21	Q
5	A	Roland Dalhäuser	Switzerland	–	o	o	xo	o	2.21	Q
6	A	Aleksey Demyanyuk	Soviet Union	xo	xo	o	o	o	2.21	Q
6	A	Gennadiy Belkov	Soviet Union	o	o	o	xxo	o	2.21	Q
6	A	Marco Tamberi	Italy	o	o	o	xxo	o	2.21	Q
6	B	Vaso Komnenić	Yugoslavia	o	o	o	xxo	o	2.21	Q
10	B	Sorin Matei	Romania	–	o	xo	xxo	o	2.21	Q
11	A	Jacek Wszoła	Poland	–	o	o	o	xo	2.21	Q
12	A	Adrian Proteasa	Romania	–	xxo	o	xo	xo	2.21	Q
13	A	Aleksandr Grigoryev	Soviet Union	–	o	o	o	xxo	2.21	Q
14	B	Guy Moreau	Belgium	o	o	o	xo	xxo	2.21	Q
15	A	Janusz Trzepizur	Poland	–	xo	xo	o	xxo	2.21	Q
16	B	Roberto Cabrejas	Spain	o	o	xo	xxo	xxo	2.21	Q
17	A	Francis Agbo	France	–	o	o	o	xxx	2.18
18	A	Oscar Raise	Italy	o	o	xo	o	xxx	2.18
19	A	Zoltán Torsi	Hungary	o	xo	xo	o	xxx	2.18
20	A	Paolo Borghi	Italy	o	o	o	xo	xxx	2.18
21	B	Abdel Hamid Sahil	Algeria	xo	o	o	xxo	xxx	2.18
22	B	Martí Perarnau	Spain	o	xo	o	xxx		2.15
23	B	István Gibicsár	Hungary	xo	o	xxo	xxx		2.15
24	B	Atanas Mladenov	Bulgaria	o	o	xxx			2.10
24	B	Desmond Morris	Jamaica	o	o	xxx			2.10
26	B	Francisco Centelles	Cuba	–	xo	xxx			2.10
27	B	Moussa Sagna Fall	Senegal	o	xo	xxx			2.10
28	B	Othmane Belfaa	Algeria	o	xxx				2.05
29	B	Ahmad Balkis	Syria	xo	xxx				2.05
29	B	Cláudio Freire	Brazil	xo	xxx				2.05

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	2.10	2.15	2.18	2.21	2.24	2.27	2.29	2.31	2.33	2.36	2.38	Result	Notes
	Gerd Wessig	East Germany	–	o	–	o	o	o	xo	o	xo	xo	xxx	2.36	WR
	Jacek Wszoła	Poland	–	o	–	xo	xo	o	o	xo	xxx			2.31
	Jörg Freimuth	East Germany	o	–	o	o	o	xxo	o	xo	xxx			2.31
4	Henry Lauterbach	East Germany	–	o	–	xxo	xo	o	o	xxx				2.29
5	Roland Dalhäuser	Switzerland	–	o	–	o	xo	xxx						2.24
6	Vaso Komnenić	Yugoslavia	o	o	–	o	xxo	xxx						2.24
7	Adrian Proteasa	Romania	–	o	o	o	xxx							2.21
8	Aleksandr Grigoryev	Soviet Union	o	o	o	o	xxx							2.21
9	Mark Naylor	Great Britain	–	o	xo	o	xxx							2.21
10	Gennadiy Belkov	Soviet Union	o	o	xo	o	xxx							2.21
11	Aleksey Demyanyuk	Soviet Union	o	o	xo	xxo	xxx							2.21
12	Janusz Trzepizur	Poland	–	o	o	xxx								2.18
13	Sorin Matei	Romania	o	o	o	xxx								2.18
14	Guy Moreau	Belgium	o	o	xo	xxx								2.18
15	Marco Tamberi	Italy	o	o	xxx									2.15
16	Roberto Cabrejas	Spain	o	xxx										2.10

See also

• 1976 Men's Olympic High Jump (Montreal)
• 1978 Men's European Championships High Jump (Prague)
• 1982 Men's European Championships High Jump (Athens)
• 1983 Men's World Championships High Jump (Helsinki)
• 1984 Men's Olympic High Jump (Los Angeles)
• 1986 Men's European Championships High Jump (Stuttgart)
• 1987 Men's World Championships High Jump (Rome)

References

1. "Athletics at the 1980 Moscow Summer Games: Men's High Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2017.

External links

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