Jacek Wszoła

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Olympic medal record
Men's Athletics
Gold	1976 Montreal	High Jump
Silver	1980 Moscow	High Jump

Jacek Wszoła (born December 30, 1956 in Warszawa, Poland) is a Polish gold and silver Olympic medalist in high jump.

Jacek Wszoła is the most famous Polish high jumper. He took part in two Olympic Games: in Montreal 1976 and in Moscow 1980. In Montreal he was a big surprise when, competing in heavy rain, he struggled to win over the favourites. In the Moscow Olympics he finished second. Wszoła is also a one-time world record holder with the result of 2.32 m.

Olympic champions in men's high jump
1896: Ellery Clark \| 1900: Irving Baxter \| 1904: Samuel Jones \| 1906: Cornelius Leahy \| 1908: Harry Porter \| 1912: Alma Richards \| 1920: Richmond Landon \| Harold Osborn \| 1928: Robert King \| 1932: Duncan McNaughton \| 1936: Cornelius Johnson \| 1948: John Winter \| 1952: Walter Davis \| 1956: Charles Dumas \| 1960: Robert Shavlakadze \| 1964: Valeriy Brumel \| 1968: Dick Fosbury \| 1972: Jüri Tarmak \| 1976: Jacek Wszoła \| 1980: Gerd Wessig \| 1984: Dietmar Mögenburg \| 1988: Gennadiy Avdeyenko \| 1992: Javier Sotomayor \| 1996: Charles Austin \| 2000: Sergey Klyugin \| 2004: Stefan Holm

Olympic champions in men's high jump