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

Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

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 1980-08-01.

Contents 1 Athletes absent because of the boycott 2 Medalists 3 Qualification 4 Final 5 See also 6 References

Athletes absent because of the boycott

world stagional best	2,35	Dietmar Mögenburg	26 may
third world stagional best	2,31	Carlo Thränhardt	5 june
fifth world stagional best	2,30	Gerd Nagel

Medalists

Gold	Gerd Wessig East Germany (GDR)
Silver	Jacek Wszola Poland (POL)
Bronze	Jörg Freimuth East Germany (GDR)

Qualification

• Held on Thursday July 31, 1980

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.	Martin 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 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 Komnenic (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

• 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

• Results

High jump at the Athletics at the Summer Olympics Men's 1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 Women's 1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008