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

High jump

The high jump is a track and field athletics event in which competitors must jump over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without the aid of certain devices in its modern most practiced format; auxiliary weights and mounds have been used for assistance; rules have changed over the years....

event at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1980 Summer Olympics was represented by 38 events. They were held in the Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium at Luzhniki between July 24 and August 1. There were a total number of 959 participating athletes from 70 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal...

in Moscow

Moscow

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, Soviet Union

Soviet Union

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had an entrylist of 30 competitors. The final was held on Friday 1980-08-01.

Athletes absent because of the boycott

world stagional best	2,35	Dietmar Mögenburg Dietmar Mögenburg Dietmar Mögenburg is a former German high jumper who won gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and at the 1982 European Championships in Athletics in Athens.-Career:...	26 may
third world stagional best	2,31	Carlo Thränhardt Carlo Thränhardt Carlo Thränhardt is a former German high jumper, who won the silver medal at the 1981 European Indoor Championships in Grenoble. He excelled at indoor competitions, setting the world indoor record on three occasions between 1984-88...	5 june
fifth world stagional best	2,30	Gerd Nagel Gerd Nagel Gerd Nagel is a retired West German high jumper.-Career:He won the 1982 European Championships and finished fourteenth at the 1987 World Championships...

Medalists

Qualification

Held on Thursday July 31, 1980

RANK	GROUP A	HEIGHT
1.		2.21 m
2.		2.21 m
3.		2.21 m
4.		2.21 m
5.		2.21 m
		2.21 m
		2.21 m
8.		2.21 m
9.		2.21 m
10.		2.21 m
11.		2.21 m
12.		2.18 m
13.		2.18 m
14.		2.18 m
15.		2.18 m

RANK	GROUP B	HEIGHT
1.		2.21 m
2.		2.21 m
3.		2.21 m
4.		2.21 m
5.		2.21 m
6.		2.18 m
7.		2.15 m
8.		2.15 m
9.		2.10 m
9.		2.10 m
11.		2.10 m
12.		2.10 m
13.		2.10 m
14.		2.05 m
14.		2.05 m

Final

RANK	FINAL	HEIGHT
		2.36 m
		2.31 m
		2.31 m
4.		2.29 m
5.		2.24 m
6.		2.24 m
7.		2.21 m
8.		2.21 m
9.		2.21 m
10.		2.21 m
11.		2.21 m
12.		2.18 m
13.		2.18 m
14.		2.18 m
15.		2.15 m
16.		2.10 m

Athletes absent because of the boycott

Medalists

Qualification

Final

See also