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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 from 19 nations. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The final was held on Friday 1 August 1980. The event was won by Gerd Wessig of East Germany, the first gold medal by a German athlete in the men's high jump. It was also the first time a world record in the high jump had been set at the Olympics. Jörg Freimuth took bronze, making East Germany the third nation (after the United States and Soviet Union) to have two medalists in the event in the same Games. Defending champion Jacek Wszoła of Poland took silver, becoming the fourth man to win two high jump medals and matching Valeriy Brumel for best results at one gold and one silver. Through the 2016 Games, Wszoła, Brumel, and Javier Sotomayor (who joined them at one gold and one silver in 2000) remain the most successful Olympic men's high jumpers; no high j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luzhniki Stadium
Luzhniki Stadium ( rus, стадион «Лужники», p=stədʲɪˈon lʊʐnʲɪˈkʲi, ''Stadion Luzhniki'') is the national stadium of Russia, located in its capital city, Moscow. The full name of the stadium is Grand Sports Arena of the Luzhniki Olympic Complex. Its total seating capacity of 81,000 makes it the largest football stadium in Russia and the ninth-largest stadium in Europe. The stadium is a part of the Luzhniki Olympic Complex, and is located in Khamovniki District of the Central Administrative Okrug of Moscow city. The name ''Luzhniki'' derives from the flood meadows in the bend of Moskva River where the stadium was built, translating roughly as "The Meadows". The stadium is located at Luzhniki Street, 24, Moscow. Luzhniki was the main stadium of the 1980 Olympic Games, hosting the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as some of the competitions, including the final of the football tournament. A UEFA Category 4 stadium, Luzhniki hosted the UEFA Cup f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Montreal
Montreal ( ; officially Montréal, ) is the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-most populous city in Canada and List of towns in Quebec, most populous city in the Provinces and territories of Canada, Canadian province of Quebec. Founded in 1642 as ''Fort Ville-Marie, Ville-Marie'', or "City of Mary", it is named after Mount Royal, the triple-peaked hill around which the early city of Ville-Marie is built. The city is centred on the Island of Montreal, which obtained its name from the same origin as the city, and a few much smaller peripheral islands, the largest of which is Île Bizard. The city is east of the national capital Ottawa, and southwest of the provincial capital, Quebec City. As of 2021, the city had a population of 1,762,949, and a Census Metropolitan Area#Census metropolitan areas, metropolitan population of 4,291,732, making it the List of the largest municipalities in Canada by population, second-largest city, and List of cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksandr Grigoryev (athlete)
Aleksandr Grigoryev (russian: Александр Николаевич Григорьев; born 7 October 1955) is a former Belarusian high jumper who competed for the Soviet Union. He represented his country at the 1980 Moscow Olympics and was a seven-time Soviet champion. He was a medallist at the European Athletics Championships, IAAF World Cup and multiple times at the European Cup. He held a personal best of . Born in Saint Petersburg, he was a member of the SK VS Minsk sports club in Belarus during his career.Aleksandr Grigoryev Sports Reference. Retrieved on 2017-03-11. He had his breakthrough year in 1975, winning his first national title at the Soviet Sparta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adrian Proteasa
Adrian Proteasa (born 1 March 1959) is a retired Romanian high jumper. Proteasa won the bronze medal at the 1980 European Indoor Championships and finished seventh at the 1980 Olympic Games. He became national champion five times in a row, from 1977 through 1981. His personal best jump outdoors was 2.26 metres, achieved in July 1980 in Bucharest. On the indoor track he jumped 2.29 metres, in Sindelfingen 1980. Proteasa is currently a high jumping coach based in Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, the mainland territory of which comprises the western and northernmost portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and t .... References 1959 births Living people Romanian male high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Romania Romanian athletics coaches Place of birth missing (living people) {{Romania-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sorin Matei
Sorin Matei (born 6 July 1963) is a retired Romanian high jumper. His personal best jump is 2.40 metres, achieved in June 1990 in Bratislava. As of August 2018, Matei is tied for 7th place on the, men's high jump outdoor, all time top list, behind Javier Sotomayor, Mutaz Essa Barshim, Patrik Sjöberg, Bohdan Bondarenko, Igor Paklin and Ivan Ukhov Ivan Sergeyevich Ukhov (russian: Иван Сергеевич Ухов; born 29 March 1986) is a Russian high jumper. He won a gold medal at the 2010 IAAF World Indoor Championships and is a two-time European Indoor champion (2009 and 2011). .... Matei competed at the 1980, 1988 and 1992 Olympics and placed 13th in 1980 and 1992. International competitions References 1963 births Living people Sportspeople from Bucharest Romanian male high jumpers Olympic male high jumpers Olympic athletes of Romania Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaso Komnenić
Vaso Komnenić ( sr-Cyrl, Васо Комненић, born 15 May 1955 in Kosovska Mitrovica), is a retired Serbian and Yugoslav high jumper. He represented Yugoslavia at the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo ... and won 6th place in high jump. He was a member of Red Start athletics club. References Sports Reference Living people 1955 births Sportspeople from Mitrovica, Kosovo Serbian male high jumpers Yugoslav male high jumpers Olympic athletes of Yugoslavia Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Kosovo Serbs {{Yugoslavia-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marco Tamberi
Marco Tamberi (born 30 July 1958 in Ancona) is a retired Italian high jumper and former coach of his son, the Olympic champion Gianmarco Tamberi. Biography His personal best jump is 2.27 metres, achieved in June 1983 in Udine. He had 2.28 metres on the indoor track, achieved in February 1983 in Genoa. Until 2022 Tamberi was the coach of his son, Olympic and world champion Gianmarco Tamberi. He has 11 caps in Italy national athletics team, national team from 1980 to 1984. National records * High jump: 2.28 m ( Genoa, 2 February 1983) Achievements National titles He has won one time the individual Italian Athletics Championships, national championship. *1 win in high jump indoor (1980) See also * Gianmarco Tamberi References External links * Marco Tamberi at The-Sports.org {{DEFAULTSORT:Tamberi, Marco 1957 births Living people Sportspeople from Ancona Italian male high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Italy Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gennadiy Belkov
Gennadiy Belkov (born 24 June 1956) is a retired Uzbekistani high jumper who represented the Soviet Union. He won the silver medal at the 1979 European Indoor Championships and finished eighteenth at the 1980 European Indoor Championships. - Die Leichtatletik-Statistik-Seite He competed in the men's high jump at the . His personal best jump was 2.32 metres, achieved ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aleksey Demyanyuk
Oleksiy Demyanyuk (July 30, 1958 in Baranivka, Ukrainian SSR – April 5, 1999) was a high jumper from the Soviet Union, who set the world's best year performance in 1981 with a leap of 2.33 metres at a meet in Leningrad. He ended up in eleventh place at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. His son, Dmytro Dem'yanyuk Dmytro Dem'yanyuk (born 30 June 1983) is a male high jumper from Ukraine. He competed at the 2007 World Championships, the 2008 World Indoor Championships, the 2008 Olympic Games and the 2012 Summer Olympics without reaching the final. At the ..., is also a high jumper. References 1981 Year Ranking 1958 births 1999 deaths Ukrainian male high jumpers Soviet male high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of the Soviet Union Sportspeople from Zhytomyr Oblast {{Ukraine-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roland Dalhäuser
Roland Dalhäuser (born 12 June 1958 in Birsfelden, Basel-Country) is a retired high jumper from Switzerland. He won three medals at the European Indoor Championships The European Indoor Championships was a men's tennis tournament played in Berlin, Germany. The event was played as part of the ATP Tour in 1990 and 1991. It was played on indoor carpet courts. Finals Singles Doubles See also * Berlin Open ... and became Swiss champion nine times. His personal best jump, which is also the Swiss record, is 2.31 metres. He jumped 2.32 metres on the indoor track. International competitions 1No mark in the finalReferences 1958 births[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Lauterbach
Henry Lauterbach (born 22 October 1957 in Buttstädt, Bezirk Erfurt) is a retired East German high jumper and long jumper. In the high jump he finished fourth at the 1978 European Championships in Prague, Czechoslovakia and sixth at the 1979 European Indoor Championships in Vienna, Austria. He competed at the 1976 Olympic Games, but did not reach the final round; at the 1980 Olympic Games however he finished fourth. With a jump of 2.29 metres he missed out on the bronze medal by 2 centimetres; the bronze and gold medals were won by his compatriots Jörg Freimuth and Gerd Wessig respectively. Lauterbach was ranked sixth in the world that season by ''Track and Field News''. In domestic competitions, Lauterbach represented the sports club SC Turbine Erfurt. He won silver medals at the East German championships in 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1980 and a bronze medal in 1981. The East German champion during those years was usually Rolf Beilschmidt. Lauterbach became East German indoor cha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Naylor
Mark Naylor (born 10 September 1957 in York, Yorkshire) is a retired male high jumper from England. Athletics career Naylor twice represented Great Britain at the Summer Olympics: 1980 and 1984. He was a member of Hillingdon Athletic Club during his career. Naylor set his personal best (2.24 metres) in 1980. He represented England in the high jump event, at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, covering over , making it the world's second-largest country by tot .... References 1957 births Living people Sportspeople from York English male high jumpers Olympic athletes of Great Britain Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Commonwealth Games competitors for England Athletes (track and field) at ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
