Dietmar Mögenburg (, ; born 15 August 1961) is a (West) German former

high jump The high jump is a track and field event in which competitors must jump unaided over a horizontal bar placed at measured heights without dislodging it. In its modern, most-practiced format, a bar is placed between two standards with a crash mat f ...

er who won gold medals at the

1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and also known as Los Angeles 1984) were an international multi-sport event held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, United States. It marked the secon ...

in Los Angeles and at the 1982 European Championships in Athens.

Career

On 26 May 1980, at the age of 18, Mögenburg jumped 2.35 m which tied the world outdoor record set by

Jacek Wszoła Jacek Roman Wszoła (born 30 December 1956 in Warsaw, Poland) is a retired Polish high jumper best known for winning gold and silver medals at the 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics respectively. Wszoła is also a one-time world record holder with t ...

of Poland. At the time, this mark also established a new world outdoor junior record. He reached his outdoor peak on 10 June 1984 when he cleared 2.36 m in Eberstadt, in a competition won by

Zhu Jianhua Zhu Jianhua (; born 29 May 1963) is a retired Chinese high jumper. His personal best of 2.39 metres is a former world record for the event, and is still the Chinese record. In Helsinki 1983, Zhu became China's first man to win a medal in t ...

with a world record of 2.39 m. Mögenburg would later establish a new world indoor mark of 2.39 m on 14 February 1985 in

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. As of 2015, the only German to have jumped higher is his 1980s rival

Carlo Thränhardt Carlo Thränhardt (, ; born 5 July 1957) is a retired German high jumper. He excelled at indoor competitions, setting the world indoor record on three occasions between 1984 and 1988. His best mark of 2.42 meters ranks him second on the indoor ...

, who cleared 2.37 m outdoors (1984) and 2.42 m indoors (1988).

International competitions

*10-time West German High Jump Champion (1980–85, 1987–90) *5-time West German Indoor High Jump Champion (1979–81, 1984, 1989) Note: Result with a q, indicates overall position in qualifying round.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Mogenburg, Dietmar 1961 births Living people West German male high jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1984 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1988 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes of West Germany Olympic athletes of Germany Olympic gold medalists for West Germany Sportspeople from Leverkusen World record setters in athletics (track and field) European Athletics Championships medalists Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists in athletics (track and field) World Athletics Indoor Championships medalists