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

Men's high jump
at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Men's high jump; at the Games of the XXII Olympiad
Venue	Lenin Stadium
Dates	31 July-1 August
Competitors	30 from 11 nations
Winning height	2.36 WR
Medalists
	← 1976 1984 →

The Men's High Jump event at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union had an entry list of 30 competitors. The final was held on Friday 1 August 1980.^[1] Athletes absent due to the boycott included the West German Dietmar Mogenburg, who had cleared 2.35 m in May 1980.

Medalists

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	2.05	2.10	2.15	2.18	2.21	Result	Note
1	B	Mark Naylor	Great Britain	–	o	o	o	o	2.21	Q
2	A	Jörg Freimuth	East Germany	o	o	o	o	o	2.21	Q
2	A	Henry Lauterbach	East Germany	o	o	o	o	o	2.21	Q
2	A	Gerd Wessig	East Germany	o	o	o	o	o	2.21	Q
5	A	Roland Dalhäuser	Switzerland	–	o	o	xo	o	2.21	Q
6	A	Aleksey Demyanyuk	Soviet Union	xo	xo	o	o	o	2.21	Q
6	A	Gennadiy Belkov	Soviet Union	o	o	o	xxo	o	2.21	Q
6	A	Marco Tamberi	Italy	o	o	o	xxo	o	2.21	Q
6	B	Vaso Komnenić	Yugoslavia	o	o	o	xxo	o	2.21	Q
10	B	Sorin Matei	Romania	–	o	xo	xxo	o	2.21	Q
11	A	Jacek Wszoła	Poland	–	o	o	o	xo	2.21	Q
12	A	Adrian Proteasa	Romania	–	xxo	o	xo	xo	2.21	Q
13	A	Aleksandr Grigoryev	Soviet Union	–	o	o	o	xxo	2.21	Q
14	B	Guy Moreau	Belgium	o	o	o	xo	xxo	2.21	Q
15	A	Janusz Trzepizur	Poland	–	xo	xo	o	xxo	2.21	Q
16	B	Roberto Cabrejas	Spain	o	o	xo	xxo	xxo	2.21	Q
17	A	Francis Agbo	France	–	o	o	o	xxx	2.18
18	A	Oscar Raise	Italy	o	o	xo	o	xxx	2.18
19	A	Zoltán Torsi	Hungary	o	xo	xo	o	xxx	2.18
20	A	Paolo Borghi	Italy	o	o	o	xo	xxx	2.18
21	B	Abdel Hamid Sahil	Algeria	xo	o	o	xxo	xxx	2.18
22	B	Martí Perarnau	Spain	o	xo	o	xxx		2.15
23	B	István Gibicsár	Hungary	xo	o	xxo	xxx		2.15
24	B	Atanas Mladenov	Bulgaria	o	o	xxx			2.10
24	B	Desmond Morris	Jamaica	o	o	xxx			2.10
26	B	Francisco Centelles	Cuba	–	xo	xxx			2.10
27	B	Moussa Sagna Fall	Senegal	o	xo	xxx			2.10
28	B	Othmane Belfaa	Algeria	o	xxx				2.05
29	B	Ahmad Balkis	Syria	xo	xxx				2.05
29	B	Cláudio Freire	Brazil	xo	xxx				2.05

Rank	Name	Nationality	2.10	2.15	2.18	2.21	2.24	2.27	2.29	2.31	2.33	2.36	2.38	Result	Notes
	Gerd Wessig	East Germany	–	o	–	o	o	o	xo	o	xo	xo	xxx	2.36	WR
	Jacek Wszoła	Poland	–	o	–	xo	xo	o	o	xo	xxx			2.31
	Jörg Freimuth	East Germany	o	–	o	o	o	xxo	o	xo	xxx			2.31
4	Henry Lauterbach	East Germany	–	o	–	xxo	xo	o	o	xxx				2.29
5	Roland Dalhäuser	Switzerland	–	o	–	o	xo	xxx						2.24
6	Vaso Komnenić	Yugoslavia	o	o	–	o	xxo	xxx						2.24
7	Adrian Proteasa	Romania	–	o	o	o	xxx							2.21
8	Aleksandr Grigoryev	Soviet Union	o	o	o	o	xxx							2.21
9	Mark Naylor	Great Britain	–	o	xo	o	xxx							2.21
10	Gennadiy Belkov	Soviet Union	o	o	xo	o	xxx							2.21
11	Aleksey Demyanyuk	Soviet Union	o	o	xo	xxo	xxx							2.21
12	Janusz Trzepizur	Poland	–	o	o	xxx								2.18
13	Sorin Matei	Romania	o	o	o	xxx								2.18
14	Guy Moreau	Belgium	o	o	xo	xxx								2.18
15	Marco Tamberi	Italy	o	o	xxx									2.15
16	Roberto Cabrejas	Spain	o	xxx										2.10

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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
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