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 entrylist of 30 competitors. The final was held on Friday 1 August 1980. Athletes absent due to the boycott included the West German Dietmar Mogenburg, who had cleared 2.35 m in May 1980. This was the first and only Olympic competition where a new world record was set in the men's high jump.

Medalists

Gold	Gerd Wessig  East Germany
Silver	Jacek Wszola  Poland
Bronze	Jörg Freimuth  East Germany

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.	Martí 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 Sagna 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 Komnenić (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