Athletics at the 1979 Summer Universiade – Men's high jump

The men's high jump event at the 1979 Summer Universiade was held at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario in Mexico City on 11 and 13 September 1979.[1][2]

Medalists edit

Gold Silver Bronze
Gerd Nagel
  West Germany
Rolf Beilschmidt
  East Germany
Holger Marten
  West Germany

Results edit

Qualification edit

Rank Group Athlete Nationality Result Notes
? ? Wolfgang Tschirk   Austria 2.12 Q
? ? Rolf Beilschmidt   East Germany 2.12 Q
? ? Paul Tanon   France 2.12 Q[3]
? ? István Gibicsár   Hungary 2.12 Q
? ? Gyula Kovács   Hungary 2.12 Q
? ? Bruno Bruni   Italy 2.12 Q[4]
? ? Takashi Kitamine   Japan 2.12 Q
? ? Kazunori Koshikawa   Japan 2.12 Q
? ? Janusz Trzepizur   Poland 2.12 Q
? ? Jacek Wszoła   Poland 2.12 Q
? ? Aleksandr Grigoryev   Soviet Union 2.12 Q
? ? Francisco Martín   Spain 2.12 Q
? ? Gail Olson   United States 2.12 Q
? ? Nat Page   United States 2.12 Q
? ? Holger Marten   West Germany 2.12 Q
? ? Gerd Nagel   West Germany 2.12 Q
? ? Moussa Sagna Fall   Senegal 2.07
? ? Kim Yong-ki   South Korea 2.07
? ? Rumen Yotsov   Bulgaria 2.07
? ? Dimitrios Kattis   Greece 2.07
? ? Carlos Casar   Mexico 2.07
? ? Gianni Davito   Italy 2.02 [4]
? ? Amadou Dia   Senegal 2.02

Final edit

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Rank Athlete Nationality 2.12 2.15 2.18 2.21 2.24 2.26 2.28 2.30 Result Notes
  Gerd Nagel   West Germany o o o xxo o o 2.28 UR
  Rolf Beilschmidt   East Germany xo 2.28 UR
  Holger Marten   West Germany o 2.26
4 Jacek Wszoła   Poland 2.26
5 Bruno Bruni   Italy 2.21
6 Nat Page   United States 2.21
7 Janusz Trzepizur   Poland 2.21
8 Gail Olson   United States 2.18
9 Takashi Kitamine   Japan 2.18
10 Paul Tanon   France 2.18 [3]
11 Kazunori Koshikawa   Japan 2.18
12 Francisco Martín   Spain 2.15 [7]
13 István Gibicsár   Hungary 2.15
14 Aleksandr Grigoryev   Soviet Union 2.12 [8]
15 Wolfgang Tschirk   Austria 2.12
16 Gyula Kovács   Hungary 2.07

References edit

  1. ^ Holzbach, Gerd (25 September 1979). "Pietro Mennea war der große Held von Mexico" [Pietro Mennea was the big hero of Mexico]. Leichtathletik (in German). 39/1979. Bartels & Wernitz: 1240–1245. ISSN 0343-5369.
  2. ^ Results at Tilastopaja
  3. ^ a b French results
  4. ^ a b "Tre medaglie sotto il diluvio" (in Italian). La Stampa. 13 September 1979. p. 21.
  5. ^ "Final results". El Paso Times. 14 September 1979. p. 17. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Final results". Hartford Courant. 14 September 1979. p. 40. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  7. ^ RFEA bio
  8. ^ Soviet results Archived 2021-10-31 at the Wayback Machine (p83)