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Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump

January 01, 1970

The men's high jump at the 1976 Summer Olympics took place on July 30 and 31 at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal, Canada.[1] Thirty-seven athletes from 23 nations competed.[2] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Jacek Wszoła of Poland, breaking the US/USSR hold on the men's high jump title (no nation other than those two had won since 1948). It was Poland's first medal in the event. Greg Joy's silver was Canada's first medal in the event since 1932. Dwight Stones won his second consecutive bronze medal, becoming the third man to win multiple medals in the high jump and keeping the United States' streak of podium appearances (all 18 editions of the Olympic men's high jump) alive one final time. The Soviet streak of five Games with podium appearances in the event ended.

Men's high jump
at the Games of the XXI Olympiad
1996 Armenian stamp commemorating 1976 high jump, depicting Jacek Wszoła
VenueOlympic Stadium
DatesJuly 30 and 31
Competitors37 from 23 nations
Winning height2.25 OR
Medalists
← 1972
1980 →

Background edit

This was the 18th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1972 Games were bronze medalist Dwight Stones of the United States and sixth-place finisher István Major of Hungary; the defending champion, Soviet Jüri Tarmak, had retired. Stones was now the best jumper in the world, having broken the world record twice since the previous Games. Jesper Tørring of Denmark, the 1974 European champion, was also competing.[2]

Bermuda, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Saudi Arabia each made their debut in the event. The United States appeared for the 18th time, having competed at each edition of the Olympic men's high jump to that point.

Competition format edit

The competition used the two-round format introduced in 1912. There were two distinct rounds of jumping with results cleared between rounds. Jumpers were eliminated if they had three consecutive failures, whether at a single height or between multiple heights if they attempted to advance before clearing a height.

The qualifying round had the bar set at 2.00 metres, 2.05 metres, 2.10 metres, 2.13 metres, and 2.16 metres. All jumpers clearing 2.16 metres in the qualifying round advanced to the final. If fewer than 12 jumpers could achieve it, the top 12 (including ties) would advance to the final.

The final had jumps at 2.00 metres, 2.05 metres, 2.10 metres, 2.14 metres, 2.18 metres, 2.21 metres, and every 0.02 metres after that until there was a winner.[2][3]

Records edit

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record   Dwight Stones (USA) 2.31 Philadelphia, United States 5 June 1976
Olympic record   Dick Fosbury (USA) 2.24 Mexico City, Mexico 20 October 1968

Jacek Wszoła beat the Olympic record by jumping 2.25 metres.

Schedule edit

All times are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC-4)

Date Time Round
Friday, 30 July 1976 10:00 Qualifying
Saturday, 31 July 1976 16:30 Final

Results edit

Key

  • o = Height cleared
  • x = Height failed
  • – = Height passed
  • r  = Retired
  • SB = Season's best
  • PB = Personal best
  • NR = National record
  • AR = Area record
  • OR = Olympic record
  • WR = World record
  • WL = World lead
  • NM = No mark
  • DNS = Did not start
  • DQ = Disqualified

Qualifying edit

The qualification was set to 2.16 metres. A total of 14 athletes achieved this height.

Rank Group Athlete Nation 2.00 2.05 2.10 2.13 2.16 Height Note
1 A Jacek Wszoła   Poland — — o o o 2.16 Q
A Jim Barrineau   United States — — o o o 2.16 Q
3 A Serhiy Senyukov   Soviet Union — o o o o 2.16 Q
B Bill Jankunis   United States — o o o o 2.16 Q
5 A Rolf Beilschmidt   East Germany o o o o o 2.16 Q
A Sergey Budalov   Soviet Union o o o o o 2.16 Q
7 B Leif Roar Falkum   Norway — o o xo o 2.16 Q
8 B Terje Totland   Denmark o o o xo o 2.16 Q
9 A Greg Joy   Canada — o xo xo o 2.16 Q
10 A Dwight Stones   United States — o o o xo 2.16 Q
11 A Claude Ferragne   Canada xo xo o o xo 2.16 Q
12 B Jesper Torring   Denmark o — o xo xxo 2.16 Q
13 A Rodolfo Bergamo   Italy o o o xo xxo 2.16 Q
14 A Rune Almén   Sweden o o xo xxo xxo 2.16 Q
15 A Endre Kelemen   Hungary — — xo o xxx 2.13
16 A Guy Moreau   Belgium — o xo o xxx 2.13
17 A Walter Boller   West Germany o xo o o xxx 2.13
B Katsumi Fukura   Japan o o xo o x 2.13
19 B Kazunori Koshikawa   Japan o o o xo xxx 2.13
20 A Henry Lauterbach   East Germany o o o xxo xxx 2.13
21 A Danial Temim   Yugoslavia o o o — xxx 2.10
22 A Teymour Ghiasi   Iran o xo o xxx — 2.10
23 A Wolfgang Killing   West Germany — o xxx — 2.05
24 B István Major   Hungary o o xxx — 2.05
B Juan Carrasco   Spain o o xxx — 2.05
B Oscar Raise   Italy o o xxx — 2.05
B Paul Poaniéwa   France o o xxx — 2.05
28 B Francisco Martín   Spain — xo xxx — 2.05
29 B Jacques Aletti   France xo xo xxx — 2.05
B Marc Romersa   Luxembourg xo xo xxx — 2.05
B Richard Spencer   Cuba xo xo xxx — 2.05
32 A Riccardo Fortini   Italy o xxo xxx — 2.05
A Robert Forget   Canada o xxo xxx — 2.05
B Clark Godwin   Bermuda o xxo xxx — 2.05
— B Carlos Alberto Abaunza   Nicaragua xxx — No mark
B Irajá Cecy   Brazil xxx — No mark
B Ghazi Saleh   Saudi Arabia xxx — No mark
— A Bruno Brokken   Belgium DNS

Final edit

The rainy weather affected Stones more than anyone else. Two months before the Olympics, he cleared 2.31 metres; five days after the Olympic final, he cleared 2.32 metres. But in the Montreal rain, he failed three times at 2.23 metres. Home crowd hero Joy cleared that height on his final attempt, ultimately gaining silver for it. Budalov tried once unsuccessfully at 2.23 metres before moving on to try 2.25 metres (a very uncommon strategy at that point), failing twice there and settling for fourth place at 2.21 metres. Wszoła, who had not been expected to be a contender, cleared 2.23 metres in his first try. He and Joy each made one jump at 2.25 metres before taking divergent approaches: Wszoła kept at 2.25 metres, passing it on jump #2; Joy went on to 2.27 metres. Each man took two unsuccessful jumps at 2.27, eliminating Joy in second place and leaving Wszoła alone as gold medalist. He used his final attempt at 2.29, with no success.

Rank Athlete Nation 2.00 2.05 2.10 2.14 2.18 2.21 2.23 2.25 2.27 2.29 Height Notes
  Jacek Wszoła   Poland — — — o o o o xo xx– x 2.25 OR
  Greg Joy   Canada o o o xo xxo o xxo x– xx — 2.23
  Dwight Stones   United States — — o o o o xxx — 2.21
4 Sergey Budalov   Soviet Union — o o o o xo x– xx — 2.21
5 Serhiy Senyukov   Soviet Union — — o o o xxx — 2.18
6 Rodolfo Bergamo   Italy o o o xo o xxx — 2.18
7 Rolf Beilschmidt   East Germany — o o o xo xxx — 2.18
8 Jesper Torring   Denmark — — o xo xo xxx — 2.18
9 Terje Totland   Denmark o o xo o xo xxx — 2.18
10 Rune Almén   Sweden o xo xo o xxo xxx — 2.18
11 Jim Barrineau   United States — — o o xxx — 2.14
12 Claude Ferragne   Canada — o o o xxx — 2.14
13 Bill Jankunis   United States — — o xxx — 2.10
14 Leif Roar Falkum   Norway — — xo xxx — 2.10

References edit

  1. ^ . sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "High Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, vol. 3, p. 69.

External links edit

  • Results

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The men s high jump at the 1976 Summer Olympics took place on July 30 and 31 at the Olympic Stadium in Montreal Canada 1 Thirty seven athletes from 23 nations competed 2 The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress The event was won by Jacek Wszola of Poland breaking the US USSR hold on the men s high jump title no nation other than those two had won since 1948 It was Poland s first medal in the event Greg Joy s silver was Canada s first medal in the event since 1932 Dwight Stones won his second consecutive bronze medal becoming the third man to win multiple medals in the high jump and keeping the United States streak of podium appearances all 18 editions of the Olympic men s high jump alive one final time The Soviet streak of five Games with podium appearances in the event ended Men s high jumpat the Games of the XXI Olympiad1996 Armenian stamp commemorating 1976 high jump depicting Jacek WszolaVenueOlympic StadiumDatesJuly 30 and 31Competitors37 from 23 nationsWinning height2 25 ORMedalistsJacek Wszola PolandGreg Joy CanadaDwight Stones United States 19721980 Contents 1 Background 2 Competition format 3 Records 4 Schedule 5 Results 5 1 Qualifying 5 2 Final 6 References 7 External linksBackground editThis was the 18th appearance of the event which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics The returning finalists from the 1972 Games were bronze medalist Dwight Stones of the United States and sixth place finisher Istvan Major of Hungary the defending champion Soviet Juri Tarmak had retired Stones was now the best jumper in the world having broken the world record twice since the previous Games Jesper Torring of Denmark the 1974 European champion was also competing 2 Bermuda Cuba Nicaragua and Saudi Arabia each made their debut in the event The United States appeared for the 18th time having competed at each edition of the Olympic men s high jump to that point Competition format editThe competition used the two round format introduced in 1912 There were two distinct rounds of jumping with results cleared between rounds Jumpers were eliminated if they had three consecutive failures whether at a single height or between multiple heights if they attempted to advance before clearing a height The qualifying round had the bar set at 2 00 metres 2 05 metres 2 10 metres 2 13 metres and 2 16 metres All jumpers clearing 2 16 metres in the qualifying round advanced to the final If fewer than 12 jumpers could achieve it the top 12 including ties would advance to the final The final had jumps at 2 00 metres 2 05 metres 2 10 metres 2 14 metres 2 18 metres 2 21 metres and every 0 02 metres after that until there was a winner 2 3 Records editPrior to this competition the existing world and Olympic records were as follows World record nbsp Dwight Stones USA 2 31 Philadelphia United States 5 June 1976 Olympic record nbsp Dick Fosbury USA 2 24 Mexico City Mexico 20 October 1968 Jacek Wszola beat the Olympic record by jumping 2 25 metres Schedule editAll times are Eastern Daylight Time UTC 4 Date Time Round Friday 30 July 1976 10 00 Qualifying Saturday 31 July 1976 16 30 FinalResults editKey o Height cleared x Height failed Height passed r Retired SB Season s best PB Personal best NR National record AR Area record OR Olympic record WR World record WL World lead NM No mark DNS Did not start DQ Disqualified Qualifying edit The qualification was set to 2 16 metres A total of 14 athletes achieved this height Rank Group Athlete Nation 2 00 2 05 2 10 2 13 2 16 Height Note 1 A Jacek Wszola nbsp Poland o o o 2 16 Q A Jim Barrineau nbsp United States o o o 2 16 Q 3 A Serhiy Senyukov nbsp Soviet Union o o o o 2 16 Q B Bill Jankunis nbsp United States o o o o 2 16 Q 5 A Rolf Beilschmidt nbsp East Germany o o o o o 2 16 Q A Sergey Budalov nbsp Soviet Union o o o o o 2 16 Q 7 B Leif Roar Falkum nbsp Norway o o xo o 2 16 Q 8 B Terje Totland nbsp Denmark o o o xo o 2 16 Q 9 A Greg Joy nbsp Canada o xo xo o 2 16 Q 10 A Dwight Stones nbsp United States o o o xo 2 16 Q 11 A Claude Ferragne nbsp Canada xo xo o o xo 2 16 Q 12 B Jesper Torring nbsp Denmark o o xo xxo 2 16 Q 13 A Rodolfo Bergamo nbsp Italy o o o xo xxo 2 16 Q 14 A Rune Almen nbsp Sweden o o xo xxo xxo 2 16 Q 15 A Endre Kelemen nbsp Hungary xo o xxx 2 13 16 A Guy Moreau nbsp Belgium o xo o xxx 2 13 17 A Walter Boller nbsp West Germany o xo o o xxx 2 13 B Katsumi Fukura nbsp Japan o o xo o x 2 13 19 B Kazunori Koshikawa nbsp Japan o o o xo xxx 2 13 20 A Henry Lauterbach nbsp East Germany o o o xxo xxx 2 13 21 A Danial Temim nbsp Yugoslavia o o o xxx 2 10 22 A Teymour Ghiasi nbsp Iran o xo o xxx 2 10 23 A Wolfgang Killing nbsp West Germany o xxx 2 05 24 B Istvan Major nbsp Hungary o o xxx 2 05 B Juan Carrasco nbsp Spain o o xxx 2 05 B Oscar Raise nbsp Italy o o xxx 2 05 B Paul Poaniewa nbsp France o o xxx 2 05 28 B Francisco Martin nbsp Spain xo xxx 2 05 29 B Jacques Aletti nbsp France xo xo xxx 2 05 B Marc Romersa nbsp Luxembourg xo xo xxx 2 05 B Richard Spencer nbsp Cuba xo xo xxx 2 05 32 A Riccardo Fortini nbsp Italy o xxo xxx 2 05 A Robert Forget nbsp Canada o xxo xxx 2 05 B Clark Godwin nbsp Bermuda o xxo xxx 2 05 B Carlos Alberto Abaunza nbsp Nicaragua xxx No mark B Iraja Cecy nbsp Brazil xxx No mark B Ghazi Saleh nbsp Saudi Arabia xxx No mark A Bruno Brokken nbsp Belgium DNS Final edit The rainy weather affected Stones more than anyone else Two months before the Olympics he cleared 2 31 metres five days after the Olympic final he cleared 2 32 metres But in the Montreal rain he failed three times at 2 23 metres Home crowd hero Joy cleared that height on his final attempt ultimately gaining silver for it Budalov tried once unsuccessfully at 2 23 metres before moving on to try 2 25 metres a very uncommon strategy at that point failing twice there and settling for fourth place at 2 21 metres Wszola who had not been expected to be a contender cleared 2 23 metres in his first try He and Joy each made one jump at 2 25 metres before taking divergent approaches Wszola kept at 2 25 metres passing it on jump 2 Joy went on to 2 27 metres Each man took two unsuccessful jumps at 2 27 eliminating Joy in second place and leaving Wszola alone as gold medalist He used his final attempt at 2 29 with no success Rank Athlete Nation 2 00 2 05 2 10 2 14 2 18 2 21 2 23 2 25 2 27 2 29 Height Notes nbsp Jacek Wszola nbsp Poland o o o o xo xx x 2 25 OR nbsp Greg Joy nbsp Canada o o o xo xxo o xxo x xx 2 23 nbsp Dwight Stones nbsp United States o o o o xxx 2 21 4 Sergey Budalov nbsp Soviet Union o o o o xo x xx 2 21 5 Serhiy Senyukov nbsp Soviet Union o o o xxx 2 18 6 Rodolfo Bergamo nbsp Italy o o o xo o xxx 2 18 7 Rolf Beilschmidt nbsp East Germany o o o xo xxx 2 18 8 Jesper Torring nbsp Denmark o xo xo xxx 2 18 9 Terje Totland nbsp Denmark o o xo o xo xxx 2 18 10 Rune Almen nbsp Sweden o xo xo o xxo xxx 2 18 11 Jim Barrineau nbsp United States o o xxx 2 14 12 Claude Ferragne nbsp Canada o o o xxx 2 14 13 Bill Jankunis nbsp United States o xxx 2 10 14 Leif Roar Falkum nbsp Norway xo xxx 2 10References edit Athletics at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games Men s High Jump sports reference com Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 31 December 2017 a b c High Jump Men Olympedia Retrieved 16 September 2020 Official Report vol 3 p 69 External links editResults Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics Men 27s high jump amp oldid 1213421690, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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