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High Jump, Men

Date30 – 31 July 1976
StatusOlympic
LocationStade olympique, Parc olympique, Montréal, Québec
Participants37 from 23 countries

The 1972 bronze medalist, Dwight Stones, was by now the world’s best jumper. He had broken the world record in 1983 with 2.30 (7-6½) and had bettered that in 1976, his last world record being at 2.32 (7-7¼). Also an excellent competitive jumper, he was heavily favored going into Montréal though he lost popularity with the local crowd by making unkind remarks about French-Canadians before the competition. But the final was held on a cool, rainy day, and Stones technique demanded great speed in his take-off – he hated to jump in the rain. After 2.21 (7-3) in the final only four jumpers remained, with Stones in second, trailing the surprising Jacek Wszoła of Poland. Wszoła then got over 2.23 (7-3¾) on his first attempt, as did Canada’s Greg Joy, to the delight of the Montréal crowd. Stones failed at that height and had to settle for his second consecutive bronze medal. Wszoła and Joy both cleared 2.25 (7-4½), the Pole in his second attempt and the Canadian on his third, settling gold and silver. It was a rare success for Canada in what proved a difficult track and field programme for them. Wszoła beat the record of Charlie Dumas from 1956 to become the youngest Olympic champion in this discipline. Four days later, Stones broke the world record with 2.32 (7-7¼) at a meet in Philadelphia.

PosNrAthleteNOCQualifying RoundFinal Round
1746Jacek WszołaPOL2.16 (=1)2.25 (1)GoldOR
2158Greg JoyCAN2.16 (9)2.23 (2)Silver
3964Dwight StonesUSA2.16 (10)2.21 (3)Bronze
4878Sergey BudalovURS2.16 (=5)2.21 (4)
5903Sergey SenyukovURS2.16 (=3)2.18 (5)
6536Rodolfo BergamoITA2.16 (13)2.18 (6)
7385Rolf BeilschmidtGDR2.16 (=5)2.18 (7)
8237Jesper TørringDEN2.16 (12)2.18 (8)
9686Terje TotlandNOR2.16 (8)2.18 (9)
10807Rune AlménSWE2.16 (14)2.18 (10)
11909James BarrineauUSA2.16 (=1)2.14 (11)
12151Claude FerragneCAN2.16 (11)2.14 (12)
13934Bill JankunisUSA2.16 (=3)2.10 (13)
14678Leif Roar FalkumNOR2.16 (7)2.10 (14)
15 r1/2499Endre KelemenHUN2.13 (15)
16 r1/294Guy MoreauBEL2.13 (16)
=17 r1/2413Walter BollerFRG2.13 (=17)
=17 r1/2575Katsumi FukuraJPN2.13 (=17)
19 r1/2580Kazunori KoshikawaJPN2.13 (19)
20 r1/2392Henry LauterbachGDR2.13 (20)
21 r1/2984Danial TemimYUG2.10 (21)
22 r1/2521Teymour GhiassiIRI2.10 (22)
23 r1/2425Wolfgang KillingFRG2.05 (23)
=24 r1/2244Juan CarrascoESP2.05 (=24)
=24 r1/2333Paul PoaniéwaFRA2.05 (=24)
=24 r1/2502István MajorHUN2.05 (=24)
=24 r1/2562Oscar RaiseITA2.05 (=24)
28 r1/2252Francisco MartínESP2.05 (28)
=29 r1/2232Richard SpencerCUB2.05 (=29)
=29 r1/2304Jacques AlettiFRA2.05 (=29)
=29 r1/2634Marc RomersaLUX2.05 (=29)
=32 r1/2105Clark GodwinBER2.05 (=32)
=32 r1/2550Robert ForgetCAN2.05 (=32)
=32 r1/2152Riccardo FortiniITA2.05 (=32)
AC r1/2115Irajá CecyBRA– (NH)
AC r1/243Ghazi Saleh MarzoukKSA– (NH)
AC r1/2650Carlos AbaúnzaNCA– (NH)
DNS86Bruno BrokkenBEL– (DNS)

Qualifying Round (30 July 1976 — 10:00)

Top 12 and ties and all those clearing 2.16 metres advanced to the final.

PosAthleteNOCHeightMissesTotal MissesTotal Attempts
=1Jacek WszołaPOL2.16003Q
=1James BarrineauUSA2.16003Q
=3Sergey SenyukovURS2.16004Q
=3Bill JankunisUSA2.16004Q
=5Rolf BeilschmidtGDR2.16005Q
=5Sergey BudalovURS2.16005Q
7Leif Roar FalkumNOR2.16015Q
8Terje TotlandNOR2.16016Q
9Greg JoyCAN2.16026Q
10Dwight StonesUSA2.16115Q
11Claude FerragneCAN2.16138Q
12Jesper TørringDEN2.16237Q
13Rodolfo BergamoITA2.16238Q
14Rune AlménSWE2.162510Q
15Endre KelemenHUN2.13013
16Guy MoreauBEL2.13014
=17Walter BollerFRG2.13015
=17Katsumi FukuraJPN2.13015
19Kazunori KoshikawaJPN2.13115
20Henry LauterbachGDR2.13226
21Danial TemimYUG2.10003
22Teymour GhiassiIRI2.10014
23Wolfgang KillingFRG2.05001
=24Juan CarrascoESP2.05002
=24Paul PoaniéwaFRA2.05002
=24István MajorHUN2.05002
=24Oscar RaiseITA2.05002
28Francisco MartínESP2.05112
=29Richard SpencerCUB2.05124
=29Jacques AlettiFRA2.05124
=29Marc RomersaLUX2.05124
=32Clark GodwinBER2.05224
=32Robert ForgetCAN2.05224
=32Riccardo FortiniITA2.05224
NHGhazi Saleh MarzoukKSA
NHCarlos AbaúnzaNCA
NHIrajá CecyBRA
DNSBruno BrokkenBEL

Qualifying Round, Group A (30 July 1976)

PosAthleteNOCHeightMissesTotal MissesTotal Attempts2.00 m2.05 m2.10 m2.13 m2.16 m
=1Jacek WszołaPOL2.16003--ooo
=1James BarrineauUSA2.16003--ooo
3Sergey SenyukovURS2.16004-oooo
=4Rolf BeilschmidtGDR2.16005ooooo
=4Sergey BudalovURS2.16005ooooo
6Greg JoyCAN2.16026-oxoxoo
7Dwight StonesUSA2.16115-oooxo
8Claude FerragneCAN2.16138xoxoooxo
9Rodolfo BergamoITA2.16238oooxoxxo
10Rune AlménSWE2.162510ooxoxxoxxo
11Endre KelemenHUN2.13013--xooxxx
12Guy MoreauBEL2.13014-oxooxxx
13Walter BollerFRG2.13015oxoooxxx
14Henry LauterbachGDR2.13226oooxxoxxx
15Danial TemimYUG2.10003ooo-xxx
16Teymour GhiassiIRI2.10014oxooxxx
17Wolfgang KillingFRG2.05001-oxxx
=18Robert ForgetCAN2.05224oxxoxxx
=18Riccardo FortiniITA2.05224oxxoxxx
DNSBruno BrokkenBEL

Qualifying Round, Group B (30 July 1976)

PosAthleteNOCHeightMissesTotal MissesTotal Attempts2.00 m2.05 m2.10 m2.13 m2.16 m
1Bill JankunisUSA2.16004-oooo
2Leif Roar FalkumNOR2.16015-ooxoo
3Terje TotlandNOR2.16016oooxoo
4Jesper TørringDEN2.16237o-oxoxxo
5Katsumi FukuraJPN2.13015ooxoox--
6Kazunori KoshikawaJPN2.13115oooxoxxx
=7Juan CarrascoESP2.05002ooxxx
=7Paul PoaniéwaFRA2.05002ooxxx
=7István MajorHUN2.05002ooxxx
=7Oscar RaiseITA2.05002ooxxx
11Francisco MartínESP2.05112-xoxxx
=12Richard SpencerCUB2.05124xoxoxxx
=12Jacques AlettiFRA2.05124xoxoxxx
=12Marc RomersaLUX2.05124xoxoxxx
15Clark GodwinBER2.05224oxxoxxx
NHGhazi Saleh MarzoukKSA
NHCarlos AbaúnzaNCA
NHIrajá CecyBRA

Final Round (31 July 1976 — 16:30)

PosAthleteNOCHeightMissesTotal MissesTotal Attempts2.00 m2.05 m2.10 m2.14 m2.18 m2.21 m2.23 m2.25 m2.27 m2.29 m
1Jacek WszołaPOL2.25116---ooooxoxx-x--OR
2Greg JoyCAN2.232512oooxoxxooxxox--xx-
3Dwight StonesUSA2.21004--ooooxxx
4Sergey BudalovURS2.21116-ooooxox--xx-
5Sergey SenyukovURS2.18003--oooxxx
6Rodolfo BergamoITA2.18016oooxooxxx
7Rolf BeilschmidtGDR2.18115-oooxoxxx
8Jesper TørringDEN2.18125--oxoxoxxx
9Terje TotlandNOR2.18127ooxooxoxxx
10Rune AlménSWE2.18249oxoxooxxoxxx
11James BarrineauUSA2.14002--ooxxx
12Claude FerragneCAN2.14003-oooxxx
13Bill JankunisUSA2.10001--oxxx
14Leif Roar FalkumNOR2.10112--xoxxx