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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.
At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, 37 events were contested in athletics. There were a total number of 1005 participating athletes from 80 countries. The men's 50 kilometres walk competition was dropped from the Olympic athletics programme, despite its constant presence at the games since 1932.
Toggle Results subsection. 1.1 Qualification. 1.2 Final. 2 References. 3 External links. Toggle the table of contents. Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women ...
The 1976 United States Olympic trials for track and field were held June 19–27 at Hayward Field in Eugene, Oregon. [1] [2] These were the last organized by the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU); the Amateur Sports Act of 1978 was passed two years later which formed the new national governing body for the sport of track and field, The Athletics Congress.
1976. 1976 Summer Olympics: High Jump (3rd – bronze medal) 1976 U.S. Olympic Trials: High Jump (2nd) 1976 USTFF Outdoor Championships: High Jump (1st) 1976 AAU Outdoor Championships: High Jump (1st) 1976 NCAA Outdoor Championships: High Jump – 2.31 m (1st) 1976 NCAA Indoor Championships: High Jump (1st)(Cal State Long Beach)
The famed 1 million-gallon mid-mod masterpiece hosted the U.S. Olympic swim trials in 1968 and 1976, served as a training site for Los Angeles 1984 and is a place where Michael Phelps, Natalie ...
William John Jankunis (born June 29, 1955) is an American athlete. [1] He competed in the men's high jump at the 1976 Summer Olympics. [2] Jankunis won the 1976 United States Summer Olympic High Jump Trials on June 28, 1976, at University of Oregon's Hayward Stadium with a jump of 2.28 metres (7 ft. 5 3⁄4 in).
The men's high jump has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the first Summer Olympics in 1896. The women's high jump was one of five events to feature on the first women's athletics programme in 1928, and it was the only jumping event available to women until 1948, when the long jump was permitted.