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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 Wszoła of Poland, breaking the US/USSR hold on ...
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. The IAAF chose to host its own world ...
Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump. Women's high jump. at the Games of the XXI Olympiad. Venue. Olympic Stadium. Date. 26-28 July. Competitors. 35 from 24 nations.
The Olympic records for the event are 2.39 m (7 ft 10 in) for men, set by Charles Austin in 1996, and 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in) for women, set by Yelena Slesarenko in 2004. Gerd Wessig is the only man to have set a world record in the Olympic high jump, having done so in 1980 with a mark of 2.36 m (7 ft 83⁄4 in).
Long jump details: Arnie Robinson United States: 8.35 m Randy Williams United States: 8.11 m Frank Wartenberg East Germany: 8.02 m Triple jump details: Viktor Saneyev Soviet Union: 17.29 m James Butts United States: 17.18 m João Carlos de Oliveira Brazil: 16.90 m High jump details: Jacek Wszoła Poland: 2.25 m Greg Joy Canada: 2.23 m Dwight Stones
Long jump: 6.25 10 Q: 6.66 Sherron Walker: 6.20 14 Did not advance Martha Watson: 5.93 25 Did not advance Paula Girven: High jump: 1.80 21 Q: 1.84 18 Joni Huntley: 1.80 2 Q: 1.89 5 Pam Spencer: 1.70 27 Did not advance Maren Seidler: Shot put — 15.60 12 Lynne Winbigler: Discus throw: 48.22 14 Did not advance Sherry Calvert: Javelin throw: 53. ...
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.
High jump: men: women: Pole vault: men: Shot put: men: ... 26 June 1976 Olympic record ... 8 September 1972 Overall results. Key