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]

Medalists

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

Results

Qualification

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[2]
?	?	István Gibicsár	Hungary	2.12	Q
?	?	Gyula Kovács	Hungary	2.12	Q
?	?	Bruno Bruni	Italy	2.12	Q[3]
?	?	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
?	?	Gianni Davito	Italy	2.02	Q[3]

Final

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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	[2]
12	Francisco Martín	Spain									2.15	[6]
14	Aleksandr Grigoryev	Soviet Union									2.12	[7]

References

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). Bartels & Wernitz. 39/1979: 1240–1245. ISSN 0343-5369.
2. French results
3. "Tre medaglie sotto il diluvio" (in Italian). La Stampa. 13 September 1979. p. 21.
4. "Final results". El Paso Times. 14 September 1979. p. 17. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
5. "Final results". Hartford Courant. 14 September 1979. p. 40. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
6. RFEA bio
7. Soviet results (p83)