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1980 Olympic Games Moscow - Women's High jump

 

 

Host City: Moskva, Soviet Union Format: Top 12 and ties and all those clearing 1.88 metres advanced to the final.
Date Started: July 25, 1980  
Date Finished: July 26, 1980  
(Competitors: 20; Countries: 13; Finalists: 12)  
    Venue(s): Grand Arena, Central Lenin Stadium Area, Moskva
Overview by IAAF    1980_olympic_stadium.jpg
Ackermann had become the first woman to jump 2.00 in 1977, but was superseded the following year by the elegant Simeoni, who twice cleared 2.01 and beat the German in the European Championships. Neither was in quite that form in 1980, but the Italian was favoured to win. The qualifying saw the end of Blagoeva, whose Olympic career finished with a clearance of only 1.80. In the final, there were seven jumpers left at the Olympic record height of 1.94, with Simeoni, Kielan and Ackermann faultless till then. Ackermann, who was jumping with an injured knee, failed at 1.94 to place fourth. Simeoni and Kielan had cleared first time, while Kirst cleared on her second attempt to ensure that all three medallists would be “floppers”. At 1.97, all three failed first time, and Simeoni then floated over cleanly on her second jump to win the gold medal, before three optimistic but not close jumps at 2.02.
       
Summary by Sports-reference.com      
The American boycott had little effect on the competition as the best jumpers were the defending champion Rosemarie Ackermann (GDR) and Italy's Sara Simeoni, the silver medalist in Montréal. Between 1974 and 1977, Ackermann set seven consecutive world records, topped by her performance at the ISTAF Meet in Berlin on 26 August 1977. On that day, she first jumped 1.97 (6-5½) and then became the first woman to jump two metres. But in August 1978, Simeoni broke that record, jumping 2.01 (6-7) twice, the second mark coming when she won the European Championships, defeating Ackermann in the process. These two were the heavy favorites, with Simeoni given a slight edge based on form earlier in 1980. In the final round, seven jumpers were alive after 1.91 metres (6-3¼), but only Simeoni, Urszula Kielan (POL), and Jutta Kirst (GDR) could get over 1.94 (6-4¼). Ackermann, jumping with an injured knee, missed at that height and finished out of the medals in fourth. Only Simeoni could get over 1.97 metres (6-5½), winning the gold medal, with Klein's first-attempt clearance at 1.94 (6-4¼) bringing her the silver medal, as Kirst had missed once at that height.
 
 
        Results        
 
High jump Women     Final 26 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 1.97     Sara Simeoni Italy ITA 19 Apr 53  
2 1.94     Urszula Kielan Poland POL 10 Oct 60  
3 1.94     Jutta Kirst East Germany GDR 10 Nov 54  
4 1.91     Rosemarie Ackermann East Germany GDR 4 Apr 52  
5 1.91     Marina Sysoyeva Soviet Union URS 3 Jun 59  
6 1.91     Andrea Bienias East Germany GDR 11 Nov 59  
6 1.91     Christine Stanton Australia AUS 12 Dec 59  
8 1.88     Cornelia Popa Romania ROU 27 Aug 50  
9 1.88     Tamara Bykova Soviet Union URS 21 Dec 58  
10 1.85     Andrea Mátay Hungary HUN 27 Sep 55  
11 1.85     Louise Miller Great Britain GBR 9 Mar 60  
12 1.80     Christine Soetewey Belgium BEL 19 Aug 57  
High jump Women     Qualification 25 July      
                 
Rank Mark     Athlete Country NOC Birth Date Records
1 1.88     Marina Sysoyeva Soviet Union URS 3 Jun 59  
1 1.88     Urszula Kielan Poland POL 10 Oct 60  
1 1.88     Rosemarie Ackermann East Germany GDR 4 Apr 52  
1 1.88     Andrea Mátay Hungary HUN 27 Sep 55  
5 1.88     Christine Soetewey Belgium BEL 19 Aug 57  
6 1.88     Louise Miller Great Britain GBR 9 Mar 60  
7 1.88     Tamara Bykova Soviet Union URS 21 Dec 58  
7 1.88     Jutta Kirst East Germany GDR 10 Nov 54  
7 1.88     Sara Simeoni Italy ITA 19 Apr 53  
10 1.88     Christine Stanton Australia AUS 12 Dec 59  
11 1.88     Cornelia Popa Romania ROU 27 Aug 50  
12 1.88     Andrea Bienias East Germany GDR 11 Nov 59  
13 1.85     Elżbieta Trylinska Poland POL 5 Oct 60  
14 1.85     Danuta Bulkowska Poland POL 31 Jan 59  
15 1.85     Susanne Lorentzon Sweden SWE 11 Jun 61  
16 1.80     Yordanka Blagoyeva Bulgaria BUL 19 Jan 47  
16 1.80     Marina Serkova Soviet Union URS 12 Sep 61  
18 1.80     Ann-Ewa Karlsson Sweden SWE 1 Apr 55  
19 1.80     Lidija Lapajne Yugoslavia YUG 1 Apr 59  
  NH     Dia Toutingi Syria SYR 3 May 60  
 
Detailed View
 Women High Jump Olympic Games Moscow 1980 - Saturday 26.07
Final Team Height 175 180 185 188 191 194 197 199 201 202
1. Sara Simeoni ITA 1.97m   O O   O O XO     XXX
2. Urszula Kielan POL 1.94m   O   O O O XXX
3. Jutta Kirst GDR 1.94m O O XO O XXO XO XXX
4. Rosemarie Ackermann GDR 1.91m O O O O O XXX
5. Marina Sysoeva URS 1.91m   O O O X O XXX
6. Andrea Reichstein GDR 1.91m O O O O XO XXX
7. Christine Stanton AUS 1.91m O O O O XO XXX
8. Cornelia Popa ROM 1.88m   O O O XXX
9. Tamara Bykova URS 1.88m   O O XO XXX
10.Andrea Matay HUN 1.85m     O XXX
11.Louise Miller GBR 1.85m XO O O XXX
12.Chris Soetewey BEL 1.80m O O XXX
Qualification Friday 25.07
Group A Team Height 170 175 180 185 188
1. Marina Sysoeva URS 1.88m   O O O O
2. Rosemarie Ackermann GDR 1.88m   O O O O
3. Urszula Kielan POL 1.88m   O O O O
4. Andrea Mátay HUN 1.88m   O O O O
5. Louise Miller GBR 1.88m   O O XO O
6. Sara Simeoni ITA 1.88m   O O O XO
7. Jutta Kirst GDR 1.88m   O O O XO
8. Tamara Bykova URS 1.88m   O O O XO
9. Andrea Reichstein GDR 1.88m   O O O XXO
10.Elzbieta Krawczuk POL 1.85m   O O O XXX
Group B Team Height 170 175 180 185 188
1. Chris Soetewey BEL 1.88m   O XO O O
2. Christine Stanton AUS 1.88m O O O O O
3. Cornelia Popa ROM 1.88m   XO O XO XO
4. Danuta Bulkowska POL 1.85m O O O O XXX
5. Susanne Lorentzon SWE 1.85m O O O XO XXX
6. Marina Serkova URS 1.80m   O O XXX
7. Yordanka Blagoeva BUL 1.80m   O O XXX
8. Ann-Ewa Karlsson SWE 1.80m O XO O XXX
9. Lidija Benedetic YUG 1.80m   O XO XXX
-. Dia Toutounji SYR NM XXX
 
 
 

 

 

 

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