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| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's athletics | ||
Representing  East Germany | ||
| Olympic Games | ||
 | 1972 Munich | High jump |
Stefan Junge (born 1 September 1950 in Leipzig, Sachsen) is a German former athlete, who stood 195 cm and weighed 85 kg, who mainly competed in the high jump. [1]
Junge competed for East Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany where he won the silver medal in the men's high jump event. [1]
Ulrike Nasse-Meyfarth is a German former high jumper. She won the Olympic title twice, in 1972 and 1984. She is the youngest Olympic champion ever in women's high jump, and at the time of her 1984 triumph, she also was the oldest ever.
The men's high jump competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens was held at the Olympic Stadium on 20–22 August. Thirty-eight athletes from 27 nations competed. The event was won by Stefan Holm of Sweden, the nation's first victory in the men's high jump and first medal in the event since Patrik Sjöberg won three in a row from 1984 to 1992. Matt Hemingway took silver, returning the United States to the podium after a one-Games absence. Jaroslav Bába's bronze was the first medal in the event for the Czech Republic.
Cornelius Cooper "Corny" Johnson was an American athlete in the high jump. Born in Los Angeles in 1913, Johnson first competed in organized track and field events at Berendo Junior High School. He achieved greater athletic success as a student at Los Angeles High School, competing in the sprint and in the high jump. Before going to the Olympics as a junior, he won the CIF California State Meet in 1932. He had been second the year before. In 2016, the 1936 Olympic journey of the eighteen Black American athletes, including Johnson, was documented in the film Olympic Pride, American Prejudice.
Heike Henkel is a German former athlete competing in high jump. She was Olympic, World and European champion. She won the high jump gold medal at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona.
Germany competed at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States. In terms of gold medals, Germany finished ranking second with 12 gold medals. Meanwhile, the 36 total medals won by German athletes were the most of any nation at these Games, as well at any Winter Olympics, until this record was broken by the United States at the 2010 Winter Olympics.
Dragutin Topić is a Serbian former high jumper.
The Cayman Islands competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. Ten competitors, all men, took part in seven events in three sports.
Stefan Ulm is a German sprint canoeist who competed from 1997 to 2004. Competing in two Summer Olympics, he won two silvers in the K-4 1000 m event.
Dwight Edwin Stones is an American television commentator and a two-time Olympic bronze medalist and former three-time world record holder in the men's high jump. During his 16-year career, he won 19 national championships. In 1984, Stones became the first athlete to both compete and serve as an announcer at the same Olympics. Since then, he has been a color analyst for all three major networks in the United States and continues to cover track and field on television. He served as an analyst for NBC Sports coverage of Track and Field at the 2008 Summer Olympics.
Stefan Horngacher is an Austrian ski jumping coach and former ski jumper. Since April 2019 he is coaching the German national team.
Dorothy Jennifer Beatrice Tyler, MBE was a British athlete who competed mainly in the high jump. She was born in Stockwell, London.
John Patrick Metcalfe was an Australian athlete who competed in high jump, long jump and javelin events, though he is best remembered as a triple jumper.
West Germany competed at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.
Germany competed at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan.
Delos Packard Thurber was an American athlete who competed mainly in the high jump. He graduated from the University of Southern California.
The men's high jump field event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place on September 9 & 10. Forty athletes from 26 nations competed. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Jüri Tarmak of the Soviet Union; he was the last man to win an Olympic gold medal using the straddle technique. The more popular and more widely used Fosbury Flop technique was the most common technique used.
Combined events at the Summer Olympics have been contested in several formats at the multi-sport event. There are two combined track and field events in the current Olympic athletics programme: a men's decathlon and a women's heptathlon.
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Stefan Scholz is a German rower. He competed in the men's coxless four event at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
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