- Dietmar Mögenburg
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Dietmar Mögenburg Personal information Born 15 August 1961
Leverkusen, West GermanyHeight 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Weight 80 kg Achievements and titles Personal best(s) 2.36 m
2.39 m (indoor)Medal recordMen's Athletics Competitor for West Germany
Olympic Games Gold 1984 Los Angeles High jump World Indoor Championships Silver 1989 Budapest High jump European Championships Gold 1982 Athens High jump European Athletics Indoor Championships Gold 1980 Sindelfingen High Jump Gold 1982 Milan High Jump Gold 1984 Goteborg High Jump Gold 1986 Madrid High Jump Gold 1989 Haag High Jump Silver 1988 Budapest High Jump Silver 1981 Grenoble High Jump Bronze 1990 Glasgow High Jump Dietmar Mögenburg (born August 15, 1961 in Leverkusen) is a former (West) German high jumper who won gold medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles and at the 1982 European Championships in Athletics in Athens.
Career
On May 26, 1980, at the age of 18, Mögenburg jumped 2.35 m which tied the world outdoor record set by Jacek Wszoła of Poland. At the time, this mark also established a new world outdoor junior record. He would later establish a new world indoor mark of 2.39 m on February 24, 1985, in Cologne, Germany.
Achievements
Year Competition Venue Position Notes 1982 European Championships Athens, Greece 1st 2.30 m 1983 World Championships Helsinki, Finland 4th 2.29 m 1984 Olympic Games Los Angeles, United States 1st 2.35 m 1986 European Championships Stuttgart, West Germany 4th 2.29 m 1987 World Championships Rome, Italy 4th 2.35 m 1988 Olympic Games Seoul, South Korea 6th 2.34 m 1989 World Indoor Championships Budapest, Hungary 2nd 2.35 m 1990 European Championships Split, Yugoslavia 6th 2.31 m 1992 Olympic Games Barcelona, Spain 2.15 m References
- IAAF profile for Dietmar Mögenburg
Records Preceded by
Jacek Wszola
Men's High Jump World Record Holder
equalled the 2.35 mark by Jacek Wszola (POL)
1980-05-26 – 1980-08-01Succeeded by
Gerd Wessig
Sporting positions Preceded by
Vladimir Yashchenko
Men's High Jump Best Year Performance
1979Succeeded by
Gerd Wessig
Olympic Champions in Men's High Jump - 1896: Ellery Harding Clark (USA)
- 1900: Irving Baxter (USA)
- 1904: Samuel Jones (USA)
- 1908: Harry Porter (USA)
- 1912: Alma Richards (USA)
- 1920: Richmond Landon (USA)
- 1924: Harold Osborn (USA)
- 1928: Bob King (USA)
- 1932: Duncan McNaughton (CAN)
- 1936: Cornelius Johnson (USA)
- 1948: John Winter (AUS)
- 1952: Walt Davis (USA)
- 1956: Charles Dumas (USA)
- 1960: Robert Shavlakadze (URS)
- 1964: Valeriy Brumel (URS)
- 1968: Dick Fosbury (USA)
- 1972: Jüri Tarmak (URS)
- 1976: Jacek Wszoła (POL)
- 1980: Gerd Wessig (GDR)
- 1984: Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG)
- 1988: Hennadiy Avdyeyenko (URS)
- 1992: Javier Sotomayor (CUB)
- 1996: Charles Austin (USA)
- 2000: Sergey Klyugin (RUS)
- 2004: Stefan Holm (SWE)
- 2008: Andrey Silnov (RUS)
European Champions in Men's High Jump 1934: Kalevi Kotkas (FIN) • 1938: Kurt Lundqvist (SWE) • 1946: Anton Bolinder (SWE) • 1950: Alan Paterson (GBR) • 1954: Bengt Nilsson (SWE) • 1958: Richard Dahl (SWE) • 1962: Valeriy Brumel (URS) • 1966: Jacques Madubost (FRA) • 1969: Valentin Gavrilov (URS) • 1971: Kęstutis Šapka (URS) • 1974: Jesper Tørring (DEN) • 1978: Vladimir Yashchenko (URS) • 1982: Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG) • 1986: Igor Paklin (URS) • 1990: Dragutin Topić (YUG) • 1994: Steinar Hoen (NOR) • 1998: Artur Partyka (POL) • 2002: Yaroslav Rybakov (RUS) • 2006: Andrey Silnov (RUS) • 2010: Aleksandr Shustov (RUS)
European Indoor Champions in Men's High Jump 1970: Valentin Gavrilov (URS) • 1971: István Major (HUN) • 1972: István Major (HUN) • 1973: István Major (HUN) • 1974: Kestutis Sapka (URS) • 1975: Vladimír Malý (TCH) • 1976: Sergey Senyukov (URS) • 1977: Jacek Wszola (POL) • 1978: Vladimir Yashchenko (URS) • 1979: Vladimir Yashchenko (URS) • 1980: Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG) • 1981: Roland Dalhäuser (SUI) • 1982: Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG) • 1983: Carlo Thränhardt (FRG) • 1984: Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG) • 1985: Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) • 1986: Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG) • 1987: Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) • 1988: Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) • 1989: Dietmar Mögenburg (FRG) • 1990: Artur Partyka (POL) • 1992: Patrik Sjöberg (SWE) • 1994: Dalton Grant (GBR) • 1996: Dragutin Topić (YUG) • 1998: Artur Partyka (POL) • 2000: Vyacheslav Voronin (RUS) • 2002: Staffan Strand (SWE) • 2005: Stefan Holm (SWE) • 2007: Stefan Holm (SWE) • 2009: Ivan Ukhov (RUS) • 2011: Ivan Ukhov (RUS)
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