1969 European Athletics Championships – Men's high jump

Men's high jump
at the European Athletics Championships
1969 European
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The men's high jump at the 1969 European Athletics Championships was held in Athens, Greece, at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium on 18 and 19 September 1969.[1]

Medalists

Gold Valentin Gavrilov
 Soviet Union
Silver Reijo Vähälä
 Finland
Bronze Erminio Azzaro
 Italy

Results

Final

19 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Valentin Gavrilov  Soviet Union 2.17
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Reijo Vähälä  Finland 2.17
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Erminio Azzaro  Italy 2.17
4 Henri Elliott  France 2.14
5 István Major  Hungary 2.14
6 Christer Celion  Sweden 2.14
7 József Tihanyi  Hungary 2.11
8 Valeriy Skvortsov  Soviet Union 2.08
8 Ladislav Borodáč  Czechoslovakia 2.08
10 Luis Garriga  Spain 2.08
10 Miodrag Todosijević  Yugoslavia 2.08
10 Robert Sainte-Rose  France 2.08
13 Șerban Ioan  Romania 2.08
14 Jan Dahlgren  Sweden 2.00
15 Sergey Martynov  Soviet Union 2.00

Qualification

18 September

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
Valentin Gavrilov  Soviet Union 2.11 Q
Erminio Azzaro  Italy 2.11 Q
József Tihanyi  Hungary 2.11 Q
István Major  Hungary 2.11 Q
Ladislav Borodáč  Czechoslovakia 2.11 Q
Luis Garriga  Spain 2.11 Q
Valeriy Skvortsov  Soviet Union 2.11 Q
Jan Dahlgren  Sweden 2.11 Q
Șerban Ioan  Romania 2.11 Q
Sergey Martynov  Soviet Union 2.11 Q
Christer Celion  Sweden 2.11 Q
Robert Sainte-Rose  France 2.08 Q
Reijo Vähälä  Finland 2.08 Q
Henri Elliott  France 2.08 Q
Miodrag Todosijević  Yugoslavia 2.08 Q
Christian Le Hérissé  France 2.05
Ioannis Kousoulas  Greece 2.05
Csaba Dosa  Romania 2.05
Rudolf Baudis  Czechoslovakia 2.05
Thomas Wiesser   Switzerland 2.05
Michel Portmann   Switzerland 2.05
Herbert Hüttl  East Germany 2.00
Murat Ayat  Turkey 1.95

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 23 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References

  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 405–412, retrieved 13 August 2014