Athletics at the Friendship Games – Men's high jump

The men's high jump event at the Friendship Games was held on 18 August 1984 at the Grand Arena of the Central Lenin Stadium in Moscow, Soviet Union. The competition took place in a pouring rain which affected the results.[1] Two Soviet athletes starting out of competition recorded better results than the official medallists.

Results edit

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
Vladimir Granyenkov   Soviet Union 2.31 [2][3]
Gennadiy Avdeyenko   Soviet Union 2.?? [3]
  Valeriy Sereda   Soviet Union 2.25
  Javier Sotomayor   Cuba 2.25
  Dariusz Zielke   Poland 2.20
4 Jorge Alfaro   Cuba 2.15
4 Francisco Centelles   Cuba 2.15
4 Oleksiy Demyanyuk   Soviet Union 2.15
4 Jacek Wszoła   Poland 2.15
8 Sergey Zasimovich   Soviet Union 2.15
9 Fernando Valiente   Peru 1.95
10 N. El Saied   Lebanon 1.80

See also edit

References edit

  • Żemantowski, Jacek (October 1984). "Moskwa '84". Lekkoatletyka 10 (84) (in Polish). p. 10.
  1. ^ Amainaron los vientos del est (in Spanish)
  2. ^ 1984 Year List
  3. ^ a b Out of competition performance