Dietmar Mögenburg

Dietmar Mögenburg
Dietmar Mögenburg
Personal information
Born 15 August 1961 (1961-08-15) (age 50)
Leverkusen, West Germany
Height 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight 80 kg
Achievements and titles
Personal best(s) 2.36 m
2.39 m (indoor)
Medal record
Men'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


Records
Preceded by
Poland Jacek Wszola		 Men's High Jump World Record Holder
equalled the 2.35 mark by Jacek Wszola (POL)
1980-05-26 – 1980-08-01		 Succeeded by
East Germany Gerd Wessig
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Soviet Union Vladimir Yashchenko		 Men's High Jump Best Year Performance
1979		 Succeeded by
East Germany Gerd Wessig


v · d · eOlympic Champions in Men's High Jump
v · d · eEuropean 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)
v · d · eEuropean 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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