Wolfgang Nordwig

Wolfgang Nordwig
Medal record

Wolfgang Nordwig
Men’s athletics
Competitor for  East Germany
Olympic Games
Gold 1972 Munich Pole vault
Bronze 1968 Mexico City Pole vault
European Championships
Gold 1966 Budapest Pole vault
Gold 1969 Athens Pole vault
Gold 1971 Helsinki Pole vault
Universiade
Gold 1970 Torino Pole vault

Wolfgang Nordwig (born 27 August 1943) is a former East German pole vaulter who won gold at the 1972 Summer Olympics with a clearance of 5.50 m (18'½"). He was born in Chemnitz, Saxony.

References

Sports Reference

v · d · eOlympic Champions in Men's Pole Vault
v · d · eEuropean Champions in Men's Pole Vault

1934: Gustav Wegner (GER)  • 1938: Karl Sutter (GER)  • 1946: Allan Lindberg (SWE)  • 1950: Ragnar Lundberg (SWE)  • 1954: Eeles Landström (FIN)  • 1958: Eeles Landström (FIN)  • 1962: Pentti Nikula (FIN)  • 1966: Wolfgang Nordwig (GDR)  • 1969: Wolfgang Nordwig (GDR)  • 1971: Wolfgang Nordwig (GDR)  • 1974: Vladimir Kischkun (URS)  • 1978: Vladimir Trofimenko (URS)  • 1982: Aleksandr Krupskiy (URS)  • 1986: Sergey Bubka (URS)  • 1990: Radion Gataullin (URS)  • 1994: Radion Gataullin (RUS)  • 1998: Maksim Tarasov (RUS)  • 2002: Aleksandr Averbukh (ISR)  • 2006: Aleksandr Averbukh (ISR)  • 2010: Renaud Lavillenie (FRA)
v · d · eSummer Universiade Champions in Men's Pole Vault

 1959: Noriaki Yasuda (JPN)  •  1961: Dimitar Khlebarov (BUL)  •  1963: Gennadiy Bliznetsov (URS)  •  1965: John Pennel (USA)  •  1967: Heinfried Engel (FRG)  •  1970: Wolfgang Nordwig (GDR)  •  1973 – 1975: François Tracanelli (FRA)  •  1977 – 1979: Władysław Kozakiewicz (POL)  •  1981 – 1983: Konstantin Volkov (URS)  •  1985: Radion Gataullin (URS)  •  1987: Viktor Spasov (URS)  •  1989: Bernhard Zintl (FRG)  •  1991 – 1995: István Bagyula (HUN)  •  1997: Khalid Lachheb (FRA)  •  1999: Richard Spiegelburg (GER)  •  2001: Aleksandr Averbukh (ISR)  •  2003: Oleksandr Korchmid (UKR)  •  2005: Björn Otto (GER)  •  2007: Alexander Straub (GER)  •  2009: Aleksandr Gripich (RUS)  •  2011: Łukasz Michalski (POL)
Records
Preceded by
United States John Pennel		 Men's Pole Vault World Record Holder
17 June 1970 – 24 October 1970		 Succeeded by
Greece Christos Papanikolaou
Awards
Preceded by
East Germany Roland Matthes		 East German Sportsman of the Year
1972		 Succeeded by
East Germany Roland Matthes


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