27 August 1943 (1943-08-27) (age 80) Chemnitz, Saxony, Germany
Height
184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight
63 kg (139 lb)
Sport
Sport
Athletics
Event
Pole vault
Club
Tus Jena
Achievements and titles
Personal best
5.50 m (1972)[1][2]
Medal record
Representing East Germany
Olympic Games
1968 Mexico City
Pole vault
1972 Munich
Pole vault
European championships
1966 Budapest
Pole vault
1969 Athens
Pole vault
1971 Helsinki
Pole vault
European Athletics Indoor Championships
1971 Sofia
Pole vault
1972 Grenoble
Pole vault
Universiade
1970 Turin
Pole vault
Wolfgang Nordwig (born 27 August 1943) is a former East German pole vaulter. He competed in the 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won a bronze and a gold medal, respectively, clearing 5.50 m in 1972.[1]
WolfgangNordwig (born 27 August 1943) is a former East German pole vaulter. He competed in the 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won a bronze and a gold medal...
medalist Claus Schiprowski (West Germany) and the bronze medal winner WolfgangNordwig (East Germany) reaching the same height 5.40 metres (17 ft 9 in). Four...
United States Claus Schiprowski West Germany WolfgangNordwig East Germany 1972 Munich details WolfgangNordwig East Germany Bob Seagren United States...
Germany 2.21 m Dwight Stones United States 2.21 m Pole vault details WolfgangNordwig East Germany 5.50 m (OR) Bob Seagren United States 5.40 m Jan Johnson...
United States Claus Schiprowski West Germany WolfgangNordwig East Germany 1972 Munich details WolfgangNordwig East Germany Bob Seagren United States...
believed this gave other athletes, like the eventual gold medalist, WolfgangNordwig, an unfair advantage. Seagren and Isaksson were given substitute poles...
Seagren United States 5.40 m OR Claus Schiprowski West Germany 5.40 m WolfgangNordwig East Germany 5.40 m Long jump details Bob Beamon United States 8...
the 1970 Universiade in Turin, Papanikolaou finished second behind WolfgangNordwig, who won the event with a new world record of 5.46 metres. On 24 October...
161 events in 18 sports. Peter Frenkel — Athletics, Men's 20 km Walk WolfgangNordwig — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault Renate Stecher — Athletics, Women's 100...
Roland Matthes Erika Zuchold 1971 Roland Matthes Karin Balzer 1972 WolfgangNordwig Karin Janz 1973 Roland Matthes Kornelia Ender 1974 Hans-Georg Aschenbach...
Krause, and Uta Schmuck — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay WolfgangNordwig — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault Siegfried Fülle, Klaus Köste, Peter Weber...
Romania 2.20 m Rustam Akhmetov Soviet Union 2.20 m Pole vault details WolfgangNordwig East Germany 5.35 m CR Kjell Isaksson Sweden 5.30 m Renato Dionisi...
retrieved September 3, 2014 Athletics - Another Gold Medal for East Germans - Nordwig's Pole Vault Record, Glasgow Herald, September 3, 1966, p. 4, retrieved...
law notary 12 August – Herta Däubler-Gmelin, politician 27 August – WolfgangNordwig, German pole vaulter 3 September – Dagmar Schipanski, German physicist...
Championships. He cleared the same height of 5.40 m as the winner, WolfgangNordwig, but used more attempts. Lagerqvist placed fourth at the 1971 European...
believed this gave other athletes, like the eventual gold medalist, WolfgangNordwig, an unfair advantage. Seagren and Isaksson were given substitute poles...
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