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1980 Moscow | High jump |
Gerd Wessig (German pronunciation: [ɡɛʁt ˈvɛsɪç], ; born 16 July 1959 in Lübz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) was an East German high jumper who won the gold medal in the 1980 Summer Olympics, the first man ever to set a world record in the high jump at the Olympics.