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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.

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Olympic Champions in the Men's Pole Vault

1896: Welles Hoyt · 1900: Irving Baxter · 1904: Charles Dvorak · 1906: Fernand Gonder · 1908: Edward Cook/Alfred Gilbert · 1912: Harry Babcock · 1920: Frank Foss · 1924: Lee Barnes · 1928: Sabin Carr · 1932: William Miller · 1936: Earle Meadows · 1948: Guinn Smith · 1952: Bob Richards · 1956: Bob Richards · 1960: Don Bragg · 1964: Fred Hansen · 1968: Bob Seagren · 1972: Wolfgang Nordwig · 1976: Tadeusz Ślusarski · 1980: Władysław Kozakiewicz · 1984: Pierre Quinon · 1988: Sergey Bubka · 1992: Maksim Tarasov · 1996: Jean Galfione · 2000: Nick Hysong · 2004: Timothy Mack · 2008: Steven Hooker

European 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)

Summer 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: Alexander Gripich (RUS)

Records
Preceded by John Pennel	Men's Pole Vault World Record Holder 17 June 1970 – 24 October 1970	Succeeded by Christos Papanikolaou
Awards
Preceded by Roland Matthes	East German Sportsman of the Year 1972	Succeeded by Roland Matthes

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