Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump
Women's high jump at the Games of the XX Olympiad | ||||||||||
Venue | Olympic Stadium, Munich, West Germany | |||||||||
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Date | September 3 & 4 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics ![]() | ||||
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Track events | ||||
100 m | men | women | ||
200 m | men | women | ||
400 m | men | women | ||
800 m | men | women | ||
1500 m | men | women | ||
5000 m | men | |||
10,000 m | men | |||
100 m hurdles | women | |||
110 m hurdles | men | |||
400 m hurdles | men | |||
3000 m steeplechase |
men | |||
4×100 m relay | men | women | ||
4×400 m relay | men | women | ||
Road events | ||||
Marathon | men | |||
20 km walk | men | |||
50 km walk | men | |||
Field events | ||||
Long jump | men | women | ||
Triple jump | men | |||
High jump | men | women | ||
Pole vault | men | |||
Shot put | men | women | ||
Discus throw | men | women | ||
Javelin throw | men | women | ||
Hammer throw | men | |||
Combined events | ||||
Pentathlon | women | |||
Decathlon | men |
These are the official results of the Women's high jump event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The competition was held on 3 and 4 of September. Austrian Ilona Gusenbauer was the favorite after her 1971 European Athletics Championships victory. There were 40 jumpers and 23 qualified for the final making it a long day for the jumpers involved with such a big field. This competition still used a mixture of the straddle technique and the newer Fosbury Flop technique. Meyfarth at the age of 16 years, 123 days, was and still is the youngest winner of an individual medal in athletics.[1]
Results
All jumpers reaching 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) and the top 12 including ties qualified for the finals. All qualifiers are listed in blue. All heights are listed in metres.
Qualifying
Rank | Name | Nationality | Group | Mark | 1.60 | 1.65 | 1.70 | 1.73 | 1.76 |
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1T | Ilona Gusenbauer | ![]() | A | 1.76 | p | p | o | o | o |
1T | Yordanka Blagoeva | ![]() | A | 1.76 | p | p | o | o | o |
1T | Grith Ejstrup | ![]() | B | 1.76 | p | p | o | o | o |
1T | Rita Gildemeister | ![]() | A | 1.76 | p | p | o | o | o |
1T | Rita Schmidt | ![]() | A | 1.76 | p | p | o | o | o |
6T | Debbie Brill | ![]() | B | 1.76 | p | o | o | o | o |
6T | Rosemarie Witschas | ![]() | A | 1.76 | p | o | o | o | o |
6T | Renate Gärtner | ![]() | A | 1.76 | p | o | o | o | o |
6T | Ulrike Meyfarth | ![]() | A | 1.76 | p | o | o | o | o |
6T | Ellen Mundinger | ![]() | A | 1.76 | p | o | o | o | o |
6T | Sara Simeoni | ![]() | B | 1.76 | p | o | o | o | o |
6T | Audrey Reid | ![]() | A | 1.76 | p | o | o | o | o |
6T | Ria Ahlers | ![]() | A | 1.76 | p | o | o | o | o |
6T | Cornelia Popescu | ![]() | A | 1.76 | p | o | o | o | o |
15 | Snežana Hrepevnik | ![]() | A | 1.76 | o | o | xxo | xxo | o |
16 | Solveig Langkilde | ![]() | A | 1.76 | p | p | o | o | xo |
17T | Erika Rudolf | ![]() | A | 1.76 | p | o | o | o | xo |
17T | Andrea Bruce | ![]() | B | 1.76 | p | o | o | o | xo |
19 | Alena Prosková | ![]() | A | 1.76 | o | o | o | o | xo |
20T | Milada Karbanová | ![]() | A | 1.76 | o | o | xo | o | xo |
20T | Miloslava Hübnerová | ![]() | A | 1.76 | o | xo | o | o | xo |
22 | Barbara Inkpen | ![]() | A | 1.76 | o | o | xxo | o | xo |
23 | Magdolna Komka | ![]() | A | 1.76 | p | o | o | o | xxo |
24 | Breda Babošek | ![]() | A | 1.73 | p | o | xo | o | xxx |
25 | Marima Rodríguez | ![]() | A | 1.73 | p | p | xxo | o | xxx |
26 | Antonina Lazaryeva | ![]() | A | 1.73 | p | o | o | xo | xxx |
27 | Rosaline Few | ![]() | B | 1.73 | o | o | o | xo | xxx |
28 | Beatrixe Rechner | ![]() | B | 1.73 | p | xo | xo | xo | xxx |
29 | Louise Hannah | ![]() | B | 1.73 | o | o | o | xxo | xxx |
30T | Penelope Dimmock | ![]() | B | 1.70 | o | o | o | xxx | |
30T | Deanne Wilson | ![]() | B | 1.70 | o | o | o | xxx | |
32 | Cindy Gilbert | ![]() | B | 1.70 | xo | o | xxo | xxx | |
33T | Michiyo Inaoka | ![]() | B | 1.65 | o | o | xxx | ||
33T | Doris Bisang | ![]() | B | 1.65 | o | o | xxx | ||
35T | Mihoko Yama | ![]() | B | 1.65 | o | xo | xxx | ||
35T | Roxana Vulescu | ![]() | B | 1.65 | o | xo | xxx | ||
37 | Lára Sveinsdóttir | ![]() | B | 1.60 | o | xxx | |||
38 | Sandi Goldsberry | ![]() | B | 1.60 | xo | xxx | |||
– | Nnenna Njoku | ![]() | B | NM | xxx | ||||
– | Wu Yu-Chih | ![]() | B | NM | xxx | ||||
– | Galina Filatova | ![]() | A | DNS | |||||
– | Margit Papp | ![]() | A | DNS | |||||
– | Kari Karlsen | ![]() | B | DNS | |||||
– | Maria Luisa Vilca | ![]() | B | DNS | |||||
– | Gladys Chaingmei | ![]() | B | DNS | |||||
Final
Rank | Name | Nationality | Mark | 1.60 | 1.66 | 1.71 | 1.76 | 1.79 | 1.82 | 1.85 | 1.88 | 1.90 | 1.92 | 1.94 |
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![]() | Ulrike Meyfarth | ![]() | 1.92 WR | p | p | o | o | o | o | o | o | xo | o | xxx |
![]() | Yordanka Blagoeva | ![]() | 1.88 | p | p | o | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | ||
![]() | Ilona Gusenbauer | ![]() | 1.88 | p | p | xo | xo | o | o | xxo | xo | xxx | ||
4 | Barbara Inkpen | ![]() | 1.85 | p | o | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | |||
5 | Rita Schmidt | ![]() | 1.85 | p | p | o | o | o | o | xo | xxx | |||
6 | Sara Simeoni | ![]() | 1.85 | p | p | o | o | o | xo | xo | xxx | |||
7 | Rosemarie Witschas | ![]() | 1.85 | p | o | o | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | |||
8 | Debbie Brill | ![]() | 1.82 | p | p | o | o | o | o | xxx | ||||
9 | Andrea Bruce | ![]() | 1.82 | p | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | ||||
10 | Ellen Mundinger | ![]() | 1.82 | p | p | o | o | xo | o | xxx | ||||
11 | Audrey Reid | ![]() | 1.82 | p | p | o | xo | xo | o | xxx | ||||
12T | Grith Ejstrup | ![]() | 1.82 | p | p | o | o | o | xo | xxx | ||||
12T | Rita Gildemeister | ![]() | 1.82 | p | p | o | o | o | xo | xxx | ||||
14 | Renate Gärtner | ![]() | 1.82 | p | p | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | ||||
15 | Miloslava Hübnerová | ![]() | 1.82 | p | o | o | xo | o | xxo | xxx | ||||
16T | Erika Rudolf | ![]() | 1.79 | p | o | o | o | o | xxx | |||||
16T | Ria Ahlers | ![]() | 1.79 | p | o | o | o | o | xxx | |||||
18 | Alena Prosková | ![]() | 1.79 | p | p | xo | o | o | xxx | |||||
19 | Cornelia Popescu | ![]() | 1.76 | p | o | o | o | xxx | ||||||
20 | Snežana Hrepevnik | ![]() | 1.76 | o | o | o | o | xxx | ||||||
21 | Solveig Langkilde | ![]() | 1.76 | p | p | p | xo | xxx | ||||||
22 | Milada Karbanová | ![]() | 1.76 | p | o | xo | xxo | xxx | ||||||
23 | Magdolna Komka | ![]() | 1.71 | p | p | o | xxx | |||||||
Key: WR = world record; o = cleared height; p = passed at height; x = failed jump; NM = no mark; DNS = did not start
References
- ↑ Sports Reference. "Athletics at the 1972 München Summer Games: Women's High Jump". Retrieved 2012-02-29.