Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

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Women's high jump
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium, Munich, West Germany
DateSeptember 3 & 4
Competitors40 from 22 nations
Winning height1.92
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ulrike Meyfarth
 West Germany
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yordanka Blagoeva
 Bulgaria
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ilona Gusenbauer
 Austria
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Athletics at the
1972 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmen
20 km walkmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Combined events
Pentathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

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.[1] 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.[2]

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
1T Ilona Gusenbauer  Austria A 1.76 p p o o o
1T Yordanka Blagoeva  Bulgaria A 1.76 p p o o o
1T Grith Ejstrup  Denmark B 1.76 p p o o o
1T Rita Gildemeister  East Germany A 1.76 p p o o o
1T Rita Schmidt  East Germany A 1.76 p p o o o
6T Debbie Brill  Canada B 1.76 p o o o o
6T Rosemarie Witschas  East Germany A 1.76 p o o o o
6T Renate Gärtner  West Germany A 1.76 p o o o o
6T Ulrike Meyfarth  West Germany A 1.76 p o o o o
6T Ellen Mundinger  West Germany A 1.76 p o o o o
6T Sara Simeoni  Italy B 1.76 p o o o o
6T Audrey Reid  Jamaica A 1.76 p o o o o
6T Ria Ahlers  Netherlands A 1.76 p o o o o
6T Cornelia Popescu  Romania A 1.76 p o o o o
15 Snežana Hrepevnik  Yugoslavia A 1.76 o o xxo xxo o
16 Solveig Langkilde  Denmark A 1.76 p p o o xo
17T Erika Rudolf  Hungary A 1.76 p o o o xo
17T Andrea Bruce  Jamaica B 1.76 p o o o xo
19 Alena Prosková  Czechoslovakia A 1.76 o o o o xo
20T Milada Karbanová  Czechoslovakia A 1.76 o o xo o xo
20T Miloslava Hübnerová  Czechoslovakia A 1.76 o xo o o xo
22 Barbara Inkpen  Great Britain A 1.76 o o xxo o xo
23 Magdolna Komka  Hungary A 1.76 p o o o xxo
24 Breda Babošek  Yugoslavia A 1.73 p o xo o xxx
25 Marima Rodríguez  Cuba A 1.73 p p xxo o xxx
26 Antonina Lazaryeva  Soviet Union A 1.73 p o o xo xxx
27 Rosaline Few  Great Britain B 1.73 o o o xo xxx
28 Beatrix Rechner  Switzerland B 1.73 p xo xo xo xxx
29 Louise Hanna-Walker  Canada B 1.73 o o o xxo xxx
30T Penelope Dimmock  Great Britain B 1.70 o o o xxx
30T Deanne Wilson  United States B 1.70 o o o xxx
32 Cindy Gilbert  United States B 1.70 xo o xxo xxx
33T Michiyo Inaoka  Japan B 1.65 o o xxx
33T Doris Bisang  Switzerland B 1.65 o o xxx
35T Mihoko Yama  Japan B 1.65 o xo xxx
35T Roxana Vulescu  Romania B 1.65 o xo xxx
37 Lára Sveinsdóttir  Iceland B 1.60 o xxx
38 Sandi Goldsberry  United States B 1.60 xo xxx
– Nnenna Njoku  Nigeria B NM xxx
– Wu Yu-chih  Republic of China B NM xxx
– Galina Filatova  Soviet Union A DNS
– Margit Papp  Hungary A DNS
– Kari Karlsen  Norway B DNS
– Maria Luisa Vilca  Peru B DNS
– Gladys Chaingmei  Malaysia 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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ulrike Meyfarth  West Germany 1.92
WR		 p p o o o o o o xo o xxx
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yordanka Blagoeva  Bulgaria 1.88 p p o o o o o o xxx
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ilona Gusenbauer  Austria 1.88 p p xo xo o o xxo xo xxx
4 Barbara Inkpen  Great Britain 1.85 p o o o o o o xxx
5 Rita Schmidt  East Germany 1.85 p p o o o o xo xxx
6 Sara Simeoni  Italy 1.85 p p o o o xo xo xxx
7 Rosemarie Witschas  East Germany 1.85 p o o o o o xxo xxx
8 Debbie Brill  Canada 1.82 p p o o o o xxx
9 Andrea Bruce  Jamaica 1.82 p o o o o o xxx
10 Ellen Mundinger  West Germany 1.82 p p o o xo o xxx
11 Audrey Reid  Jamaica 1.82 p p o xo xo o xxx
12T Grith Ejstrup  Denmark 1.82 p p o o o xo xxx
12T Rita Gildemeister  East Germany 1.82 p p o o o xo xxx
14 Renate Gärtner  West Germany 1.82 p p o o o xxo xxx
15 Miloslava Hübnerová  Czechoslovakia 1.82 p o o xo o xxo xxx
16T Erika Rudolf  Hungary 1.79 p o o o o xxx
16T Ria Ahlers  Netherlands 1.79 p o o o o xxx
18 Alena Prosková  Czechoslovakia 1.79 p p xo o o xxx
19 Cornelia Popescu  Romania 1.76 p o o o xxx
20 Snežana Hrepevnik  Yugoslavia 1.76 o o o o xxx
21 Solveig Langkilde  Denmark 1.76 p p p xo xxx
22 Milada Karbanová  Czechoslovakia 1.76 p o xo xxo xxx
23 Magdolna Komka  Hungary 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

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Women's High Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  2. ^ Sports Reference. "Athletics at the 1972 München Summer Games: Women's High Jump". Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-02-29.

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