Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump
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]
Women's high jump at the Games of the XX Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Stadium, Munich, West Germany | |||||||||
Date | September 3 & 4 | |||||||||
Competitors | 40 from 22 nations | |||||||||
Winning height | 1.92 | |||||||||
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 | |
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
Final
Key: WR = world record; o = cleared height; p = passed at height; x = failed jump; NM = no mark; DNS = did not start
References
- "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.
- 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.