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
VenueOlympic Stadium, Munich, West Germany
DateSeptember 3 & 4
Competitors40 from 22 nations
Winning height1.92
Medalists
Ulrike Meyfarth
 West Germany
Yordanka Blagoeva
 Bulgaria
Ilona Gusenbauer
 Austria

Results

All jumpers reaching 1.76 m (5 ft 9 12 in) and the top 12 including ties qualified for the finals. All qualifiers are listed in blue. All heights are listed in metres.

Qualifying

RankNameNationalityGroupMark1.601.651.701.731.76
1TIlona Gusenbauer AustriaA1.76ppooo
1TYordanka Blagoeva BulgariaA1.76ppooo
1TGrith Ejstrup DenmarkB1.76ppooo
1TRita Gildemeister East GermanyA1.76ppooo
1TRita Schmidt East GermanyA1.76ppooo
6TDebbie Brill CanadaB1.76poooo
6TRosemarie Witschas East GermanyA1.76poooo
6TRenate Gärtner West GermanyA1.76poooo
6TUlrike Meyfarth West GermanyA1.76poooo
6TEllen Mundinger West GermanyA1.76poooo
6TSara Simeoni ItalyB1.76poooo
6TAudrey Reid JamaicaA1.76poooo
6TRia Ahlers NetherlandsA1.76poooo
6TCornelia Popescu RomaniaA1.76poooo
15Snežana Hrepevnik YugoslaviaA1.76ooxxoxxoo
16Solveig Langkilde DenmarkA1.76ppooxo
17TErika Rudolf HungaryA1.76poooxo
17TAndrea Bruce JamaicaB1.76poooxo
19Alena Prosková CzechoslovakiaA1.76ooooxo
20TMilada Karbanová CzechoslovakiaA1.76ooxooxo
20TMiloslava Hübnerová CzechoslovakiaA1.76oxoooxo
22Barbara Inkpen Great BritainA1.76ooxxooxo
23Magdolna Komka HungaryA1.76poooxxo
24Breda Babošek YugoslaviaA1.73poxooxxx
25Marima Rodríguez CubaA1.73ppxxooxxx
26Antonina Lazaryeva Soviet UnionA1.73pooxoxxx
27Rosaline Few Great BritainB1.73oooxoxxx
28Beatrix Rechner SwitzerlandB1.73pxoxoxoxxx
29Louise Hanna-Walker CanadaB1.73oooxxoxxx
30TPenelope Dimmock Great BritainB1.70oooxxx
30TDeanne Wilson United StatesB1.70oooxxx
32Cindy Gilbert United StatesB1.70xooxxoxxx
33TMichiyo Inaoka JapanB1.65ooxxx
33TDoris Bisang SwitzerlandB1.65ooxxx
35TMihoko Yama JapanB1.65oxoxxx
35TRoxana Vulescu RomaniaB1.65oxoxxx
37Lára Sveinsdóttir IcelandB1.60oxxx
38Sandi Goldsberry United StatesB1.60xoxxx
Nnenna Njoku NigeriaBNMxxx
Wu Yu-chih Republic of ChinaBNMxxx
Galina Filatova Soviet UnionADNS
Margit Papp HungaryADNS
Kari Karlsen NorwayBDNS
Maria Luisa Vilca PeruBDNS
Gladys Chaingmei MalaysiaBDNS

Final

RankNameNationalityMark1.601.661.711.761.791.821.851.881.901.921.94
Ulrike Meyfarth West Germany1.92
WR
ppooooooxooxxx
Yordanka Blagoeva Bulgaria1.88ppooooooxxx
Ilona Gusenbauer Austria1.88ppxoxoooxxoxoxxx
4Barbara Inkpen Great Britain1.85pooooooxxx
5Rita Schmidt East Germany1.85ppooooxoxxx
6Sara Simeoni Italy1.85ppoooxoxoxxx
7Rosemarie Witschas East Germany1.85poooooxxoxxx
8Debbie Brill Canada1.82ppooooxxx
9Andrea Bruce Jamaica1.82poooooxxx
10Ellen Mundinger West Germany1.82ppooxooxxx
11Audrey Reid Jamaica1.82ppoxoxooxxx
12TGrith Ejstrup Denmark1.82ppoooxoxxx
12TRita Gildemeister East Germany1.82ppoooxoxxx
14Renate Gärtner West Germany1.82ppoooxxoxxx
15Miloslava Hübnerová Czechoslovakia1.82pooxooxxoxxx
16TErika Rudolf Hungary1.79pooooxxx
16TRia Ahlers Netherlands1.79pooooxxx
18Alena Prosková Czechoslovakia1.79ppxoooxxx
19Cornelia Popescu Romania1.76poooxxx
20Snežana Hrepevnik Yugoslavia1.76ooooxxx
21Solveig Langkilde Denmark1.76pppxoxxx
22Milada Karbanová Czechoslovakia1.76poxoxxoxxx
23Magdolna Komka Hungary1.71ppoxxx

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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