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

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Men's high jump
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
DatesSeptember 9 & 10, 1972
Competitors40 from 26 nations
Winning height2.23
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Jüri Tarmak
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg Stefan Junge
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Dwight Stones
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  1968
1976  

The men's high jump field event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place on September 9 and 10 at the Olympiastadion in Munich, Germany. [1] Forty athletes from 26 nations competed. [2] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Jüri Tarmak of the Soviet Union; he was the last man to win an Olympic gold medal using the straddle technique. The more popular and more widely used Fosbury Flop technique was the most common technique used.

Tarmak's win was the Soviet Union's third victory in the men's high jump. The Soviet Union reached the podium for the fifth consecutive time, while the United States did so for the 17th consecutive time with Dwight Stones's bronze. East Germany won its first men's high jump medal, in its first appearance, with Stefan Junge's silver. It was the first time since 1956 that an athlete from outside the United States and Soviet Union reached the podium.

Background

This was the 17th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1968 Games were eighth-place finisher Lawrie Peckham of Australia (also a 1964 finalist), ninth-place finisher Ingomar Sieghart of West Germany, and twelfth-place finisher Ahmed Senoussi of Chad. The top jumper of the previous year, world record holder and winner of the Pan American Games, was Pat Matzdorf from the United States. But in a surprise, he failed to make the US team, leaving the field wide open. [2]

Cambodia, Cameroon, Iran, South Korea, Malawi, and Somalia each made their debut in the event; East Germany competed separately for the first time. The United States appeared for the 17th time, having competed at each edition of the Olympic men's high jump to that point.

Competition format

The competition used the two-round format introduced in 1912. There were two distinct rounds of jumping with results cleared between rounds. The qualifying round had the bar set at 1.80 metres, 1.90 metres, 2.00 metres, 2.06 metres, 2.09 metres, 2.12 metres, and 2.15 metres. All jumpers clearing 2.15 metres in the qualifying round advanced to the final. If fewer than 12 jumpers could achieve it, the top 12 (including ties) would advance to the final.

The final had jumps at 1.90 metres, 2.00 metres, 2.05 metres, 2.10 metres, 2.15 metres, 2.18 metres, 2.21 metres, and 2.23 metres. [2] [3]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Pat Matzdorf  (USA)2.29 Berkeley, United States 3 July 1971
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Dick Fosbury  (USA)2.24 Mexico City, Mexico 20 October 1968

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Saturday, 9 September 197210:00Qualifying
Sunday, 10 September 197215:00Final

Results

Key

Top 12 and ties and all jumpers clearing 2.15 m (7 ft 12 in) advanced to the finals. All heights are listed in metres.

Qualifying

RankAthleteNationGroup1.801.902.002.062.092.122.15HeightNotes
1 Henry Elliott Flag of France.svg  France Aoooo2.15Q
Dwight Stones Flag of the United States.svg  United States Aoooo2.15Q
3 Vasilios Papadimitriou Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg  Greece Aooooo2.15Q
István Major Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Aooooo2.15Q
Ádám Szepesi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Aooooo2.15Q
Enzo Del Forno Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Booooo2.15Q
Șerban Ioan Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania Aooooo2.15Q
Jan Dahlgren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Aooooo2.15Q
Rustam Akhmetov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Aooooo2.15Q
Kęstutis Šapka Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Aooooo2.15Q
Jüri Tarmak Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union Aooooo2.15Q
12 Hermann Magerl Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Aoxoo2.15Q
13 John Beers Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Bxoooxoo2.15Q
14 John Hawkins Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Booooxo2.15Q
Bernard Gauthier Flag of France.svg  France Aooooxo2.15Q
16 Stefan Junge Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany Aooxxoxo2.15Q
17 Lawrie Peckham Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Aooxxooxo2.15Q
18 Hidehiko Tomizawa Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Axoooxxoxxo2.15Q
19 Gian Marco Schivo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Aooxooxxoxxo2.15Q
20 Chris Dunn Flag of the United States.svg  United States Aooxxx2.12
21 Roman Moravec Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia Aooooxxx2.12
22 Ron Jourdan Flag of the United States.svg  United States Aoooooxxx2.12
23 Petar Bogdanov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria Aoooxoxxx2.12
24 Ingomar Sieghart Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany Boooxoxoxxx2.12
25 Teymour Ghiassi State Flag of Iran (1964-1980).svg  Iran Boooxxoxxx2.12
26 Ioannis Kousoulas Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg  Greece Boooxxoxxoxxx2.12
27 József Tihanyi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Aoooxxx2.09
28 Rick Cuttell Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada Bxoxooxxx2.09
29 Jaroslav Alexa Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia Aooxoxxx2.09
30 Michel Patry Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland Boxooxoxxx2.09
31 Kuniyoshi Sugioka Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan Booxxx2.06
32 Park Sang-su Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea Booxxx2.00
33 Noor Azhar Hamid Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Boooxxx2.00
Abdullah Noor Wasughe Flag of Somalia.svg  Somalia Boooxxx2.00
35 Ahmed Senoussi Flag of Chad.svg  Chad Bxoxxx2.00
36 Luis Barrionuevo Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina Boxxx1.90
Sitha Sin Flag of the Khmer Republic.svg  Khmer Republic Boxxx1.90
Daniel Mkandawire Flag of Malawi.svg  Malawi Boxxx1.90
39 Hamadou Evelé Flag of Cameroon (1961-1975).svg  Cameroon Bxoxxx1.90
40 Suresh Babu Flag of India.svg  India Bxxoxxx1.90
Leif Falkum Flag of Norway.svg  Norway BDNS
Irolan HechavarriaFlag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba BDNS
Bogusław BiałekFlag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland BDNS

Final

RankAthleteNation2.002.052.102.152.182.212.232.26Height
Gold medal icon.svg Jüri Tarmak Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union oooxoxoxxx2.23
Silver medal icon.svg Stefan Junge Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany xooooxoxxx2.21
Bronze medal icon.svg Dwight Stones Flag of the United States.svg  United States oooxxoxxx2.21
4 Hermann Magerl Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany ooxooxxx2.18
5 Ádám Szepesi Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary ooooxxoxxx2.18
6 John Beers Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada oooxxx2.15
István Major Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary oooxxx2.15
8 Rustam Akhmetov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union ooooxxx2.15
9 John Hawkins Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada oxooxxx2.15
10 Enzo Del Forno Flag of Italy.svg  Italy oooxoxxx2.15
11 Jan Dahlgren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden oxoxoxxx2.15
12 Vasilios Papadimitriou Flag of Greece (1970-1975).svg  Greece ooxxoxxx2.15
Kęstutis Šapka Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union ooxxoxxx2.15
14 Bernard Gauthier Flag of France.svg  France ooxoxxoxxx2.15
15 Henry Elliott Flag of France.svg  France oxxx2.10
16 Șerban Ioan Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania ooxxx2.10
17 Gian Marco Schivo Flag of Italy.svg  Italy oxoxxx2.10
18 Lawrie Peckham Flag of Australia.svg  Australia ooxoxxx2.10
19 Hidehiko Tomizawa Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan xooxxx2.05

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's High Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "High Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  3. Official Report, vol. 3, p. 59.