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

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Men's long jump
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
2014 Olympiastadion Munich.jpg
Olympic Stadium (2014)
Venue Olympic Stadium, Munich, West Germany
Dates8 September 1972
9 September 1972
Competitors36 from 25 nations
Winning distance8.24
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Randy Williams
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Hans Baumgartner
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Arnie Robinson
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  1968
1976  

The men's long jump event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich was held on 8 & 9 of September. [1] Thirty-six athletes from 25 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 6 cm by Randy Williams of the United States, the nation's second consecutive and 15th overall gold medal in the men's long jump. Hans Baumgartner earned West Germany's first medal in the event (Germany had taken silver in 1936).

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 fourth-place finisher (and 1960 and 1964 bronze medalist) Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of the Soviet Union, seventh-place finisher Jack Pani of France (who did not start this time), ninth-place finisher (and 1964 gold medalist) Lynn Davies of Great Britain, eleventh-place finisher Leonid Barkovskyy of the Soviet Union, and thirteenth-place finisher (and 1964 finalist) Michael Ahey of Ghana. The favorite was Arnie Robinson of the United States. [2]

Bolivia, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, and Togo each made their first appearance in the event. The United States appeared for the 17th time, the only nation to have long jumpers at each of the Games thus far.

Competition format

The 1972 competition used the two-round format with divided final introduced in 1952. The qualifying round gave each competitor three jumps to achieve a distance of 7.80 metres; if fewer than 12 men did so, the top 12 (including all those tied) would advance. The final provided each jumper with three jumps; the top eight jumpers received an additional three jumps for a total of six, with the best to count (qualifying round jumps were not considered for the final). [2] [3]

Records

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

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Bob Beamon  (USA)8.90 Mexico City, Mexico 18 October 1968
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Bob Beamon  (USA)8.90 Mexico City, Mexico 18 October 1968

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

Schedule

Qualifying and the final were held on separate days for the first time since 1920.

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Friday, 8 September 197210:30Qualifying
Saturday, 9 September 197215:20Final

Results

Qualifying

All jumpers reaching 7.80 m (25 ft 7 in), shown in blue and the top 12 including ties, shown in green, advanced to the final round. [4] [5]

RankAthleteNationGroup123DistanceNotes
1 Randy Williams Flag of the United States.svg  United States A8.348.34Q
2 Preston Carrington Flag of the United States.svg  United States B8.228.22Q
3 Grzegorz Cybulski Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland A7.618.018.01Q
4 Arnie Robinson Flag of the United States.svg  United States B7.997.99Q
5 Leonid Barkovskyy Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union A7.667.987.98Q
6 Hans Baumgartner Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany A7.987.98Q
7 Max Klauß Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany B7.937.93Q
Joshua Owusu Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana B7.937.93Q
9 Valeriy Podluzhniy Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union A7.917.91Q
10 Ari Väänänen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland A7.677.907.90Q
11 Alan Lerwill Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain B7.867.86Q
12 Jacques Rousseau Flag of France.svg  France A7.777.797.517.79q
13 Igor Ter-Ovanesyan Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union BX7.77X7.77
14 Jaroslav Brož Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia A7.76X7.747.76
15 Bruce Field Flag of Australia.svg  Australia AX7.597.767.76
16 Rolf Bernhard Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland A7.307.687.617.68
17 Gábor Katona Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary AX7.68X7.68
18 Lynn Davies Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain A7.647.53X7.64
19 Josef Schwarz Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany B7.63X7.627.63
20 Jerzy Homziuk Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland A7.63XX7.63
21 Finn Bendixen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway A7.467.457.617.61
22 Andreas Gloerfeld Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany BX7.60X7.60
23 Wilfredo Maisonave Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg  Puerto Rico B7.357.58X7.58
24 Christian Tourret Flag of France.svg  France B7.547.537.557.55
25 Carol Corbu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania A7.547.527.467.54
26 Henry Jackson Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica A7.117.247.507.50
27 Milán Matos Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba B7.427.467.477.47
28 Takayoshi Kawagoe Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan B7.457.476.727.47
29 Michael Ahey Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana AX7.397.39
30 Mohinder Singh Gill Flag of India.svg  India AXX7.307.30
31 Martin Adouna Flag of Togo.svg  Togo B7.217.257.107.25
32 Linus Rebmann Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland BX7.255.687.25
33 Chen Chin-Long Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China B6.79XX6.79
34 Lionel Caero Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia A6.776.606.526.77
35 Bilal Said Al-Azma Flag of Saudi Arabia (1938-1973).svg  Saudi Arabia A6.326.156.166.32
Jesper Tørring Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark BXXXNo mark
Mansor DiaFlag of Senegal.svg  Senegal ADNS
Patrich OnyangoFlag of Kenya.svg  Kenya ADNS
Jack Pani Flag of France.svg  France ADNS
Jong Gu HyonFlag of North Korea (1948-1992).svg  North Korea ADNS
Milan Spasojević Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia BDNS
Samuela Yavala Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji BDNS
Byambajavyn Enkhbaatar Flag of the Mongolian People's Republic (1945-1992).svg  Mongolia BDNS
Luiz Carlos de SouzaFlag of Brazil (1968-1992).svg  Brazil BDNS
Jan Kobuszewski Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland BDNS
Samuel Igun Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria BDNS
Dennis FreemanFlag of Liberia.svg  Liberia BDNS
Giuseppe Gentile Flag of Italy.svg  Italy BDNS

Final

RankAthleteNation123456Distance
Gold medal icon.svg Randy Williams Flag of the United States.svg  United States 8.247.327.727.807.778.24
Silver medal icon.svg Hans Baumgartner Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany X7.998.18x7.838.058.18
Bronze medal icon.svg Arnie Robinson Flag of the United States.svg  United States X7.897.95X8.03X8.03
4 Joshua Owusu Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana 7.717.777.887.707.988.018.01
5 Preston Carrington Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7.99XX7.957.637.697.99
6 Max Klauß Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 7.517.947.967.866.137.887.96
7 Alan Lerwill Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain X7.917.69X7.787.857.91
8 Leonid Barkovskyy Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 7.567.537.757.617.56X7.75
9 Valeriy Podluzhniy Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union X7.567.72Did not advance7.72
10 Jacques Rousseau Flag of France.svg  France 7.657.377.52Did not advance7.65
11 Ari Väänänen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 7.627.577.60Did not advance7.62
12 Grzegorz Cybulski Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 7.447.587.53Did not advance7.58

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Long Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Long Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  3. Official Report, vol. 3, p. 528.
  4. Mens High Jump at Sports Reference
  5. "High jumper Meyfarth leaps to individual age record - Olympic News".