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
Venue Olympic Stadium, Munich, West Germany
DateSeptember 3 & 4
Competitors40 from 22 nations
Winning height1.92
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Ulrike Meyfarth
Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Yordanka Blagoeva
Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
Bronze medal icon.svg Ilona Gusenbauer
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
  1968
1976  

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+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
1T Ilona Gusenbauer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria A1.76ppooo
1T Yordanka Blagoeva Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria A1.76ppooo
1T Grith Ejstrup Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark B1.76ppooo
1T Rita Gildemeister Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany A1.76ppooo
1T Rita Schmidt Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany A1.76ppooo
6T Debbie Brill Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada B1.76poooo
6T Rosemarie Witschas Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany A1.76poooo
6T Renate Gärtner Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany A1.76poooo
6T Ulrike Meyfarth Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany A1.76poooo
6T Ellen Mundinger Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany A1.76poooo
6T Sara Simeoni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy B1.76poooo
6T Audrey Reid Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica A1.76poooo
6T Ria Ahlers Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands A1.76poooo
6T Cornelia Popescu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania A1.76poooo
15 Snežana Hrepevnik Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia A1.76ooxxoxxoo
16 Solveig Langkilde Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark A1.76ppooxo
17T Erika Rudolf Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary A1.76poooxo
17T Andrea Bruce Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica B1.76poooxo
19 Alena Prosková Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia A1.76ooooxo
20T Milada Karbanová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia A1.76ooxooxo
20T Miloslava Hübnerová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia A1.76oxoooxo
22 Barbara Inkpen Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain A1.76ooxxooxo
23 Magdolna Komka Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary A1.76poooxxo
24 Breda Babošek Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia A1.73poxooxxx
25 Marima Rodríguez Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba A1.73ppxxooxxx
26 Antonina Lazaryeva Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union A1.73pooxoxxx
27 Rosaline Few Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain B1.73oooxoxxx
28 Beatrix Rechner Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland B1.73pxoxoxoxxx
29 Louise Hanna-Walker Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada B1.73oooxxoxxx
30T Penelope Dimmock Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain B1.70oooxxx
30T Deanne Wilson Flag of the United States.svg  United States B1.70oooxxx
32 Cindy Gilbert Flag of the United States.svg  United States B1.70xooxxoxxx
33T Michiyo Inaoka Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan B1.65ooxxx
33T Doris Bisang Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland B1.65ooxxx
35T Mihoko Yama Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan B1.65oxoxxx
35T Roxana Vulescu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania B1.65oxoxxx
37 Lára Sveinsdóttir Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland B1.60oxxx
38 Sandi Goldsberry Flag of the United States.svg  United States B1.60xoxxx
Nnenna Njoku Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria BNMxxx
Wu Yu-chih Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China BNMxxx
Galina Filatova Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union ADNS
Margit Papp Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary ADNS
Kari Karlsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway BDNS
Maria Luisa Vilca Flag of Peru.svg  Peru BDNS
Gladys Chaingmei Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia BDNS

Final

RankNameNationalityMark1.601.661.711.761.791.821.851.881.901.921.94
Gold medal icon.svg Ulrike Meyfarth Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1.92
WR
ppooooooxooxxx
Silver medal icon.svg Yordanka Blagoeva Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 1.88ppooooooxxx
Bronze medal icon.svg Ilona Gusenbauer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1.88ppxoxoooxxoxoxxx
4 Barbara Inkpen Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 1.85pooooooxxx
5 Rita Schmidt Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1.85ppooooxoxxx
6 Sara Simeoni Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1.85ppoooxoxoxxx
7 Rosemarie Witschas Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1.85poooooxxoxxx
8 Debbie Brill Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1.82ppooooxxx
9 Andrea Bruce Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 1.82poooooxxx
10 Ellen Mundinger Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1.82ppooxooxxx
11 Audrey Reid Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica 1.82ppoxoxooxxx
12T Grith Ejstrup Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1.82ppoooxoxxx
12T Rita Gildemeister Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 1.82ppoooxoxxx
14 Renate Gärtner Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 1.82ppoooxxoxxx
15 Miloslava Hübnerová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1.82pooxooxxoxxx
16T Erika Rudolf Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1.79pooooxxx
16T Ria Ahlers Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1.79pooooxxx
18 Alena Prosková Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1.79ppxoooxxx
19 Cornelia Popescu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 1.76poooxxx
20 Snežana Hrepevnik Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 1.76ooooxxx
21 Solveig Langkilde Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1.76pppxoxxx
22 Milada Karbanová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1.76poxoxxoxxx
23 Magdolna Komka Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1.71ppoxxx

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.