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

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Women's long jump
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium, Munich, West Germany
Date31 August 1972
Competitors33 from 19 nations
Winning distance6.78
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Heide Rosendahl Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany
Silver medal icon.svg Diana Yorgova Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria
Bronze medal icon.svg Eva Šuranová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia
  1968
1976  

These are the official results of the Women's long jump event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The competition was held on 31 August. [1]

Qualifying

All jumpers reaching 6.30 m (20 ft 8 in) and the top 12 including ties advanced to the final round. All qualifiers are shown in blue. All heights are in metres.

Overall Qualifying

OverallAthleteNationalityGroupMark123
1 Angelika Liebsch Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany B6.696.69-
2 Heide Rosendahl Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany B6.626.62
3 Margrit Olfert Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany B6.526.276.52
4 Meta Antenen Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland B6.416.41
5 Willye White Flag of the United States.svg  United States B6.396.236.39
6 Viorica Viscopoleanu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania B6.396.39
7 Eva Šuranová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia A6.386.38--
8 Ilona Bruzsenyá Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary B6.376.28x6.37
9 Sheila Sherwood Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain B6.336.33
10 Heidi Schüller Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany A6.326.216.32
11T Diana Yorgova Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria A6.326.32--
11T Marcia Garbey Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba B6.326.32
13 Jarmila Nygrýnová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia B6.316.31
14 Elena Vintilă Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania A6.306.30
15 Erica Nixon Flag of Australia.svg  Australia A6.276.166.275.42
16 Maureen Chitty Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain B6.266.25x6.26
17 Sieglinde Ammann Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland A6.266.266.136.04
18 Lyubov Ilyina Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union A6.25x6.25x
19 Modupe Oshikoya Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria A6.22x6.22x
20 Odette Ducas Flag of France.svg  France A6.16xx6.16
21 Hiroko Yamashita Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan A6.146.136.066.14
22 Brenda Eisler Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada A6.105.616.086.10
23 Martha Watson Flag of the United States.svg  United States A6.095.866.096.09
24 Debbie Van Kiekebelt Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada B6.075.885.796.07
25 Radojka Francoti Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia B6.026.025.53x
26 Kristina Albertus Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany A6.01x6.01x
27 Lyn Tillett Flag of Australia.svg  Australia B5.995.995.905.97
28 Ruth Martin-Jones Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain A5.93x5.93x
29 Kim Attlesey Flag of the United States.svg  United States B5.805.80x5.62
30 Lin Chun-Yu Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China A5.505.50xx
31 Audrey Chikani Flag of Zambia (1964-1996).svg  Zambia B5.174.295.174.64
Ingrid Mickler Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany ANMxxx
Valeria Bufanu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania ANMx
Irena Szewinska Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland BDNS

Final

At the end of three jobs the top eight received another three jumps. The remaining were eliminated from medal contention.

OverallAthleteNationalityMark123456
Gold medal icon.svg Heide Rosendahl Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 6.786.786.766.696.526.736.71
Silver medal icon.svg Diana Yorgova Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 6.776.436.126.626.776.53x
Bronze medal icon.svg Eva Šuranová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 6.676.516.60x6.67x6.27
4 Marcia Garbey Flag of Cuba (3-2).svg  Cuba 6.526.266.523.965.94xx
5 Heidi Schüller Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 6.516.326.186.51xx6.25
6 Meta Antenen Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 6.49x6.49x6.166.39x
7 Viorica Viscopoleanu Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 6.486.436.486.486.446.356.44
8 Margrit Olfert Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 6.466.42x6.346.466.30x
9 Sheila Sherwood Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 6.416.41x6.40
10 Ilona Bruzsenyák Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 6.396.39x6.36
11 Willye White Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.276.016.27x
12 Jarmila Nygrýnová Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 6.246.196.246.02
13 Angelika Liebsch Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 6.23x6.236.07
14 Elena Vintilă Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Romania 6.136.066.016.13

Key:NM = no mark; DNS = did not start; x = fault; T = tied

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Women's Long Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2017.