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. 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.
Results All jumpers reaching and the top 12 including ties qualified for the finals. All qualifiers are listed in blue. All heights are listed in metres.
Qualifying Rank Name Nationality Group Mark 1.60 1.65 1.70 1.73 1.76 1T Ilona Gusenbauer A 1.76 p p o o o 1T Yordanka Blagoeva A 1.76 p p o o o 1T Grith Ejstrup B 1.76 p p o o o 1T Rita Gildemeister A 1.76 p p o o o 1T Rita Schmidt A 1.76 p p o o o 6T Debbie Brill B 1.76 p o o o o 6T Rosemarie Witschas A 1.76 p o o o o 6T Renate Gärtner A 1.76 p o o o o 6T Ulrike Meyfarth A 1.76 p o o o o 6T Ellen Mundinger A 1.76 p o o o o 6T Sara Simeoni B 1.76 p o o o o 6T Audrey Reid A 1.76 p o o o o 6T Ria Ahlers A 1.76 p o o o o 6T Cornelia Popescu A 1.76 p o o o o 15 Snežana Hrepevnik A 1.76 o o xxo xxo o 16 Solveig Langkilde A 1.76 p p o o xo 17T Erika Rudolf A 1.76 p o o o xo 17T Andrea Bruce B 1.76 p o o o xo 19 Alena Prosková A 1.76 o o o o xo 20T Milada Karbanová A 1.76 o o xo o xo 20T Miloslava Hübnerová A 1.76 o xo o o xo 22 Barbara Inkpen A 1.76 o o xxo o xo 23 Magdolna Komka A 1.76 p o o o xxo 24 Breda Babošek A 1.73 p o xo o xxx 25 Marima Rodríguez A 1.73 p p xxo o xxx 26 Antonina Lazaryeva A 1.73 p o o xo xxx 27 Rosaline Few B 1.73 o o o xo xxx 28 Beatrix Rechner B 1.73 p xo xo xo xxx 29 Louise Hanna-Walker B 1.73 o o o xxo xxx 30T Penelope Dimmock B 1.70 o o o xxx 30T Deanne Wilson B 1.70 o o o xxx 32 Cindy Gilbert B 1.70 xo o xxo xxx 33T Michiyo Inaoka B 1.65 o o xxx 33T Doris Bisang B 1.65 o o xxx 35T Mihoko Yama B 1.65 o xo xxx 35T Roxana Vulescu B 1.65 o xo xxx 37 Lára Sveinsdóttir B 1.60 o xxx 38 Sandi Goldsberry B 1.60 xo xxx – Nnenna Njoku B NM xxx – Wu Yu-chih B NM xxx – Galina Filatova A DNS – Margit Papp A DNS – Kari Karlsen B DNS – Maria Luisa Vilca B DNS – Gladys Chaingmei B DNS
Final Rank Name Nationality Mark 1.60 1.66 1.71 1.76 1.79 1.82 1.85 1.88 1.90 1.92 1.94 Ulrike Meyfarth 1.92WR p p o o o o o o xo o xxx Yordanka Blagoeva 1.88 p p o o o o o o xxx Ilona Gusenbauer 1.88 p p xo xo o o xxo xo xxx 4 Barbara Inkpen 1.85 p o o o o o o xxx 5 Rita Schmidt 1.85 p p o o o o xo xxx 6 Sara Simeoni 1.85 p p o o o xo xo xxx 7 Rosemarie Witschas 1.85 p o o o o o xxo xxx 8 Debbie Brill 1.82 p p o o o o xxx 9 Andrea Bruce 1.82 p o o o o o xxx 10 Ellen Mundinger 1.82 p p o o xo o xxx 11 Audrey Reid 1.82 p p o xo xo o xxx 12T Grith Ejstrup 1.82 p p o o o xo xxx 12T Rita Gildemeister 1.82 p p o o o xo xxx 14 Renate Gärtner 1.82 p p o o o xxo xxx 15 Miloslava Hübnerová 1.82 p o o xo o xxo xxx 16T Erika Rudolf 1.79 p o o o o xxx 16T Ria Ahlers 1.79 p o o o o xxx 18 Alena Prosková 1.79 p p xo o o xxx 19 Cornelia Popescu 1.76 p o o o xxx 20 Snežana Hrepevnik 1.76 o o o o xxx 21 Solveig Langkilde 1.76 p p p xo xxx 22 Milada Karbanová 1.76 p o xo xxo xxx 23 Magdolna Komka 1.71 p p o xxx Key: WR = world record; o = cleared height; p = passed at height; x = failed jump; NM = no mark; DNS = did not start
References
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