Women High Jump Athletics XX Olympic Games Munich (FRG) 1972 - Monday 04 September - Gold Medal: Ulrike Meyfarth, Wet Germany
world Women High Jump HistoryOlympic Women High Jump 1968 Olympic Women High Jump 1976
FinalHeightA/FA160166171176179182185188190192age
1. Ulrike MeyfarthFRGFRG1.92m9/1 OOOOOOXOO16
2. Yordanka BlagoevaBULBUL1.88m6/0 OOOOOOXXX 25
3. Ilona GusenbauerAUTAUT1.88m11/5 XXOXXOOOXXOXOXXX 24
4. Barbara InkpenGBRGBR1.85m6/0 OOOOOOXXX 22
5. Rita SchmidtGDRGDR1.85m6/1 OOOOXOXXX 21
6. Sara SimeoniITAITA1.85m7/2 OOOXOXOXXX 19
7. Rosemarie WitschasGDRGDR1.85m8/2 OOOOOXXOXXX 20
8. Debbie BrillCANCAN1.82m4/0 OOOOXXX 19
9. Andrea BruceJAMJAM1.82m5/0 OOOOOXXX 17
10.Ellen MundingerFRGFRG1.82m5/1 OOXOOXXX 17
11.Audrey ReidJAMJAM1.82m6/2 OXOXOOXXX 20
12.Rita GildemeisterGDRGDR1.82m5/1 OOOXOXXX 25
12.Grith EjstrupDENDEN1.82m5/1 OOOXOXXX 19
14.Renate GortnerFRGFRG1.82m6/2 OOOXXOXXX 19
15.Miloslava HubnerovaTCHTCH1.82m8/3 OOXOOXXOXXX 22
16.Erika RudolfHUNHUN1.79m4/0 OOOOXXX 18
16.Ria AhlersHOLHOL1.79m4/0 OOOOXXX 18
18.Alena ProskovaTCHTCH1.79m4/1 XOOOXXX 24
19.Cornelia PopescuROMROM1.76m3/0 OOOXXX 21
20.Snezana HrepevnikYUGYUG1.76m4/0OOOOXXX 23
21.Solveig LangkildeDENDEN1.76m2/1 XOXXX 22
22.Milada KarbanovaTCHTCH1.76m6/3 OXOXXOXXX 24
23.Magdolna KomkaHUNHUN1.71m1/0 OXXX 23
A/FA - Attempts/Failed Attempts
On the day before the Arab terrorists turned the 1972 Olympics into a nightmare, the women’s high jump was like a perfect dream for the host nation. The event had seemed impossible to predict, and was not made easier by 23 athletes qualifying for the final. Fifteen cleared 1.82; seven of these made 1.85, and 1.88 was needed to sort out the medal- lists. Blagoeva, who would set a world record of 1.94 three weeks later, was first over, swiftly followed by Meyfarth. Gusenbauer, the world record holder, missed first time, but then straddled over. The closest failure by the 1.85 jumpers came from Schmidt. At 1.90, the 1.86 tall Meyfarth sailed over with her version of the “Fosbury flop”. Blagoeva then missed her last attempt at 1.90, but the bar fell only after she was out of the pit. The judges correctly ruled the jump a miss as she had hit the bar, but the crowd erupted in disap- proval. Meyfarth then went over 1.92 to the rapturous joy of the crowd, and equalled the world record. Meyfarth (16 years 123 days) became the youngest ever winner of any individual Olympic medal in athletics.
Qualification - Sunday 03.09 mark 1.76m 23 Athletes
Group 1HeightA/FA160165170173176
1. Ilona GusenbauerAUTAUT1.76m2/0 OO
1. Rita SchmidtGDRGDR1.76m2/0 OO
1. Rita GildemeisterGDRGDR1.76m2/0 OO
1. Yordanka BlagoevaBULBUL1.76m2/0 OO
5. Audrey ReidJAMJAM1.76m3/0 OOO
5. Ellen MundingerFRGFRG1.76m3/0 OOO
5. Rosemarie WitschasGDRGDR1.76m3/0 OOO
5. Cornelia PopescuROMROM1.76m3/0 OOO
5. Renate GortnerFRGFRG1.76m3/0 OOO
5. Ulrike MeyfarthFRGFRG1.76m3/0 OOO
5. Ria AhlersHOLHOL1.76m3/0 OOO
12.Snezana HrepevnikYUGYUG1.76m9/4OOXXOXXOO
13.Solveig LangkildeDENDEN1.76m4/1 OOXO
14.Erika RudolfHUNHUN1.76m5/1 OOOXO
15.Alena ProskovaTCHTCH1.76m6/1OOOOXO
16.Milada KarbanovaTCHTCH1.76m7/2OOXOOXO
17.Miloslava HubnerovaTCHTCH1.76m7/2OXOOOXO
18.Barbara InkpenGBRGBR1.76m8/3OOXXOOXO
19.Magdolna KomkaHUNHUN1.76m6/2 OOOXXO
20.Breda BabovsekYUGYUG1.73m4/1 OXOOXXX
21.Marina RodriguezCUBCUB1.73m4/2 XXOOXXX
22.Antonina LazarevaURSURS1.73m4/1 OOXOXXX
-. Galina FilatovaURSURSNM
-. Margit PappHUNHUNNM
Group 2HeightA/FA160165170173176
1. Grith EjstrupDENDEN1.76m3/0 OOO
2. Deborah BrillCANCAN1.76m4/0 OOOO
2. Sara SimeoniITAITA1.76m4/0 OOOO
4. Andrea BruceJAMJAM1.76m5/1 OOOXO
5. Rosaline FewGBRGBR1.73m5/1OOOXOXXX
6. Beatrixe RechnerSUISUI1.73m6/3 XOXOXOXXX
7. Louise HannaCANCAN1.73m6/2OOOXXOXXX
8. Penelope DimmockGBRGBR1.70m3/0OOOXXX
8. Deanne WilsonUSAUSA1.70m3/0OOOXXX
10.Cindy GilbertUSAUSA1.70m6/3XOOXXOXXX
11.Doris BisangSUJSUJ1.65m2/0OOXXX
11.Michiyo InaokaJPNJPN1.65m2/0OOXXX
13.Mihoko YamaJPNJPN1.65m3/1OXOXXX
14.Roxana VulescuROMROM1.65m3/1OXOXXX
15.Lara SveinsdottirISLISL1.60m1/0OXXX
16.Sandi GoldsberryUSAUSA1.60m2/1XOXXX
-. Yu-Chih WuROCROCNM XXX
-. Nnenna NjokuNGRNGRNM XXX
-. Kari KarlsenNORNOR
-. Maria Luisa VilcaPERPER
-. Gladys ChaingmeiMALMAL
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Men 20km Walk
Men 50km Walk
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Men DecathlonWomen Pentathlon
Women 100m Hurdles Pentathlon
Women Shot Put Pentathlon
Women High Jump Pentathlon
Women Long Jump Pentathlon
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