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

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Men's high jump
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
DatesSeptember 9 & 10
Competitors40 from 26 nations
Winning height2.23
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jüri Tarmak
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Stefan Junge
 East Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dwight Stones
 United States
← 1968
1976 →

The men's high jump field event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place on September 9 and 10 at the Olympiastadion in Munich, Germany.[1] Forty athletes from 26 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 Jüri Tarmak of the Soviet Union; he was the last man to win an Olympic gold medal using the straddle technique. The more popular and more widely used Fosbury Flop technique was the most common technique used.

Tarmak's win was the Soviet Union's third victory in the men's high jump. The Soviet Union reached the podium for the fifth consecutive time, while the United States did so for the 17th consecutive time with Dwight Stones's bronze. East Germany won its first men's high jump medal, in its first appearance, with Stefan Junge's silver. It was the first time since 1956 that an athlete from outside the United States and Soviet Union reached the podium.

Background[edit]

This was the 17th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletic events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1968 Games were eighth-place finisher Lawrie Peckham of Australia (also a 1964 finalist), ninth-place finisher Ingomar Sieghart of West Germany, and twelfth-place finisher Ahmed Senoussi of Chad. The top jumper of the previous year, world record holder and winner of the Pan American Games, was Pat Matzdorf from the United States. But in a surprise, he failed to make the US team, leaving the field wide open.[2]

Cambodia, Cameroon, Iran, South Korea, Malawi, and Somalia each made their debut in the event; East Germany competed separately for the first time. The United States appeared for the 17th time, having competed at each edition of the Olympic men's high jump to that point.

Competition format[edit]

The competition used the two-round format introduced in 1912. There were two distinct rounds of jumping with results cleared between rounds. The qualifying round had the bar set at 1.80 metres, 1.90 metres, 2.00 metres, 2.06 metres, 2.09 metres, 2.12 metres, and 2.15 metres. All jumpers clearing 2.15 metres in the qualifying round advanced to the final. If fewer than 12 jumpers could achieve it, the top 12 (including ties) would advance to the final.

The final had jumps at 1.90 metres, 2.00 metres, 2.05 metres, 2.10 metres, 2.15 metres, 2.18 metres, 2.21 metres, and 2.23 metres.[2][3]

Records[edit]

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

World record  Pat Matzdorf (USA) 2.29 Berkeley, United States 3 July 1971
Olympic record  Dick Fosbury (USA) 2.24 Mexico City, Mexico 20 October 1968

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

Schedule[edit]

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Saturday, 9 September 1972 10:00 Qualifying
Sunday, 10 September 1972 15:00 Final

Results[edit]

Key

  • o = Height cleared
  • x = Height failed
  • = Height passed
  • r  = Retired
  • SB = Season's best
  • PB = Personal best
  • NR = National record
  • AR = Area record
  • OR = Olympic record
  • WR = World record
  • WL = World lead
  • NM = No mark
  • DNS = Did not start
  • DQ = Disqualified

Top 12 and ties and all jumpers clearing 2.15 m (7 ft 12 in) advanced to the finals. All heights are listed in metres.

Qualifying[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation Group 1.80 1.90 2.00 2.06 2.09 2.12 2.15 Height Notes
1 Henry Elliott  France A o o o o 2.15 Q
Dwight Stones  United States A o o o o 2.15 Q
3 Vasilios Papadimitriou  Greece A o o o o o 2.15 Q
István Major  Hungary A o o o o o 2.15 Q
Ádám Szepesi  Hungary A o o o o o 2.15 Q
Enzo Del Forno  Italy B o o o o o 2.15 Q
Șerban Ioan  Romania A o o o o o 2.15 Q
Jan Dahlgren  Sweden A o o o o o 2.15 Q
Rustam Akhmetov  Soviet Union A o o o o o 2.15 Q
Kęstutis Šapka  Soviet Union A o o o o o 2.15 Q
Jüri Tarmak  Soviet Union A o o o o o 2.15 Q
12 Hermann Magerl  West Germany A o xo o 2.15 Q
13 John Beers  Canada B xo o o xo o 2.15 Q
14 John Hawkins  Canada B o o o o xo 2.15 Q
Bernard Gauthier  France A o o o o xo 2.15 Q
16 Stefan Junge  East Germany A o o xxo xo 2.15 Q
17 Lawrie Peckham  Australia A o o xxo o xo 2.15 Q
18 Hidehiko Tomizawa  Japan A xo o o xxo xxo 2.15 Q
19 Gian Marco Schivo  Italy A o o xo o xxo xxo 2.15 Q
20 Chris Dunn  United States A o o xxx 2.12
21 Roman Moravec  Czechoslovakia A o o o o xxx 2.12
22 Ron Jourdan  United States A o o o o o xxx 2.12
23 Petar Bogdanov  Bulgaria A o o o xo xxx 2.12
24 Ingomar Sieghart  West Germany B o o o xo xo xxx 2.12
25 Teymour Ghiassi  Iran B o o o xxo xxx 2.12
26 Ioannis Kousoulas  Greece B o o o xxo xxo xxx 2.12
27 József Tihanyi  Hungary A o o o xxx 2.09
28 Rick Cuttell  Canada B xo xo o xxx 2.09
29 Jaroslav Alexa  Czechoslovakia A o o xo xxx 2.09
30 Michel Patry  Switzerland B o xo o xo xxx 2.09
31 Kuniyoshi Sugioka  Japan B o o xxx 2.06
32 Park Sang-su  South Korea B o o xxx 2.00
33 Noor Azhar Hamid  Singapore B o o o xxx 2.00
Abdullah Noor Wasughe  Somalia B o o o xxx 2.00
35 Ahmed Senoussi  Chad B xo xxx 2.00
36 Luis Barrionuevo  Argentina B o xxx 1.90
Sitha Sin  Khmer Republic B o xxx 1.90
Daniel Mkandawire  Malawi B o xxx 1.90
39 Hamadou Evelé  Cameroon B xo xxx 1.90
40 Suresh Babu  India B xxo xxx 1.90
Leif Falkum  Norway B DNS
Irolan Hechavarria  Cuba B DNS
Bogusław Białek  Poland B DNS

Final[edit]

Rank Athlete Nation 2.00 2.05 2.10 2.15 2.18 2.21 2.23 2.26 Height
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jüri Tarmak  Soviet Union o o o xo xo xxx 2.23
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Stefan Junge  East Germany xo o o o xo xxx 2.21
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dwight Stones  United States o o o xxo xxx 2.21
4 Hermann Magerl  West Germany o o xo o xxx 2.18
5 Ádám Szepesi  Hungary o o o o xxo xxx 2.18
6 John Beers  Canada o o o xxx 2.15
István Major  Hungary o o o xxx 2.15
8 Rustam Akhmetov  Soviet Union o o o o xxx 2.15
9 John Hawkins  Canada o xo o xxx 2.15
10 Enzo Del Forno  Italy o o o xo xxx 2.15
11 Jan Dahlgren  Sweden o xo xo xxx 2.15
12 Vasilios Papadimitriou  Greece o o xxo xxx 2.15
Kęstutis Šapka  Soviet Union o o xxo xxx 2.15
14 Bernard Gauthier  France o o xo xxo xxx 2.15
15 Henry Elliott  France o xxx 2.10
16 Șerban Ioan  Romania o o xxx 2.10
17 Gian Marco Schivo  Italy o xo xxx 2.10
18 Lawrie Peckham  Australia o o xo xxx 2.10
19 Hidehiko Tomizawa  Japan xo o xxx 2.05

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's High Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "High Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, vol. 3, p. 59.

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