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

The men's long jump event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich was held on 8 & 9 of September.[1] Thirty-six athletes from 25 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 6cm by Randy Williams of the United States, the nation's second consecutive and 15th overall gold medal in the men's long jump. Hans Baumgartner earned West Germany's first medal in the event (Germany had taken silver in 1936).

Men's long jump
at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Olympic Stadium (2014)
VenueOlympic Stadium, Munich, West Germany
Dates8 September 1972
9 September 1972
Competitors36 from 25 nations
Winning distance8.24
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Randy Williams
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hans Baumgartner
 West Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Arnie Robinson
 United States
← 1968
1976 →

Background

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This was the 17th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1968 Games were fourth-place finisher (and 1960 and 1964 bronze medalist) Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of the Soviet Union, seventh-place finisher Jack Pani of France (who did not start this time), ninth-place finisher (and 1964 gold medalist) Lynn Davies of Great Britain, eleventh-place finisher Leonid Barkovskyy of the Soviet Union, and thirteenth-place finisher (and 1964 finalist) Michael Ahey of Ghana. The favorite was Arnie Robinson of the United States.[2]

Bolivia, Cuba, Saudi Arabia, and Togo each made their first appearance in the event. The United States appeared for the 17th time, the only nation to have long jumpers at each of the Games thus far.

Competition format

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The 1972 competition used the two-round format with divided final introduced in 1952. The qualifying round gave each competitor three jumps to achieve a distance of 7.80 metres; if fewer than 12 men did so, the top 12 (including all those tied) would advance. The final provided each jumper with three jumps; the top eight jumpers received an additional three jumps for a total of six, with the best to count (qualifying round jumps were not considered for the final).[2][3]

Records

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

World record   Bob Beamon (USA) 8.90 Mexico City, Mexico 18 October 1968
Olympic record   Bob Beamon (USA) 8.90 Mexico City, Mexico 18 October 1968

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

Schedule

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Qualifying and the final were held on separate days for the first time since 1920.

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Friday, 8 September 1972 10:30 Qualifying
Saturday, 9 September 1972 15:20 Final

Results

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Qualifying

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All jumpers reaching 7.80 m (25 ft 7 in), shown in blue and the top 12 including ties, shown in green, advanced to the final round.[4][5]

Rank Athlete Nation Group 1 2 3 Distance Notes
1 Randy Williams   United States A 8.34 8.34 Q
2 Preston Carrington   United States B 8.22 8.22 Q
3 Grzegorz Cybulski   Poland A 7.61 8.01 8.01 Q
4 Arnie Robinson   United States B 7.99 7.99 Q
5 Leonid Barkovskyy   Soviet Union A 7.66 7.98 7.98 Q
6 Hans Baumgartner   West Germany A 7.98 7.98 Q
7 Max Klauß   East Germany B 7.93 7.93 Q
Joshua Owusu   Ghana B 7.93 7.93 Q
9 Valeriy Podluzhniy   Soviet Union A 7.91 7.91 Q
10 Ari Väänänen   Finland A 7.67 7.90 7.90 Q
11 Alan Lerwill   Great Britain B 7.86 7.86 Q
12 Jacques Rousseau   France A 7.77 7.79 7.51 7.79 q
13 Igor Ter-Ovanesyan   Soviet Union B X 7.77 X 7.77
14 Jaroslav Brož   Czechoslovakia A 7.76 X 7.74 7.76
15 Bruce Field   Australia A X 7.59 7.76 7.76
16 Rolf Bernhard   Switzerland A 7.30 7.68 7.61 7.68
17 Gábor Katona   Hungary A X 7.68 X 7.68
18 Lynn Davies   Great Britain A 7.64 7.53 X 7.64
19 Josef Schwarz   West Germany B 7.63 X 7.62 7.63
20 Jerzy Homziuk   Poland A 7.63 X X 7.63
21 Finn Bendixen   Norway A 7.46 7.45 7.61 7.61
22 Andreas Gloerfeld   West Germany B X 7.60 X 7.60
23 Wilfredo Maisonave   Puerto Rico B 7.35 7.58 X 7.58
24 Christian Tourret   France B 7.54 7.53 7.55 7.55
25 Carol Corbu   Romania A 7.54 7.52 7.46 7.54
26 Henry Jackson   Jamaica A 7.11 7.24 7.50 7.50
27 Milán Matos   Cuba B 7.42 7.46 7.47 7.47
28 Takayoshi Kawagoe   Japan B 7.45 7.47 6.72 7.47
29 Michael Ahey   Ghana A X 7.39 7.39
30 Mohinder Singh Gill   India A X X 7.30 7.30
31 Martin Adouna   Togo B 7.21 7.25 7.10 7.25
32 Linus Rebmann   Switzerland B X 7.25 5.68 7.25
33 Chen Chin-Long   Republic of China B 6.79 X X 6.79
34 Lionel Caero   Bolivia A 6.77 6.60 6.52 6.77
35 Bilal Said Al-Azma   Saudi Arabia A 6.32 6.15 6.16 6.32
Jesper Tørring   Denmark B X X X No mark
Mansor Dia   Senegal A DNS
Patrich Onyango   Kenya A DNS
Jack Pani   France A DNS
Jong Gu Hyon   North Korea A DNS
Milan Spasojević   Yugoslavia B DNS
Samuela Yavala   Fiji B DNS
Byambajavyn Enkhbaatar   Mongolia B DNS
Luiz Carlos de Souza   Brazil B DNS
Jan Kobuszewski   Poland B DNS
Samuel Igun   Nigeria B DNS
Dennis Freeman   Liberia B DNS
Giuseppe Gentile   Italy B DNS

Final

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Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance
  Randy Williams   United States 8.24 7.32 7.72 7.80 7.77 8.24
  Hans Baumgartner   West Germany X 7.99 8.18 x 7.83 8.05 8.18
  Arnie Robinson   United States X 7.89 7.95 X 8.03 X 8.03
4 Joshua Owusu   Ghana 7.71 7.77 7.88 7.70 7.98 8.01 8.01
5 Preston Carrington   United States 7.99 X X 7.95 7.63 7.69 7.99
6 Max Klauß   East Germany 7.51 7.94 7.96 7.86 6.13 7.88 7.96
7 Alan Lerwill   Great Britain X 7.91 7.69 X 7.78 7.85 7.91
8 Leonid Barkovskyy   Soviet Union 7.56 7.53 7.75 7.61 7.56 X 7.75
9 Valeriy Podluzhniy   Soviet Union X 7.56 7.72 Did not advance 7.72
10 Jacques Rousseau   France 7.65 7.37 7.52 Did not advance 7.65
11 Ari Väänänen   Finland 7.62 7.57 7.60 Did not advance 7.62
12 Grzegorz Cybulski   Poland 7.44 7.58 7.53 Did not advance 7.58

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1972 Munich Summer Games: Men's Long Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 17 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b c "Long Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, vol. 3, p. 528.
  4. ^ Mens High Jump at Sports Reference
  5. ^ "High jumper Meyfarth leaps to individual age record - Olympic News".
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