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.

Qualifying All jumpers reaching and the top 12 including ties advanced to the final round. All qualifiers are shown in blue. All heights are in metres.

Overall Qualifying

Overall Athlete Nationality Group Mark 1 2 3 1 Angelika Liebsch B 6.69 6.69 – - 2 Heide Rosendahl B 6.62 6.62 – – 3 Margrit Olfert B 6.52 6.27 6.52 – 4 Meta Antenen B 6.41 6.41 – – 5 Willye White B 6.39 6.23 6.39 – 6 Viorica Viscopoleanu B 6.39 6.39 – – 7 Eva Šuranová A 6.38 6.38 - - 8 Ilona Bruzsenyá B 6.37 6.28 x 6.37 9 Sheila Sherwood B 6.33 6.33 – – 10 Heidi Schüller A 6.32 6.21 6.32 – 11T Diana Yorgova A 6.32 6.32 -- 11T Marcia Garbey B 6.32 6.32 – – 13 Jarmila Nygrýnová B 6.31 6.31 – – 14 Elena Vintilă A 6.30 6.30 – – 15 Erica Nixon A 6.27 6.16 6.27 5.42 16 Maureen Chitty B 6.26 6.25 x 6.26 17 Sieglinde Ammann A 6.26 6.26 6.13 6.04 18 Lyubov Ilyina A 6.25 x 6.25 x 19 Modupe Oshikoya A 6.22 x 6.22 x 20 Odette Ducas A 6.16 x x 6.16 21 Hiroko Yamashita A 6.14 6.13 6.06 6.14 22 Brenda Eisler A 6.10 5.61 6.08 6.10 23 Martha Watson A 6.09 5.86 6.09 6.09 24 Debbie Van Kiekebelt B 6.07 5.88 5.79 6.07 25 Radojka Francoti B 6.02 6.02 5.53 x 26 Kristina Albertus A 6.01 x 6.01 x 27 Lyn Tillett B 5.99 5.99 5.90 5.97 28 Ruth Martin-Jones A 5.93 x 5.93 x 29 Kim Attlesey B 5.80 5.80 x 5.62 30 Lin Chun-Yu A 5.50 5.50 x x 31 Audrey Chikani B 5.17 4.29 5.17 4.64 – Ingrid Mickler A NM x x x – Valeria Bufanu A NM x – – – Irena Szewinska B DNS

Final At the end of three jobs the top eight received another three jumps. The remaining were eliminated from medal contention. Overall Athlete Nationality Mark 1 2 3 4 5 6 Heide Rosendahl 6.78 6.78 6.76 6.69 6.52 6.73 6.71 Diana Yorgova 6.77 6.43 6.12 6.62 6.77 6.53 x Eva Šuranová 6.67 6.51 6.60 x 6.67 x 6.27 4 Marcia Garbey 6.52 6.26 6.52 3.96 5.94 x x 5 Heidi Schüller 6.51 6.32 6.18 6.51 x x 6.25 6 Meta Antenen 6.49 x 6.49 x 6.16 6.39 x 7 Viorica Viscopoleanu 6.48 6.43 6.48 6.48 6.44 6.35 6.44 8 Margrit Olfert 6.46 6.42 x 6.34 6.46 6.30 x 9 Sheila Sherwood 6.41 6.41 x 6.40 10 Ilona Bruzsenyák 6.39 6.39 x 6.36 11 Willye White 6.27 6.01 6.27 x 12 Jarmila Nygrýnová 6.24 6.19 6.24 6.02 13 Angelika Liebsch 6.23 x 6.23 6.07 14 Elena Vintilă 6.13 6.06 6.01 6.13

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

References

External links Official report