Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump
Men's long jump at the Games of the XX Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Olympic Stadium (2014) | ||||||||||
Venue | Olympic Stadium, Munich, West Germany | |||||||||
Dates | 8 September 1972 9 September 1972 | |||||||||
Competitors | 36 from 25 nations | |||||||||
Winning distance | 8.24 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | women |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
100 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | women |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
20 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Pentathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
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).
Background
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.
World record | 8.90 | Mexico City, Mexico | 18 October 1968 | |
Olympic record | 8.90 | Mexico City, Mexico | 18 October 1968 |
No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.
Schedule
[edit]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 |
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Friday, 8 September 1972 | 10:30 | Qualifying |
Saturday, 9 September 1972 | 15:20 | Final |
Results
[edit]Qualifying
[edit]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 |
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1 | Randy Williams | A | 8.34 | — | — | 8.34 | Q | |
2 | Preston Carrington | B | 8.22 | — | — | 8.22 | Q | |
3 | Grzegorz Cybulski | A | 7.61 | 8.01 | — | 8.01 | Q | |
4 | Arnie Robinson | B | 7.99 | — | — | 7.99 | Q | |
5 | Leonid Barkovskyy | A | 7.66 | 7.98 | — | 7.98 | Q | |
6 | Hans Baumgartner | A | 7.98 | — | — | 7.98 | Q | |
7 | Max Klauß | B | 7.93 | — | — | 7.93 | Q | |
Joshua Owusu | B | 7.93 | — | — | 7.93 | Q | ||
9 | Valeriy Podluzhniy | A | 7.91 | — | — | 7.91 | Q | |
10 | Ari Väänänen | A | 7.67 | 7.90 | — | 7.90 | Q | |
11 | Alan Lerwill | B | 7.86 | — | — | 7.86 | Q | |
12 | Jacques Rousseau | A | 7.77 | 7.79 | 7.51 | 7.79 | q | |
13 | Igor Ter-Ovanesyan | B | X | 7.77 | X | 7.77 | ||
14 | Jaroslav Brož | A | 7.76 | X | 7.74 | 7.76 | ||
15 | Bruce Field | A | X | 7.59 | 7.76 | 7.76 | ||
16 | Rolf Bernhard | A | 7.30 | 7.68 | 7.61 | 7.68 | ||
17 | Gábor Katona | A | X | 7.68 | X | 7.68 | ||
18 | Lynn Davies | A | 7.64 | 7.53 | X | 7.64 | ||
19 | Josef Schwarz | B | 7.63 | X | 7.62 | 7.63 | ||
20 | Jerzy Homziuk | A | 7.63 | X | X | 7.63 | ||
21 | Finn Bendixen | A | 7.46 | 7.45 | 7.61 | 7.61 | ||
22 | Andreas Gloerfeld | B | X | 7.60 | X | 7.60 | ||
23 | Wilfredo Maisonave | B | 7.35 | 7.58 | X | 7.58 | ||
24 | Christian Tourret | B | 7.54 | 7.53 | 7.55 | 7.55 | ||
25 | Carol Corbu | A | 7.54 | 7.52 | 7.46 | 7.54 | ||
26 | Henry Jackson | A | 7.11 | 7.24 | 7.50 | 7.50 | ||
27 | Milán Matos | B | 7.42 | 7.46 | 7.47 | 7.47 | ||
28 | Takayoshi Kawagoe | B | 7.45 | 7.47 | 6.72 | 7.47 | ||
29 | Michael Ahey | A | X | 7.39 | — | 7.39 | ||
30 | Mohinder Singh Gill | A | X | X | 7.30 | 7.30 | ||
31 | Martin Adouna | B | 7.21 | 7.25 | 7.10 | 7.25 | ||
32 | Linus Rebmann | B | X | 7.25 | 5.68 | 7.25 | ||
33 | Chen Chin-Long | B | 6.79 | X | X | 6.79 | ||
34 | Lionel Caero | A | 6.77 | 6.60 | 6.52 | 6.77 | ||
35 | Bilal Said Al-Azma | A | 6.32 | 6.15 | 6.16 | 6.32 | ||
— | Jesper Tørring | B | X | X | X | No mark | ||
— | Mansor Dia | A | DNS | |||||
Patrich Onyango | A | DNS | ||||||
Jack Pani | A | DNS | ||||||
Jong Gu Hyon | A | DNS | ||||||
Milan Spasojević | B | DNS | ||||||
Samuela Yavala | B | DNS | ||||||
Byambajavyn Enkhbaatar | B | DNS | ||||||
Luiz Carlos de Souza | B | DNS | ||||||
Jan Kobuszewski | B | DNS | ||||||
Samuel Igun | B | DNS | ||||||
Dennis Freeman | B | DNS | ||||||
Giuseppe Gentile | B | DNS |
Final
[edit]Rank | Athlete | Nation | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance |
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Randy Williams | 8.24 | 7.32 | 7.72 | 7.80 | 7.77 | — | 8.24 | ||
Hans Baumgartner | X | 7.99 | 8.18 | x | 7.83 | 8.05 | 8.18 | ||
Arnie Robinson | X | 7.89 | 7.95 | X | 8.03 | X | 8.03 | ||
4 | Joshua Owusu | 7.71 | 7.77 | 7.88 | 7.70 | 7.98 | 8.01 | 8.01 | |
5 | Preston Carrington | 7.99 | X | X | 7.95 | 7.63 | 7.69 | 7.99 | |
6 | Max Klauß | 7.51 | 7.94 | 7.96 | 7.86 | 6.13 | 7.88 | 7.96 | |
7 | Alan Lerwill | X | 7.91 | 7.69 | X | 7.78 | 7.85 | 7.91 | |
8 | Leonid Barkovskyy | 7.56 | 7.53 | 7.75 | 7.61 | 7.56 | X | 7.75 | |
9 | Valeriy Podluzhniy | X | 7.56 | 7.72 | Did not advance | 7.72 | |||
10 | Jacques Rousseau | 7.65 | 7.37 | 7.52 | Did not advance | 7.65 | |||
11 | Ari Väänänen | 7.62 | 7.57 | 7.60 | Did not advance | 7.62 | |||
12 | Grzegorz Cybulski | 7.44 | 7.58 | 7.53 | Did not advance | 7.58 |
References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ a b c "Long Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
- ^ Official Report, vol. 3, p. 528.
- ^ Mens High Jump at Sports Reference
- ^ "High jumper Meyfarth leaps to individual age record - Olympic News".