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

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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 →

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

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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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Randy Williams  United States 8.24 7.32 7.72 7.80 7.77 8.24
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Hans Baumgartner  West Germany X 7.99 8.18 x 7.83 8.05 8.18
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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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