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Long Jump, Women

Date31 August 1972
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympiastadion, Olympiapark, München
Participants33 from 19 countries

The favorite entering München was Heide Rosendahl who was second on the year list to Bulgaria’s Diana Yorgova. But Rosendahl had set the world record of 6.84 (22-5¼) in 1970 in Torino, Italy. Rosendahl opened with 6.78 (22-3) which was her best mark and won her the gold medal. Yorgova came close with 6.77 (22-2½) in round four for the silver.

PosNrAthleteNOCQualifyingFinal
1173Heide RosendahlFRG6.62 (2)6.78 (1)GoldOR
247Diana YorgovaBUL6.32 (=11)6.77 (2)Silver
3330Eva ŠuranováTCH6.38 (7)6.67 (3)Bronze
468Marcia GarbeyCUB6.32 (=11)6.52w (4)
5177Heidi SchüllerFRG6.32w (10)6.51 (5)
6304Meta AntenenSUI6.41 (4)6.49 (6)
7300Viorica ViscopoleanuROU6.39w (6)6.48 (7)
8140Margrit OlfertGDR6.52 (3)6.46 (8)
9113Sheila SherwoodGBR6.33 (9)6.41 (9)
10194Ilona BruzsenyákHUN6.37w (8)6.39 (10)
11397Willye WhiteUSA6.39 (5)6.27 (11)
12328Jarmila NygrýnováTCH6.31 (13)6.24 (12)
13138Angelika LiebschGDR6.69 (1)6.23 (13)
14299Elena VintilăROU6.30 (14)6.13 (14)
15 r1/26Erica NixonAUS6.27 (15)–
16 r1/297Maureen ChittyGBR6.26 (16)–
17 r1/2303Sieglinde AmmannSUI6.26 (17)–
18 r1/2343Lyubov IlyinaURS6.25w (18)–
19 r1/2253Modupe OshikoyaNGR6.22 (19)–
20 r1/288Odette DucasFRA6.16 (20)–
21 r1/2234Hiroko YamashitaJPN6.14 (21)–
22 r1/250Brenda EislerCAN6.10 (22)–
23 r1/2396Martha Rae WatsonUSA6.09 (23)–
24 r1/256Debbie Van KiekebeltCAN6.07 (24)–
25 r1/2402Radojka FrancotiYUG6.02 (25)–
26 r1/2121Kristina AlbertusGDR6.01 (26)–
27 r1/213Lyn TillettAUS5.99 (27)–
28 r1/2106Ruth Martin-JonesGBR5.93 (28)–
29 r1/2365Kim AttleseyUSA5.80 (29)–
30 r1/2289Lin Chun-YuTPE5.50 (30)–
31 r1/2406Audrey ChikaniZAM5.17 (31)–
AC r1/2169Ingrid Mickler-BeckerFRG– (NM)–
AC r1/2292Valeria BufanuROU– (NM)–
DNS285Irena SzewińskaPOL– (DNS)–

Qualifying Round (31 August 1972 — 10:00)

Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 6.30 metres advanced to the final.

PosAthleteNOCDistance2nd Best
1Angelika LiebschGDR6.69–Q
2Heide RosendahlFRG6.62–Q
3Margrit OlfertGDR6.52–Q
4Meta AntenenSUI6.41–Q
5Willye WhiteUSA6.396.23Q
6Viorica ViscopoleanuROU6.39w–Q
7Eva ŠuranováTCH6.38–Q
8Ilona BruzsenyákHUN6.37w–Q
9Sheila SherwoodGBR6.33–Q
10Heidi SchüllerFRG6.32w6.21Q
=11Diana YorgovaBUL6.32–Q
=11Marcia GarbeyCUB6.32–Q
13Jarmila NygrýnováTCH6.31–Q
14Elena VintilăROU6.30–Q
15Erica NixonAUS6.27–
16Maureen ChittyGBR6.266.25
17Sieglinde AmmannSUI6.266.13
18Lyubov IlyinaURS6.25w–
19Modupe OshikoyaNGR6.22–
20Odette DucasFRA6.16–
21Hiroko YamashitaJPN6.14–
22Brenda EislerCAN6.10–
23Martha Rae WatsonUSA6.09–
24Debbie Van KiekebeltCAN6.07–
25Radojka FrancotiYUG6.02–
26Kristina AlbertusGDR6.01–
27Lyn TillettAUS5.99–
28Ruth Martin-JonesGBR5.93–
29Kim AttleseyUSA5.80–
30Lin Chun-YuTPE5.50–
31Audrey ChikaniZAM5.17–
NMValeria BufanuROU––
NMIngrid Mickler-BeckerFRG––
DNSIrena SzewińskaPOL––

Qualifying Round, Group A (31 August 1972)

PosOrdAthleteNOCDistanceR1R2R3
114Eva ŠuranováTCH6.386.38
(+1.4)		--
23Heidi SchüllerFRG6.32w6.21
(+0.5)		6.32w
(+2.3)		-
310Diana YorgovaBUL6.326.32
(+0.2)		--
412Elena VintilăROU6.306.30
(-0.6)		--
55Erica NixonAUS6.276.16
(-0.5)		6.27
(-1.9)		5.42
(-1.9)
611Sieglinde AmmannSUI6.266.26
(+1.2)		6.13
(-0.3)		6.04
(+1.6)
76Lyubov IlyinaURS6.25w×6.25w
(+4.5)		×
817Modupe OshikoyaNGR6.22×6.22
(+0.8)		×
915Odette DucasFRA6.16××6.16
(-1.6)
109Hiroko YamashitaJPN6.146.13w
(+2.9)		6.06
(+1.0)		6.14
(+0.9)
1113Brenda EislerCAN6.105.61w
(+2.0)		6.08
(+0.6)		6.10
(-0.2)
1216Martha Rae WatsonUSA6.095.86
(+0.5)		6.09
(0.0)		6.09
(+0.6)
134Kristina AlbertusGDR6.01×6.01
(-3.2)		×
142Ruth Martin-JonesGBR5.93×5.93
(-1.3)		×
157Lin Chun-YuTPE5.505.50
(-1.7)		××
NM1Valeria BufanuROU–×××
NM8Ingrid Mickler-BeckerFRG–×××

Qualifying Round, Group B (31 August 1972)

PosOrdAthleteNOCDistanceR1R2R3
116Angelika LiebschGDR6.696.69
(+1.0)		--
217Heide RosendahlFRG6.626.62
(-1.3)		--
312Margrit OlfertGDR6.526.27
(-1.0)		6.52
(+2.0)		-
43Meta AntenenSUI6.416.41
(-0.8)		--
56Willye WhiteUSA6.396.23
(+0.7)		6.39
(+0.2)		-
68Viorica ViscopoleanuROU6.39w6.39w
(+2.5)		--
711Ilona BruzsenyákHUN6.37w6.28
(-0.4)		×6.37w
(+3.0)
810Sheila SherwoodGBR6.336.33
(+0.6)		--
913Marcia GarbeyCUB6.326.32
(-0.2)		--
101Jarmila NygrýnováTCH6.316.31
(-3.7)		--
112Maureen ChittyGBR6.266.25
(-0.7)		×6.26
(-2.0)
125Debbie Van KiekebeltCAN6.075.88
(+1.8)		5.79
(+1.5)		6.07
(+1.8)
134Radojka FrancotiYUG6.026.02
(+0.6)		5.53
(+0.2)		×
149Lyn TillettAUS5.995.99
(+0.7)		5.90
(-1.8)		5.97
(-0.4)
1514Kim AttleseyUSA5.805.80
(-1.0)		×5.62
(+0.5)
167Audrey ChikaniZAM5.174.29
(-1.7)		5.17
(-2.5)		4.64
(-2.0)
DNS15Irena SzewińskaPOL––––

Final Round (31 August 1972 — 15:30)

PosOrdAthleteNOCDistanceR1R2R3R4R5R6
14Heide RosendahlFRG6.786.78
(+0.6)		6.76
(+0.4)		6.69
(-0.9)		6.52
(+0.4)		6.73
(-0.2)		6.71
(-0.1)		OR
214Diana YorgovaBUL6.776.43
(+1.5)		6.12
(+1.0)		6.62w
(+2.2)		6.77
(-0.5)		6.53
(+0.5)		×
35Eva ŠuranováTCH6.676.51
(+1.2)		6.60
(+0.6)		×6.67
(+0.9)		×6.27
(+0.9)
411Marcia GarbeyCUB6.52w6.26
(-0.5)		6.52w
(+2.1)		3.96w
(+2.2)		5.94
(+0.2)		××
59Heidi SchüllerFRG6.516.32
(+2.0)		6.18
(+0.3)		6.51
(0.0)		××6.25
(-1.0)
613Meta AntenenSUI6.49×6.49
(+1.3)		×6.16
(-0.7)		6.39
(+0.3)		×
712Viorica ViscopoleanuROU6.486.43w
(+3.7)		6.48
(+0.3)		6.48w
(+2.4)		6.44
(+0.5)		6.35
(+0.3)		6.44
(-0.6)
83Margrit OlfertGDR6.466.42
(+0.4)		×6.34
(+0.9)		6.46
(+1.7)		6.30
(-1.6)		×
910Sheila SherwoodGBR6.416.41
(-0.2)		×6.40
(0.0)		–––
102Ilona BruzsenyákHUN6.396.39
(0.0)		×6.36
(0.0)		–––
111Willye WhiteUSA6.276.01
(+0.7)		6.27
(-0.8)		×–––
127Jarmila NygrýnováTCH6.246.19w
(+2.1)		6.24
(-0.2)		6.02w
(+3.1)		–––
136Angelika LiebschGDR6.23×6.23
(+1.6)		6.07
(+0.3)		–––
148Elena VintilăROU6.136.06
(0.0)		6.01
(+1.9)		6.13
(+0.5)		–––