| Date | 10 September 1972 — 15:00 |
|---|---|
| Location | Olympiastadion, Olympiapark, München |
| Olympic Record | 2.24 / Dick Fosbury |
| Pos | Start Order | Competitor | NOC | Best Height Cleared | Misses at Best Height Cleared | Total Misses thru Best Height Cleared | Total Attempts thru Best Height Cleared | Attempts at 2.00 m | Attempts at 2.05 m | Attempts at 2.10 m | Attempts at 2.15 m | Attempts at 2.18 m | Attempts at 2.21 m | Attempts at 2.23 m | Attempts at 2.26 m | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Jüri Tarmak | 2.23 | 1 | 2 | 7 | - | - | o | o | o | xo | xo | xxx | ||||
| 2 | 16 | Stefan Junge | 2.21 | 1 | 2 | 7 | - | xo | o | o | o | xo | xxx | – | ||||
| 3 | 9 | Dwight Stones | 2.21 | 2 | 2 | 6 | - | - | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | – | ||||
| 4 | 10 | Hermann Magerl | 2.18 | 0 | 1 | 5 | - | o | o | xo | o | xxx | – | – | ||||
| 5 | 11 | Ádám Szepesi | 2.18 | 2 | 2 | 7 | o | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | – | – | ||||
| =6 | 18 | John Beers | 2.15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | o | o | o | xxx | – | – | – | ||||
| =6 | 15 | István Major | 2.15 | 0 | 0 | 3 | - | o | o | o | xxx | – | – | – | ||||
| 8 | 14 | Rustam Akhmetov | 2.15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | o | o | o | o | xxx | – | – | – | ||||
| 9 | 19 | John Hawkins | 2.15 | 0 | 1 | 4 | - | o | xo | o | xxx | – | – | – | ||||
| 10 | 17 | Enzo Del Forno | 2.15 | 1 | 1 | 5 | o | o | o | xo | xxx | – | – | – | ||||
| 11 | 13 | Jan Dahlgren | 2.15 | 1 | 2 | 5 | - | o | xo | xo | xxx | – | – | – | ||||
| =12 | 1 | Vasilios Papadimitriou | 2.15 | 2 | 2 | 5 | - | o | o | xxo | xxx | – | – | – | ||||
| =12 | 3 | Kęstutis Šapka | 2.15 | 2 | 2 | 5 | - | o | o | xxo | xxx | – | – | – | ||||
| 14 | 12 | Bernard Gauthier | 2.15 | 2 | 3 | 7 | o | o | xo | xxo | xxx | – | – | – | ||||
| 15 | 5 | Henry Elliott | 2.10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | - | - | o | - | xxx | – | – | – | ||||
| 16 | 8 | Șerban Ioan | 2.10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | o | - | o | xxx | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 17 | 4 | Gian Marco Schivo | 2.10 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | o | xo | xxx | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 18 | 6 | Lawrie Peckham | 2.10 | 1 | 1 | 4 | o | o | xo | xxx | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 19 | 7 | Hidehiko Tomizawa | 2.05 | 0 | 1 | 3 | xo | o | xxx | – | – | – | – | – |