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

Men's high jump at the Games of the XX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	September 9 & 10
Medalists
Jüri Tarmak Soviet Union   Stefan Junge East Germany   Dwight Stones United States

Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics
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 high jump field event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place on September 9 & 10. The top jumper of the previous year, world record holder and winner of the Pan American Games, was Pat Matzdorf from the United States. But in a surprise, he failed to make the US team, leaving the field wide open. Jüri Tarmak was the last man to win Olympic gold medal using the straddle technique. The more popular and more widely used Fosbury Flop technique was the most common technique used.

Results

Top 12 and ties and all jumpers clearing 2.15 m (7 ft ¹⁄₂ in) advanced to the finals. All heights are listed in metres.

Qualifying

Rank	Name	Nationality	Group	Mark	1.80	1.90	2.00	2.06	2.09	2.12	2.15
1T	Henry Elliott	France	A	2.15	p	p	p	o	o	o	o
1T	Dwight Stones	United States	A	2.15	p	p	p	o	o	o	o
3T	Vasilios Papadimitriou	Greece	A	2.15	p	p	p	o	o	o	o
3T	István Major	Hungary	A	2.15	p	p	p	o	o	o	o
3T	Ádám Szepesi	Hungary	A	2.15	p	p	o	o	o	o	o
3T	Enzo del Forno	Italy	B	2.15	p	p	p	o	o	o	o
3T	Serban Ioan	Romania	A	2.15	p	p	p	o	o	o	o
3T	Jan Dahlgren	Sweden	A	2.15	p	p	p	o	o	o	o
3T	Rustam Akhmetov	Soviet Union	A	2.15	p	p	p	o	o	o	o
3T	Kęstutis Šapka	Soviet Union	A	2.15	p	p	p	o	o	o	o
3T	Jüri Tarmak	Soviet Union	A	2.15	p	p	p	o	o	o	o
12	Hermann Magerl	West Germany	A	2.15	p	p	p	o	p	xo	o
13	John Beers	Canada	B	2.15	p	p	xo	o	o	xo	o
14T	John Hawkins	Canada	B	2.15	p	p	o	o	o	o	xo
14T	Bernard Gauthier	France	A	2.15	p	p	o	o	o	o	xo
16	Stefan Junge	East Germany	A	2.15	p	p	o	o	p	xxo	xo
17	Lawrie Peckham	Australia	A	2.15	p	p	o	o	xxo	o	xo
18	Hidehiko Tomizawa	Japan	A	2.15	p	p	xo	o	o	xxo	xxo
19	Gian Marco Schivo	Italy	A	2.15	p	o	o	xo	o	xxo	xxo
20	Chris Dunn	United States	A	2.12	p	p	p	o	p	o	xxx
21	Roman Moravec	Czechoslovakia	A	2.12	p	p	o	o	o	o	xxx
22	Ron Jourdan	United States	A	2.12	p	o	o	o	o	o	xxx
23	Petar Bogdanoy	Bulgaria	A	2.12	p	p	o	o	o	xo	xxx
24	Ingomar Sieghart	West Germany	B	2.12	p	o	o	o	xo	xo	xxx
25	Teymour Ghiassi	Iran	B	2.12	p	p	o	o	o	xxo	xxx
26	Ioannis Kousoulas	Greece	B	2.12	p	o	o	o	xxo	xxo	xxx
27	József Tihanyi	Hungary	A	2.09	p	p	o	o	o	xxx
28	Rick Cuttell	Canada	B	2.09	p	p	xo	xo	o	xxx
29	Jaroslav Alexa	Czechoslovakia	A	2.09	p	p	o	o	xo	xxx
30	Michel Patry	Switzerland	B	2.09	p	o	xo	o	xo	p	xxx
31	Kuniyoshi Sugioka	Japan	B	2.06	p	p	o	o	xxx
32	Park Sang-Su	South Korea	B	2.00	p	o	o	xxx
33 T	Noor Azhar Hamid	Singapore	B	2.00	o	o	o	xxx
33T	Abdullah Noor Wasughe	Somalia	B	2.00	o	o	o	xxx
35	Ahmed Senoussi	Chad	B	2.00	p	p	xo	xxx
36T	Luis Barrionuevo	Argentina	B	1.90	p	o	xxx
36T	Sitha Sin	Khmer Republic	B	1.90	p	o	xxx
36T	Daniel Mkandawire	Malawi	B	1.90	p	o	xxx
39	Hamadou Evelé	Cameroon	B	1.90	p	xo	xxx
40	Suresh Babu	India	B	1.90	p	xxo	xxx
-	Leif Falkum	Norway	B	DNS	-
-	Irolan Hechavarria	Cuba	B	DNS	-
-	Bogusław Białek	Poland	B	DNS	-

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Mark	2.00	2.05	2.10	2.15	2.18	2.21	2.23	2.26
01 !	Jüri Tarmak	Soviet Union	2.23	p	p	o	o	o	xo	xo	xxx
02 !	Stefan Junge	East Germany	2.21	p	xo	o	o	o	xo	xxx
03 !	Dwight Stones	United States	2.21	p	p	o	o	o	xxo	xxx
4	Hermann Magerl	West Germany	2.18	p	o	o	xo	o	xxx
5	Ádám Szepesi	Hungary	2.18	o	o	o	o	xxo	xxx
6T	John Beers	Canada	2.15	p	o	o	o	xxx
6T	István Major	Hungary	2.15	p	o	o	o	xxx
8	Rustam Akhmetov	Soviet Union	2.15	o	o	o	o	xxx
9	John Hawkins	Canada	2.15	p	o	xo	o	xxx
10	Enzo Del Forro	Italy	2.15	o	o	o	xo	xxx
11	Jan Dahlgren	Sweden	2.15	p	o	xo	xo	xxx
12	Vasilios Papadimitriou	Greece	2.15	p	o	o	xxo	xxx
13	Kęstutis Šapka	Soviet Union	2.15	p	o	o	xxo	xxx
14	Bernard Gauthier	France	2.15	o	o	xo	xxo	xxx
15	Henry Elliott	France	2.10	p	p	o	p	xxx
16	Serban Ioan	Romania	2.10	o	p	o	xxx
17	Gian Marco Schivo	Italy	2.10	p	o	xo	xxx
18	Lawrie Peckham	Australia	2.10	o	o	xo	xxx
19	Hidehiko Tomizawa	Japan	2.05	xo	o	xxx

Key: o = clear ; p = pass; x = fail; DNS = did not start

References

• Sports Reference
• Official report