Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump
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These are the official results of the Men's 110 long jump
Long jump
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...

event at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, 38 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 14 for women. There were a total number of 1324 participating athletes from 104 countries.-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-References:*...

in Munich
Munich
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. The competition was held on 8 & 9 of September.

Qualifying

All jumpers reaching 7.80 metres (blue) and the top 12 including ties (green) advanced to the final round.

Overall Qualifying
Overall Athlete Nationality Group Mark 1 2 3
1 Randy Williams
Randy Williams
Randel Luvelle Williams was an American athlete who mainly competed in the men's long jump event....

 
A 8.34 8.34
2 Preston Carrington  B 8.22 -
8.22
3 Grzegorz Cybulski
Grzegorz Cybulski
Grzegorz Cybulski is a retired Polish long jumper.He was born in Nowa Sól, and represented the sports clubs Lumelu Zielona Góra and Śląska Wrocław...

 
A 8.01 7.61 8.01
4 Arnie Robinson
Arnie Robinson
Clarence Earl "Arnie" Robinson, Jr. won the gold medal for the men's long jump in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal. That was an improvement on the bronze medal he won at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.-Career:Robinson stayed in the San Diego area throughout his career, first at...

 
B 7.99 7.99 -
5 Leonid Barkovskiy  A 7.98 7.66 7.98
6 Hans Baumgartner
Hans Baumgartner
Hans Baumgartner is a retired West German long jumper.He won the silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich with a jump of 8.18 meters. Baumgartner again took part in the 1976 Summer Olympics, but did not win a medal...

 
A 7.98 7.98 -
7T Max Klauß
Max Klauß
Max Klauß is a retired East German long jumper.He competed for the sports clubs SC Karl-Marx-Stadt and SC Einheit Dresden during his active career.-Achievements:-References:...

 
B 7.93 7.93
7T Joshua Owusu
Joshua Owusu
Joshua Owusu is a retired Olympic track and field athlete from Ghana. He specialised in the triple jump and the long jump events during his career....

 
B 7.93 7.93 -
9 Valeriy Pidluzhniy  A 7.91 7.91 -
10 Ari Väänänen  A 7.90 7.67 7.90
11 Alan Lerwill  B 7.86 7.86
12 Jacques Rousseau
Jacques Rousseau
This is an article about Jacques Rousseau the 17th century French Huguenot painter, for the 17th century Dutch painter see Jacques des Rousseaux and for the French long jumper see Jacques Rousseau ....

 
A 7.79 7.77 7.79 7.51
13 Igor Ter-Ovanesyan
Igor Ter-Ovanesyan
Igor Aramovich Ter-Ovanesyan is a Ukrainian athlete of Armenian ethnicity, and Olympic medalist in the long jump for the USSR.Ter-Ovanesyan trained at Burevestnik, first in Kiev, later in Lviv and then in Moscow. He participated in the Olympic Games five times and twice won a bronze medal...

 
B 7.77 x 7.77 x
14 Jaroslav Brož  A 7.76 7.76 x 7.74
15 Bruce Field
Bruce Field
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A 7.76 x 7.59 7.76
16 Rolf Bernhard
Rolf Bernhard
Rolf Bernhard is a retired long jumper from Switzerland. A three-time Olympian he won two medals at the European Indoor Championships.-Achievements:-References:*...

 
A 7.68 7.30 7.68 7.61
17 Gábor Katona
Gábor Katona
Gábor Katona is a retired Hungarian triple jumper.He won the bronze medal at the 1970 European Junior Championships and finished fourth at the 1979 European Indoor Championships. He became the Hungarian triple jump champion in 1972, 1976, 1977, 1978 and 1983, rivalling with Henrik Kalocsai, Zoltán...

 
A 7.68 x 7.68 x
18 Lynn Davies
Lynn Davies
Lynn Davies CBE was a member of the Cardiff Amateur Athletic Club and captain of the British Olympic long jump team in 1964....

 
A 7.64 7.64 7.53 x
19 Sepp Schwarz  B 7.63 7.63 x 7.62
20 Jerzy Homziuk  A 7.63 7.63 x x
21 Finn Bendixen
Finn Bendixen
Finn Bendixen is a Norwegian long jumper. He represented Lillesand IL and IF Kamp-Vestheim.He finished fourteenth in the long jump final at the 1971 European Championships with a jump of 7.32 metres. He also competed at the 1969 European Championships and the 1972 Summer Olympics without reaching...

 
A 7.61 7.46 7.45 7.61
22 Andreas Gloerfeld  B 7.60 x 7.60 x
23 Wilfredo Maisonave  B 7.58 7.35 7.58 x
24 Christian Tourret  B 7.55 7.54 7.53 7.55
25 Carol Corbu
Carol Corbu
Carol Corbu is a retired Romanian triple jumper. He won the 1973 European Indoor Championships as well as two medals at the European Championships outdoor....

 
A 7.54 7.54 7.52 7.46
26 Henry Jackson  A 7.50 7.11 7.24 7.50
27 Milán Matos  B 7.47 7.42 7.46 7.47
28 Takayoshi Kawagoe  B 7.47 7.45 7.47 6.72
29 Michael Ahey  A 7.39 x 7.39
30 Mohinder Gill Singh  A 7.30 x x 7.30
31 Martin Adouna  B 7.25 7.21 7.25 7.10
32 Linus Rebmann  B 7.25 x 7.25 5.68
33 Chen Chin-Long  B 6.79 6.79 x x
34 Lionel Caero  A 6.77 6.77 6.60 6.52
35 Bilal Said Al-Azma  A 6.32 6.32 6.15 6.16
- Jesper Tørring  B NM x x x
- Mansor Dia  A DNS
- Patrich Onyango  A DNS
- Jack Pani
Jack Pani
Jacques Pani is a retired French long jumper. His personal best jump was 8.16 metres, achieved in June 1969 in Pulversheim.-Achievements:-References:*...

 
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
Jan Kobuszewski
Jan Kobuszewski is a Polish actor and comedian.Kobuszewski is the husband of actress Hanna Zembrzuska. He is also an uncle of the actor Wiktor Zborowski....

 
B DNS
- Samuel Igun
Samuel Igun
Samuel Igun is a retired Olympic athlete from Nigeria. He specialised in the triple jump, high jump and long jump events during his career....

 
B DNS
- Dennis Freeman
Dennis Freeman
Harold Dennis Freeman, known as Dennis Freeman , was the mayor of historic Logansport, a town adjacent to the Sabine River in DeSoto Parish in northwestern Louisiana from 1984 until his death. His contributions were particularly significant considering the otherwise limited role of a small-town mayor...

 
B DNS
- Giuseppe Gentile
Giuseppe Gentile
Giuseppe Gentile is a retired Italian triple jumper, who won a bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics. He would later appear opposite Maria Callas in the film version of Medea-Achievements:-External links:*...

 
B DNS


Final

At the end of three jobs the top eight received another three jumps. The remaining where eliminated from medal contention.
Overall Athlete Nationality Mark 1 2 3 4 5 6
Randy Williams
Randy Williams
Randel Luvelle Williams was an American athlete who mainly competed in the men's long jump event....

 
8.24 8.24 7.32 7.72 7.80 7.77
Hans Baumgartner
Hans Baumgartner
Hans Baumgartner is a retired West German long jumper.He won the silver medal at the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich with a jump of 8.18 meters. Baumgartner again took part in the 1976 Summer Olympics, but did not win a medal...

 
8.18 x 7.99 8.18 x 7.83 8.05
Arnie Robinson
Arnie Robinson
Clarence Earl "Arnie" Robinson, Jr. won the gold medal for the men's long jump in the 1976 Summer Olympics held in Montreal. That was an improvement on the bronze medal he won at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.-Career:Robinson stayed in the San Diego area throughout his career, first at...

 
8.03 x 7.89 7.95 x 8.03 x
4 Joshua Owsusu  8.01 7.71 7.77 7.88 7.70 7.98 8.01
5 Preston Carrington  7.99 7.99 x x 7.95 7.63 7.69
6 Max Klauß
Max Klauß
Max Klauß is a retired East German long jumper.He competed for the sports clubs SC Karl-Marx-Stadt and SC Einheit Dresden during his active career.-Achievements:-References:...

 
7.96 7.51 7.94 7.96 7.86 6.13 7.88
7 Alan Lerwill  7.91 x 7.91 7.69 x 7.78 7.85
8 Leonid Barkovskiy  7.75 7.56 7.53 7.75 7.61 7.56 x
9 Valeriy Pidluzhniy  7.72 x 7.56 7.72
10 Jacques Rousseau
Jacques Rousseau
This is an article about Jacques Rousseau the 17th century French Huguenot painter, for the 17th century Dutch painter see Jacques des Rousseaux and for the French long jumper see Jacques Rousseau ....

 
7.65 7.65 7.37 7.52
11 Ari Väänänen  7.62 7.62 7.57 7.60
12 Grzegorz Cybulski
Grzegorz Cybulski
Grzegorz Cybulski is a retired Polish long jumper.He was born in Nowa Sól, and represented the sports clubs Lumelu Zielona Góra and Śląska Wrocław...

7.58 7.44 7.58 7.53

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