Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump
Overall Athlete Nationality Group Mark 1 2 3
1 Randy Williams United States A 8.34 8.34 - -
2 Preston Carrington United States B 8.22 - - 8.22
3 Grzegorz Cybulski Poland A 8.01 7.61 8.01 -
4 Arnie Robinson United States B 7.99 7.99 - -
5 Leonid Barkovskyy Soviet Union A 7.98 7.66 7.98 -
6 Hans Baumgartner West Germany A 7.98 7.98 - -
7T Max Klauß East Germany B 7.93 7.93 - -
7T Joshua Owusu Ghana B 7.93 7.93 - -
9 Valeriy Podluzhniy Soviet Union A 7.91 7.91 - -
10 Ari Väänänen Finland A 7.90 7.67 7.90 -
11 Alan Lerwill Great Britain B 7.86 7.86 - -
12 Jacques Rousseau France A 7.79 7.77 7.79 7.51
13 Igor Ter-Ovanesyan Soviet Union B 7.77 x 7.77 x
14 Jaroslav Brož Czechoslovakia A 7.76 7.76 x 7.74
15 Bruce Field Australia A 7.76 x 7.59 7.76
16 Rolf Bernhard Switzerland A 7.68 7.30 7.68 7.61
17 Gábor Katona Hungary A 7.68 x 7.68 x
18 Lynn Davies Great Britain A 7.64 7.64 7.53 x
19 Josef Schwarz West Germany B 7.63 7.63 x 7.62
20 Jerzy Homziuk Poland A 7.63 7.63 x x
Qualifying
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 . [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Overall Qualifying
These are the official results of the Men's long jump event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The competition was held on 8 & 9 of September.