# Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump

These are the official results of the Women's long jump event at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The competition was held on 31 August.

## Qualifying

All jumpers reaching 6.30 m (20 ft 8 in) and the top 12 including ties advanced to the final round. All qualifiers are shown in blue. All heights are in metres.

### Overall Qualifying

| Overall | Athlete | Nationality | Group | Mark | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 1 | Angelika Liebsch | East Germany | B | 6.69 | 6.69 | – | - |
| 2 | Heide Rosendahl | West Germany | B | 6.62 | 6.62 | – | – |
| 3 | Margrit Olfert | East Germany | B | 6.52 | 6.27 | 6.52 | – |
| 4 | Meta Antenen | Switzerland | B | 6.41 | 6.41 | – | – |
| 5 | Willye White | United States | B | 6.39 | 6.23 | 6.39 | – |
| 6 | Viorica Viscopoleanu | Romania | B | 6.39 | 6.39 | – | – |
| 7 | Eva Šuranová | Czechoslovakia | A | 6.38 | 6.38 | - | - |
| 8 | Ilona Bruzsenyá | Hungary | B | 6.37 | 6.28 | x | 6.37 |
| 9 | Sheila Sherwood | Great Britain | B | 6.33 | 6.33 | – | – |
| 10 | Heidi Schüller | West Germany | A | 6.32 | 6.21 | 6.32 | – |
| 11T | Diana Yorgova | Bulgaria | A | 6.32 | 6.32 | - | - |
| 11T | Marcia Garbey | Cuba | B | 6.32 | 6.32 | – | – |
| 13 | Jarmila Nygrýnová | Czechoslovakia | B | 6.31 | 6.31 | – | – |
| 14 | Elena Vintilă | Romania | A | 6.30 | 6.30 | – | – |
| 15 | Erica Nixon | Australia | A | 6.27 | 6.16 | 6.27 | 5.42 |
| 16 | Maureen Chitty | Great Britain | B | 6.26 | 6.25 | x | 6.26 |
| 17 | Sieglinde Ammann | Switzerland | A | 6.26 | 6.26 | 6.13 | 6.04 |
| 18 | Lyubov Ilyina | Soviet Union | A | 6.25 | x | 6.25 | x |
| 19 | Modupe Oshikoya | Nigeria | A | 6.22 | x | 6.22 | x |
| 20 | Odette Ducas | France | A | 6.16 | x | x | 6.16 |
| 21 | Hiroko Yamashita | Japan | A | 6.14 | 6.13 | 6.06 | 6.14 |
| 22 | Brenda Eisler | Canada | A | 6.10 | 5.61 | 6.08 | 6.10 |
| 23 | Martha Watson | United States | A | 6.09 | 5.86 | 6.09 | 6.09 |
| 24 | Debbie Van Kiekebelt | Canada | B | 6.07 | 5.88 | 5.79 | 6.07 |
| 25 | Radojka Francoti | Yugoslavia | B | 6.02 | 6.02 | 5.53 | x |
| 26 | Kristina Albertus | East Germany | A | 6.01 | x | 6.01 | x |
| 27 | Lyn Tillett | Australia | B | 5.99 | 5.99 | 5.90 | 5.97 |
| 28 | Ruth Martin-Jones | Great Britain | A | 5.93 | x | 5.93 | x |
| 29 | Kim Attlesey | United States | B | 5.80 | 5.80 | x | 5.62 |
| 30 | Lin Chun-Yu | Republic of China | A | 5.50 | 5.50 | x | x |
| 31 | Audrey Chikani | Zambia | B | 5.17 | 4.29 | 5.17 | 4.64 |
| – | Ingrid Mickler | West Germany | A | NM | x | x | x |
| – | Valeria Bufanu | Romania | A | NM | x | – | – |
| – | Irena Szewinska | Poland | B | DNS |

## Final

At the end of three jobs the top eight received another three jumps. The remaining were eliminated from medal contention.
| Overall | Athlete | Nationality | Mark | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Heide Rosendahl | West Germany | 6.78 | 6.78 | 6.76 | 6.69 | 6.52 | 6.73 | 6.71 |
| | Diana Yorgova | Bulgaria | 6.77 | 6.43 | 6.12 | 6.62 | 6.77 | 6.53 | x |
| | Eva Šuranová | Czechoslovakia | 6.67 | 6.51 | 6.60 | x | 6.67 | x | 6.27 |
| 4 | Marcia Garbey | Cuba | 6.52 | 6.26 | 6.52 | 3.96 | 5.94 | x | x |
| 5 | Heidi Schüller | West Germany | 6.51 | 6.32 | 6.18 | 6.51 | x | x | 6.25 |
| 6 | Meta Antenen | Switzerland | 6.49 | x | 6.49 | x | 6.16 | 6.39 | x |
| 7 | Viorica Viscopoleanu | Romania | 6.48 | 6.43 | 6.48 | 6.48 | 6.44 | 6.35 | 6.44 |
| 8 | Margrit Olfert | East Germany | 6.46 | 6.42 | x | 6.34 | 6.46 | 6.30 | x |
| 9 | Sheila Sherwood | Great Britain | 6.41 | 6.41 | x | 6.40 |
| 10 | Ilona Bruzsenyák | Hungary | 6.39 | 6.39 | x | 6.36 |
| 11 | Willye White | United States | 6.27 | 6.01 | 6.27 | x |
| 12 | Jarmila Nygrýnová | Czechoslovakia | 6.24 | 6.19 | 6.24 | 6.02 |
| 13 | Angelika Liebsch | East Germany | 6.23 | x | 6.23 | 6.07 |
| 14 | Elena Vintilă | Romania | 6.13 | 6.06 | 6.01 | 6.13 |
Key: NM = no mark; DNS = did not start; x = fault; T = tied