| Event: | Women's long jump |
| Games: | 1972 Summer |
| Venue: | Olympic Stadium, Munich, West Germany |
| Date: | 31 August 1972 |
| Competitors: | 33 |
| Nations: | 19 |
| Win Value: | 6.78 |
| Win Label: | Winning distance |
| Gold: | Heide Rosendahl |
| Goldnoc: | FRG |
| Silver: | Diana Yorgova |
| Silvernoc: | BUL |
| Bronze: | Eva Šuranová |
| Bronzenoc: | TCH |
| Prev: | 1968 |
| Next: | 1976 |
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.[1]
All jumpers reaching and the top 12 including ties advanced to the final round. All qualifiers are shown in blue. All heights are in metres.
| Overall | Athlete | Nationality | Group | Mark | 1 | 2 | 3 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B | 6.69 | 6.69 | – | - | ||
| 2 | B | 6.62 | 6.62 | – | – | ||
| 3 | B | 6.52 | 6.27 | 6.52 | – | ||
| 4 | B | 6.41 | 6.41 | – | – | ||
| 5 | B | 6.39 | 6.23 | 6.39 | – | ||
| 6 | B | 6.39 | 6.39 | – | – | ||
| 7 | A | 6.38 | 6.38 | - | - | ||
| 8 | B | 6.37 | 6.28 | x | 6.37 | ||
| 9 | B | 6.33 | 6.33 | – | – | ||
| 10 | A | 6.32 | 6.21 | 6.32 | – | ||
| 11T | A | 6.32 | 6.32 | - | - | ||
| 11T | B | 6.32 | 6.32 | – | – | ||
| 13 | B | 6.31 | 6.31 | – | – | ||
| 14 | A | 6.30 | 6.30 | – | – | ||
| 15 | A | 6.27 | 6.16 | 6.27 | 5.42 | ||
| 16 | B | 6.26 | 6.25 | x | 6.26 | ||
| 17 | A | 6.26 | 6.26 | 6.13 | 6.04 | ||
| 18 | A | 6.25 | x | 6.25 | x | ||
| 19 | A | 6.22 | x | 6.22 | x | ||
| 20 | A | 6.16 | x | x | 6.16 | ||
| 21 | A | 6.14 | 6.13 | 6.06 | 6.14 | ||
| 22 | A | 6.10 | 5.61 | 6.08 | 6.10 | ||
| 23 | A | 6.09 | 5.86 | 6.09 | 6.09 | ||
| 24 | B | 6.07 | 5.88 | 5.79 | 6.07 | ||
| 25 | B | 6.02 | 6.02 | 5.53 | x | ||
| 26 | A | 6.01 | x | 6.01 | x | ||
| 27 | B | 5.99 | 5.99 | 5.90 | 5.97 | ||
| 28 | A | 5.93 | x | 5.93 | x | ||
| 29 | B | 5.80 | 5.80 | x | 5.62 | ||
| 30 | A | 5.50 | 5.50 | x | x | ||
| 31 | B | 5.17 | 4.29 | 5.17 | 4.64 | ||
| – | A | NM | x | x | x | ||
| – | A | NM | x | – | – | ||
| – | B | DNS | |||||
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.78 | 6.78 | 6.76 | 6.69 | 6.52 | 6.73 | 6.71 | |||
| 6.77 | 6.43 | 6.12 | 6.62 | 6.77 | 6.53 | x | |||
| 6.67 | 6.51 | 6.60 | x | 6.67 | x | 6.27 | |||
| 4 | 6.52 | 6.26 | 6.52 | 3.96 | 5.94 | x | x | ||
| 5 | 6.51 | 6.32 | 6.18 | 6.51 | x | x | 6.25 | ||
| 6 | 6.49 | x | 6.49 | x | 6.16 | 6.39 | x | ||
| 7 | 6.48 | 6.43 | 6.48 | 6.48 | 6.44 | 6.35 | 6.44 | ||
| 8 | 6.46 | 6.42 | x | 6.34 | 6.46 | 6.30 | x | ||
| 9 | 6.41 | 6.41 | x | 6.40 | |||||
| 10 | 6.39 | 6.39 | x | 6.36 | |||||
| 11 | 6.27 | 6.01 | 6.27 | x | |||||
| 12 | 6.24 | 6.19 | 6.24 | 6.02 | |||||
| 13 | 6.23 | x | 6.23 | 6.07 | |||||
| 14 | 6.13 | 6.06 | 6.01 | 6.13 | |||||
Key: NM = no mark; DNS = did not start; x = fault; T = tied