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Long Jump, Men

Date	8 – 9 September 1972
Status	Olympic
Location	Olympiastadion, Olympiapark, München
Participants	36 from 25 countries

The favorite was Clarence “Arni” Robinson. But in the qualifying his teammate, Randy Williams, set a world junior record with 8.34 (27-4½) to lead the qualifiers. Thru 2008, this has stood as the world junior record. In the final, Williams opened with 8.24 (27-0½) and that was good enough for the gold medal. Robinson was at less than his best, finally getting 8.03 (26-4¼) in the fifth round for the bronze medal. German favorite Hans Baumgartner was a surprise silver medalist.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	1030	Randy Williams	USA	8.34 (1)	8.24 (1)	Gold
2	356	Hans Baumgartner	FRG	7.98 (6)	8.18 (2)	Silver
3	1006	Arnie Robinson	USA	7.99 (4)	8.03 (3)	Bronze
4	334	Joshua Owusu	GHA	7.93 (=7)	8.01 (4)
5	977	Preston Carrington	USA	8.22 (2)	7.99 (5)
6	424	Max Klauß	GDR	7.93 (=7)	7.96 (6)
7	297	Alan Lerwill	GBR	7.86 (11)	7.91 (7)
8	927	Leonid Barkovsky	URS	7.98 (5)	7.75 (8)
9	950	Valery Podluzhny	URS	7.91 (9)	7.72 (9)
10	260	Jacques Rousseau	FRA	7.79 (12)	7.65 (10)
11	224	Ari Väänänen	FIN	7.90 (10)	7.62 (11)
12	713	Grzegorz Cybulski	POL	8.01 (3)	7.58 (12)
13 r1/2	963	Igor Ter-Ovanesyan	URS	7.77 (13)	–
14 r1/2	868	Jaroslav Brož	TCH	7.76 (14)	–
15 r1/2	29	Bruce Field	AUS	7.76 (15)	–
16 r1/2	818	Rolf Bernhard	SUI	7.68 (16)	–
17 r1/2	458	Gábor Katona	HUN	7.68 (17)	–
18 r1/2	281	Lynn Davies	GBR	7.64 (18)	–
19 r1/2	401	Sepp Schwarz	FRG	7.63 (19)	–
20 r1/2	716	Jerzy Homziuk	POL	7.63 (20)	–
21 r1/2	674	Finn Bendixen	NOR	7.61 (21)	–
22 r1/2	366	Andreas Gloerfeld	FRG	7.60 (22)	–
23 r1/2	767	Wilfredo Maisonave	PUR	7.58 (23)	–
24 r1/2	267	Christian Tourret	FRA	7.55 (24)	–
25 r1/2	777	Carol Corbu	ROU	7.54 (25)	–
26 r1/2	545	Henry Jackson	JAM	7.50 (26)	–
27 r1/2	139	Milán Matos	CUB	7.47 (27)	–
28 r1/2	557	Takayoshi Kawagoe	JPN	7.47 (28)	–
29 r1/2	416	Mike Ahey	GHA	7.39 (29)	–
30 r1/2	477	Mohinder Singh Gill	IND	7.30 (30)	–
31 r1/2	890	Martin Adouna	TOG	7.25 (31)	–
32 r1/2	831	Linus Rebmann	SUI	7.25 (32)	–
33 r1/2	770	Chen Chin-Long	TPE	6.79 (33)	–
34 r1/2	68	Lionel Caero	BOL	6.77 (34)	–
35 r1/2	23	Bilal Said Al-Azma	KSA	6.32 (35)	–
AC r1/2	157	Jesper Tørring	DEN	– (NM)	–
DNS	758	Hyon Jong-Gu	PRK	– (DNS)	–
DNS	74	Luiz de Souza	BRA	– (DNS)	–
DNS	723	Jan Kobuszewski	POL	– (DNS)	–
DNS	597	Dennis Freeman	LBR	– (DNS)	–
DNS	199	Samuela Yavala	FIJ	– (DNS)	–
DNS	257	Jack Pani	FRA	– (DNS)	–
DNS	522	Giuseppe Gentile	ITA	– (DNS)	–
DNS	584	Patrick Onyango	KEN	– (DNS)	–
DNS	649	Byambajavyn Enkhbaatar	MGL	– (DNS)	–
DNS	663	Samuel Igun	NGR	– (DNS)	–
DNS	789	Mansour Dia	SEN	– (DNS)	–
DNS	1055	Milan Spasojević	YUG	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round (8 September 1972 — 10:30)

Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 7.80 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance	2nd Best
1	Randy Williams	USA	8.34	–	Q
2	Preston Carrington	USA	8.22	–	Q
3	Grzegorz Cybulski	POL	8.01	–	Q
4	Arnie Robinson	USA	7.99	–	Q
5	Leonid Barkovsky	URS	7.98	7.66	Q
6	Hans Baumgartner	FRG	7.98	–	Q
=7	Max Klauß	GDR	7.93	–	Q
=7	Joshua Owusu	GHA	7.93	–	Q
9	Valery Podluzhny	URS	7.91	–	Q
10	Ari Väänänen	FIN	7.90	–	Q
11	Alan Lerwill	GBR	7.86	–	Q
12	Jacques Rousseau	FRA	7.79	–	q
13	Igor Ter-Ovanesyan	URS	7.77	–
14	Jaroslav Brož	TCH	7.76	7.74
15	Bruce Field	AUS	7.76	7.59
16	Rolf Bernhard	SUI	7.68	7.61
17	Gábor Katona	HUN	7.68	–
18	Lynn Davies	GBR	7.64	–
19	Sepp Schwarz	FRG	7.63	7.62
20	Jerzy Homziuk	POL	7.63	–
21	Finn Bendixen	NOR	7.61	–
22	Andreas Gloerfeld	FRG	7.60	–
23	Wilfredo Maisonave	PUR	7.58	–
24	Christian Tourret	FRA	7.55	–
25	Carol Corbu	ROU	7.54	–
26	Henry Jackson	JAM	7.50	–
27	Milán Matos	CUB	7.47	7.46
28	Takayoshi Kawagoe	JPN	7.47	7.45
29	Mike Ahey	GHA	7.39	–
30	Mohinder Singh Gill	IND	7.30	–
31	Martin Adouna	TOG	7.25	7.21
32	Linus Rebmann	SUI	7.25	–
33	Chen Chin-Long	TPE	6.79	–
34	Lionel Caero	BOL	6.77	–
35	Bilal Said Al-Azma	KSA	6.32	–
NM	Jesper Tørring	DEN	–	–
DNS	Hyon Jong-Gu	PRK	–	–
DNS	Jack Pani	FRA	–	–
DNS	Patrick Onyango	KEN	–	–
DNS	Mansour Dia	SEN	–	–
DNS	Luiz de Souza	BRA	–	–
DNS	Jan Kobuszewski	POL	–	–
DNS	Dennis Freeman	LBR	–	–
DNS	Samuela Yavala	FIJ	–	–
DNS	Giuseppe Gentile	ITA	–	–
DNS	Byambajavyn Enkhbaatar	MGL	–	–
DNS	Samuel Igun	NGR	–	–
DNS	Milan Spasojević	YUG	–	–

Qualifying Round, Group A (8 September 1972)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3
1	7	Randy Williams	USA	8.34	8.34 (0.0)	-	-
2	24	Grzegorz Cybulski	POL	8.01	7.61 (+0.6)	8.01 (+0.1)	-
3	6	Leonid Barkovsky	URS	7.98	7.66 (+0.5)	7.98 (+1.2)	-
4	10	Hans Baumgartner	FRG	7.98	7.98 (+0.4)	-	-
5	21	Valery Podluzhny	URS	7.91	7.91 (+0.2)	-	-
6	2	Ari Väänänen	FIN	7.90	7.67 (+0.2)	7.90 (+1.7)	-
7	22	Jacques Rousseau	FRA	7.79	7.77 (+0.8)	7.79 (-0.3)	7.51 (-0.3)
8	12	Jaroslav Brož	TCH	7.76	7.76 (+0.2)	×	7.74 (-0.2)
9	16	Bruce Field	AUS	7.76	×	7.59 (-0.2)	7.76 (-0.2)
10	23	Rolf Bernhard	SUI	7.68	7.30 (+0.2)	7.68 (-0.2)	7.61 (-0.2)
11	14	Gábor Katona	HUN	7.68	×	7.68 (-0.2)	×
12	9	Lynn Davies	GBR	7.64	7.64 (-0.3)	7.53 (+0.2)	×
13	3	Jerzy Homziuk	POL	7.63	7.63 (+0.1)	×	×
14	20	Finn Bendixen	NOR	7.61	7.46 (-0.1)	7.45 (+0.1)	7.61 (-0.2)
15	15	Carol Corbu	ROU	7.54	7.54 (-0.2)	7.52 (+0.5)	7.46 (+0.3)
16	5	Henry Jackson	JAM	7.50	7.11 (+0.3)	7.24 (+0.6)	7.50 (+0.5)
17	17	Mike Ahey	GHA	7.39	×	7.39 (+0.1)	×
18	1	Mohinder Singh Gill	IND	7.30	×	×	7.30 (-0.2)
19	13	Lionel Caero	BOL	6.77	6.77 (+1.1)	6.60 (+0.7)	6.52 (-0.2)
20	8	Bilal Said Al-Azma	KSA	6.32	6.32 (+0.6)	6.15 (+0.6)	6.15 (+0.5)
DNS	4	Hyon Jong-Gu	PRK	–	–	–	–
DNS	18	Jack Pani	FRA	–	–	–	–
DNS	11	Patrick Onyango	KEN	–	–	–	–
DNS	19	Mansour Dia	SEN	–	–	–	–

Qualifying Round, Group B (8 September 1972)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3
1	16	Preston Carrington	USA	8.22	×	×	8.22 (+0.1)
2	7	Arnie Robinson	USA	7.99	7.99 (-0.3)	-	-
4	22	Max Klauß	GDR	7.93	7.93 (0.0)	-	-
3	13	Joshua Owusu	GHA	7.93	7.93 (+0.1)	-	-
5	15	Alan Lerwill	GBR	7.86	7.86 (+1.5)	-	-
6	14	Igor Ter-Ovanesyan	URS	7.77	×	7.77 (+0.6)	×
7	6	Sepp Schwarz	FRG	7.63	7.63 (+0.1)	×	7.62 (+0.8)
8	11	Andreas Gloerfeld	FRG	7.60	×	7.60 (+0.5)	×
9	9	Wilfredo Maisonave	PUR	7.58	7.35 (+0.3)	7.58 (+0.5)	×
10	19	Christian Tourret	FRA	7.55	7.54 (-0.5)	7.53 (+0.4)	7.55 (+0.2)
11	1	Milán Matos	CUB	7.47	7.42 (+0.3)	7.46 (-0.2)	7.47 (+1.0)
12	5	Takayoshi Kawagoe	JPN	7.47	7.45 (-0.3)	7.47 (+0.4)	6.72 (+0.4)
13	12	Martin Adouna	TOG	7.25	7.21 (+0.3)	7.25 (+0.3)	7.10 (-0.4)
14	23	Linus Rebmann	SUI	7.25	×	7.25 (+0.7)	5.69 (+0.6)
15	8	Chen Chin-Long	TPE	6.79	6.79 (0.0)	×	×
NM	17	Jesper Tørring	DEN	–	×	×	×
DNS	10	Luiz de Souza	BRA	–	–	–	–
DNS	20	Jan Kobuszewski	POL	–	–	–	–
DNS	3	Dennis Freeman	LBR	–	–	–	–
DNS	4	Samuela Yavala	FIJ	–	–	–	–
DNS	2	Giuseppe Gentile	ITA	–	–	–	–
DNS	18	Byambajavyn Enkhbaatar	MGL	–	–	–	–
DNS	21	Samuel Igun	NGR	–	–	–	–
DNS	24	Milan Spasojević	YUG	–	–	–	–

Final Round (9 September 1972 — 15:20)

Pos	Ord	Athlete	NOC	Distance	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6
1	9	Randy Williams	USA	8.24	8.24 (0.0)	7.32 (-0.9)	7.72 (-1.1)	7.80 (-1.8)	7.77 (+0.1)	-
2	3	Hans Baumgartner	FRG	8.18	×	7.99 (-1.1)	8.18 (+0.5)	×	7.83 (-0.8)	8.05 (-1.5)
3	8	Arnie Robinson	USA	8.03	×	7.89 (-1.1)	7.95 (+1.0)	×	8.03 (-0.3)	×
4	5	Joshua Owusu	GHA	8.01	7.71 (+0.7)	7.77 (-1.0)	7.88 (+0.5)	7.70 (+0.5)	7.98 (-0.1)	8.01 (+0.1)
5	6	Preston Carrington	USA	7.99	7.99 (-0.2)	×	×	7.95 (-0.5)	7.63 (+0.4)	7.69 (-1.3)
6	7	Max Klauß	GDR	7.96	7.51 (0.0)	7.94 (-0.4)	7.96 (0.0)	7.86 (-0.9)	6.13 (+0.7)	7.88 (+0.5)
7	2	Alan Lerwill	GBR	7.91	×	7.91 (+0.5)	7.69 (-0.1)	×	7.78 (0.0)	7.85 (+0.7)
8	11	Leonid Barkovsky	URS	7.75	7.56 (+0.3)	7.53 (+0.3)	7.75 (+0.8)	7.61 (+0.4)	7.56 (-0.5)	×
9	4	Valery Podluzhny	URS	7.72	×	7.56 (+0.5)	7.72 (+0.1)	–	–	–
10	10	Jacques Rousseau	FRA	7.65	7.65 (-0.4)	7.37 (-1.2)	7.52 (+0.3)	–	–	–
11	12	Ari Väänänen	FIN	7.62	7.62 (-0.3)	7.57 (-1.9)	7.60 (+0.1)	–	–	–
12	1	Grzegorz Cybulski	POL	7.58	7.44 (0.0)	7.58 (+0.3)	7.53 (-0.1)	–	–	–