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Athletics at the 1972 München Summer Games:
Men's Long Jump
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Host City: München, West Germany
Venue(s): Olympic Stadium, Olympic Park, München
Date Started: September 8, 1972
Date Finished: September 9, 1972
| Gold: |  Randy Williams |
| Silver: |  Hans Baumgartner |
| Bronze: | Arnie Robinson |
Summary
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.
Final Standings
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | Medal | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Randy Williams | 19 | United States | USA | Gold | |
| 2 | Hans Baumgartner | 23 | West Germany | FRG | Silver | |
| 3 | Arnie Robinson | 24 | United States | USA | Bronze | |
| 4 | Joshua Owusu | 23 | Ghana | GHA | ||
| 5 | Preston Carrington | 23 | United States | USA | ||
| 6 | Max Klauß | 25 | East Germany | GDR | ||
| 7 | Alan Lerwill | 25 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 8 | Leonid Barkovskiy | 31 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
| 9 | Valeriy Pidluzhniy | 20 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
| 10 | Jacques Rousseau | 21 | France | FRA | ||
| 11 | Ari Väänänen | 25 | Finland | FIN | ||
| 12 | Grzegorz Cybulski | 20 | Poland | POL | ||
| 13 QR | Igor Ter-Ovanesyan | 34 | Soviet Union | URS | ||
| 14 QR | Jaroslav Brož | 21 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | ||
| 15 QR | Bruce Field | 25 | Australia | AUS | ||
| 16 QR | Rolf Bernhard | 22 | Switzerland | SUI | ||
| 17 QR | Gábor Katona | 19 | Hungary | HUN | ||
| 18 QR | Lynn Davies | 30 | Great Britain | GBR | ||
| 19 QR | Sepp Schwarz | 31 | West Germany | FRG | ||
| 20 QR | Jerzy Homziuk | 23 | Poland | POL | ||
| 21 QR | Finn Bendixen | 23 | Norway | NOR | ||
| 22 QR | Andreas Gloerfeld | 24 | West Germany | FRG | ||
| 23 QR | Wilfredo Maisonave | 20 | Puerto Rico | PUR | ||
| 24 QR | Christian Tourret | 25 | France | FRA | ||
| 25 QR | Carol Corbu | 26 | Romania | ROU | ||
| 26 QR | Henry Jackson | 24 | Jamaica | JAM | ||
| 27 QR | Milán Matos | 22 | Cuba | CUB | ||
| 28 QR | Takayoshi Kawagoe | 23 | Japan | JPN | ||
| 29 QR | Michael Ahey | 32 | Ghana | GHA | ||
| 30 QR | Mohinder Singh Gill | 25 | India | IND | ||
| 31 QR | Martin Adouna | 28 | Togo | TOG | ||
| 32 QR | Linus Rebmann | 25 | Switzerland | SUI | ||
| 33 QR | Chen Chin-Long | 19 | Chinese Taipei | TPE | ||
| 34 QR | Lionel Caero | 21 | Bolivia | BOL | ||
| 35 QR | Bilal Said Al-Azma | 17 | Saudi Arabia | KSA | ||
| AC QR | Jesper Tørring | 24 | Denmark | DEN |
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