Athletics at the 1976 Montréal Summer Games:

The top jumper since München had been East German Rosemarie Witschas-Ackermann. She was European Champion in 1974 and broke the world record twice in 1974 and again in May 1976. Eight jumpers were alive after 1.87 metres (6-1½), and there were still three left thru 1.89 (6-2¼), with Ackermann surprisingly missing her first jump at that height. But at 1.91 (6-3¼) she and Sara Simeoni (ITA) had first attempt successes, while Yordanka Blagoyeva (BUL), silver medalist in 1972, missed her first attempt before clearing. At 1.93 (6-4) Ackermann won the gold medal with a second-attempt clearance. Ackermann won as a straddle jumper, the last high jumper, male or female, to win Olympic gold using that technique.