Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump
The men's high jump field event at the 1972 Olympic Games took place on September 9 &amp; 10. Forty athletes from 26 nations competed. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Jüri Tarmak of the Soviet Union; he was the last man to win an Olympic gold medal using the straddle technique. The more popular and more widely used Fosbury Flop technique was the most common technique used. 