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Date: 3 September 1972 / 4 September 1972
| Rank | Name | Nation | Distance |
| 1 | Ulrike Meyfarth | FRG | 1.92m [6' 3 ½"] |
| 2 | Yordanka Blagoeva | BUL | 1.88m [6' 2"] |
| 3 | Ilona Gusenbauer | AUT | 1.88m [6' 2"] |
| 4 | Barbara Inkpen | GBR | 1.85m [6' ¾"] |
| 5 | Rita Schmidt | GDR | 1.85m [6' ¾"] |
| 6 | Sara Simeoni | ITA | 1.85m [6' ¾"] |
| 7 | Rosemarie Witschas | GDR | 1.85m [6' ¾"] |
| 8 | Debbie Brill | CAN | 1.82m [5' 11 ¾"] |
| 9 | Andrea Bruce | JAM | 1.82m [5' 11 ¾"] |
| 10 | Ellen Mundinger | FRG | 1.82m [5' 11 ¾"] |
| 11 | Audrey Reid | JAM | 1.82m [5' 11 ¾"] |
| 12 | Grith Ejstrup | DEN | 1.82m [5' 11 ¾"] |
| 12 | Rota Gildemeister | GDR | 1.82m [5' 11 ¾"] |
| 14 | Renate Gartner | FRG | 1.82m [5' 11 ¾"] |
| 15 | Miloslava Hubnerova | TCH | 1.82m [5' 11 ¾"] |
| 16 | Ria Ahlers | NED | 1.79m [5' 10 ½"] |
| 16 | Erika Rudolf | HUN | 1.79m [5' 10 ½"] |
| 18 | Alena Proskova | TCH | 1.79m [5' 10 ½"] |
| 19 | Cornelia Popescu | ROU | 1.76m [5' 9 ¼"] |
| 20 | Snezana Hrepevnik | YUG | 1.76m [5' 9 ¼"] |
| 21 | Solveig Langkilde | DEN | 1.76m [5' 9 ¼"] |
| 22 | Milada Karbanova | TCH | 1.76m [5' 9 ¼"] |
| 23 | Magdolna Komka | HUN | 1.71m [5' 7 ¼"] |
| Qualifying | |||
| 24 | Breda Babovsek | YUG | 1.73m [5' 8"] |
| 25 | Marina Rodriguez | CUB | 1.73m [5' 8"] |
| 26 | Antonina Lazareva | URS | 1.73m [5' 8"] |
| 26 | Rosaline Few | GBR | 1.73m [5' 8"] |
| 28 | Beatrixe Rechner | SUI | 1.73m [5' 8"] |
| 29 | Louise Hanna | CAN | 1.73m [5' 8"] |
| 30 | Deanne Wilson | USA | 1.70m [5' 7"] |
| 30 | Penelope Dimmock | GBR | 1.70m [5' 7"] |
| 32 | Cindy Gilbert | USA | 1.70m [5' 7"] |
| 33 | Doris Bisang | SUI | 1.65m [5' 5"] |
| 33 | Michiyo Inaoka | JPN | 1.65m [5' 5"] |
| 35 | Mihoko Yama | JPN | 1.65m [5' 5"] |
| 35 | Roxana Vulescu | ROU | 1.65m [5' 5"] |
| 37 | Lara Sveinsdottir | ISL | 1.60m [5' 3"] |
| 38 | Sandi Goldsberry | USA | 1.60m [5' 3"] |
| Did not start | |||
| Margit Papp | HUN | ||
| Galina Filatova | URS | ||
| Gladys Chaingmei | MAS | ||
| Maria Luisa Vilca | PER | ||
| Kari Karlsen | NOR | ||
| Did not qualify for final (No mark set) | |||
| Nnenna Njoku | NGR | ||
| Wu Yu-Chih | TPE | ||