1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's high jump
# 1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships – Men's high jump

The men's high jump event at the 1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 11 March in Grenoble.

## Results

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1.90 | 1.95 | 2.00 | 2.05 | 2.08 | 2.11 | 2.14 | 2.17 | 2.20 | 2.22 | 2.24 | 2.26 | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | István Major | Hungary | – | – | – | o | – | xo | xo | o | o | xo | xxo | xxx | 2.24 | CR |
| | Kęstutis Šapka | Soviet Union | – | – | – | – | o | o | xxo | o | xxo | o | xxx | | 2.22 | |
| | Jüri Tarmak | Soviet Union | – | – | – | o | o | o | xo | o | o | xo | xxx | | 2.22 | |
| 4 | Jan Dahlgren | Sweden | – | – | o | o | o | o | o | xo | xxx | | | | 2.17 | |
| 5 | Vladimír Malý | Czechoslovakia | – | – | xo | o | o | o | xo | xxo | xxx | | | | 2.17 | |
| 6 | Asko Pesonen | Finland | – | – | – | xo | – | o | xxo | xxo | xxx | | | | 2.17 | |
| 7 | József Tihanyi | Hungary | – | – | – | – | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | 2.14 | |
| 8 | Roman Moravec | Czechoslovakia | – | o | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | 2.14 | |
| 9 | Hans–Jörg Wildförster | West Germany | – | – | o | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | | 2.11 | |
| 9 | Rudolf Baudis | Czechoslovakia | – | – | o | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | | 2.11 | |
| 11 | Michel Le Goff | France | – | – | o | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | | 2.11 | |
| 12 | Petar Bogdanov | Bulgaria | – | – | o | o | xo | xxx | | | | | | | 2.08 | |
| 13 | Gian Marco Schivo | Italy | – | o | o | o | – | xxx | | | | | | | 2.05 | |
| 13 | Csaba Dosa | Romania | – | o | o | o | – | xxx | | | | | | | 2.05 | |
| 15 | Beat Tenger | Switzerland | o | o | xxx | | | | | | | | | | 1.95 | |
