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

The women's high jump event at the 1972 European Athletics Indoor Championships was held on 12 March in Grenoble.

## Results

| Rank | Name | Nationality | 1.60 | 1.65 | 1.70 | 1.73 | 1.76 | 1.78 | 1.80 | 1.82 | 1.84 | 1.86 | 1.86 | 1.90 | Result | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Rita Schmidt | East Germany | – | – | o | – | o | – | o | o | o | o | xo | o | 1.90 | WB |
| | Rita Gildemeister | East Germany | – | – | o | – | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | | | 1.84 | |
| | Yordanka Blagoeva | Bulgaria | – | o | o | – | o | o | o | o | xo | xxx | | | 1.84 | |
| 4 | Magdolna Komka | Hungary | – | o | o | o | xo | – | o | o | xo | xxx | | | 1.84 | |
| 5 | Grith Ejstrup | Denmark | – | – | o | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | | | 1.80 | |
| 6 | Marta Kostlanová | Czechoslovakia | – | o | o | o | xo | xo | xxx | | | | | | 1.78 | |
| 7 | Alena Prosková | Czechoslovakia | – | o | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | | | | | | 1.78 | |
| 8 | Monique Horrent | France | – | o | o | o | o | xxx | | | | | | | 1.76 | |
| 9 | Milada Karbanová | France | – | o | xo | o | o | xxx | | | | | | | 1.76 | |
| 9 | Barbara Inkpen | Great Britain | – | o | o | xo | o | xxx | | | | | | | 1.76 | |
| 11 | Valentina Chulkova | Soviet Union | o | o | o | xo | o | xxx | | | | | | | 1.76 | |
| 12 | Solveig Langkilde | Denmark | – | – | xo | o | xxo | xxx | | | | | | | 1.76 | |
| 13 | Beatrix Rechner | Switzerland | – | o | o | xo | xxx | | | | | | | | 1.73 | |
