Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump
Men's high jump at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Olympic Stadium | |||||||||||||
Dates | 20–21 October | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 28 from 19 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning height | 2.18 OR | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
80 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
20 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Pentathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
The men's high jump was one of four men's jumping events on the
Background
This was the 15th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1960 Games were gold medalist
Bulgaria, Chad, the Republic of the Congo, Peru, Spain, and Thailand each made their debut in the event. The United States appeared for the 15th time, having competed at each edition of the Olympic men's high jump to that point.
Competition format
The competition used the two-round format introduced in 1912. There were two distinct rounds of jumping with results cleared between rounds. The qualifying round had the bar set at 1.90 metres, 1.95 metres, 2.00 metres, 2.03 metres, and 2.06 metres. All jumpers clearing 2.06 metres in the qualifying round advanced to the final. The final had jumps at 1.90 metres, 1.95 metres, 2.00 metres, 2.03 metres, 2.06 metres, 2.09 metres, 2.12 metres, and then increased by 0.02 metres until a winner was found. Each athlete had three attempts at each height.[2][3]
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1964 Summer Olympics.
World record | Valeriy Brumel (URS) | 2.28 | Moscow, Soviet Union | 21 July 1963 |
Olympic record | Robert Shavlakadze (URS) Valeriy Brumel (URS) |
2.16 | Rome, Italy | 1 September 1960 |
Valeriy Brumel, John Thomas and John Rambo all equalled the Olympic record with 2.16 metres. Brumel and Thomas then set a new Olympic record with 2.18 metres.
Schedule
All times are
Date | Time | Round |
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Tuesday, 20 October 1964 | Qualifying | |
Wednesday, 21 October 1964 | 14:00 | Final |
Results
Key
- o = Height cleared
- x = Height failed
- – = Height passed
- r = Retired
- SB = Season's best
- PB = Personal best
- NR = National record
- AR = Area record
- OR = Olympic record
- WR = World record
- WL = World lead
- NM = No mark
- DNS = Did not start
- DQ = Disqualified
Qualifying
Jumpers had to pass 2.06 metres to qualify for the final. The bar started at 1.90 metres, increasing gradually to 2.06 metres. Each jumper had three attempts at each height or could skip any lower height (but could not return to a lower height if he determined that he could not succeed).
Rank | Athlete | Nation | 1.90 | 1.95 | 2.00 | 2.03 | 2.06 | Height | Notes |
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1 | Henri Elendé | Republic of the Congo | o | — | o | — | o | 2.06 | Q |
Robert Shavlakadze | Soviet Union | — | — | o | o | o | 2.06 | Q | |
3 | Edward Czernik | Poland | — | o | o | o | o | 2.06 | Q |
Mahamat Idriss | Chad | — | o | o | o | o | 2.06 | Q | |
Valeriy Skvortsov | Soviet Union | — | o | o | o | o | 2.06 | Q | |
6 | John Thomas | United States | — | — | xo | o | o | 2.06 | Q |
7 | Mauro Bogliatto | Italy | — | o | o | xo | o | 2.06 | Q |
8 | Ed Caruthers | United States | o | xo | o | o | o | 2.06 | Q |
Lawrie Peckham | Australia | o | o | o | xo | o | 2.06 | Q | |
John Rambo | United States | o | o | o | xo | o | 2.06 | Q | |
11 | Valeriy Brumel | Soviet Union | — | — | o | xxo | o | 2.06 | Q |
12 | Evgeni Yordanov |
Bulgaria | o | xo | xo | o | o | 2.06 | Q |
13 | Stig Pettersson | Sweden | — | o | o | o | xo | 2.06 | Q |
14 | Kjell-Åke Nilsson | Sweden | — | o | xo | o | xo | 2.06 | Q |
Anthony Sneazwell |
Australia | — | xo | o | o | xo | 2.06 | Q | |
16 | Wolfgang Schillkowski | United Team of Germany | o | o | o | xo | xo | 2.06 | Q |
17 | Samuel Igun | Nigeria | o | o | xo | xo | xo | 2.06 | Q |
18 | Rudi Köppen | United Team of Germany | — | xo | o | xxo | xo | 2.06 | Q |
19 | Ralf Drecoll | United Team of Germany | o | o | o | o | xxo | 2.06 | Q |
20 | Gordon Miller | Great Britain | o | o | xxo | xo | xxo | 2.06 | Q |
21 | Luis María Garriga | Spain | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | 2.03 | |
22 | Henrik Hellén | Finland | o | o | o | xxx | — | 2.00 | |
Robert Sainte-Rose | France | o | o | o | xxx | — | 2.00 | ||
24 | Kuniyoshi Sugioka | Japan | o | xo | o | xxx | — | 2.00 | |
25 | Jón Ólafsson | Iceland | o | o | xo | xxx | — | 2.00 | |
26 | Roberto Abugattás | Peru | o | xo | xxx | — | 1.95 | ||
27 | Kinya Miyazaki | Japan | o | — | xxx | — | 1.90 | ||
— | Kateseperswasdi Bhakdikul |
Thailand | xxx | — | No mark | ||||
— | Cha Won Sil | North Korea | DNS |
Final
Each jumper again had three attempts at each height, with the bar starting at 1.90 metres. Three jumpers were unable to perform as well as they had in the qualification.
Rank | Athlete | Nation | 1.90 | 1.95 | 2.00 | 2.03 | 2.06 | 2.09 | 2.12 | 2.14 | 2.16 | 2.18 | 2.20 | Height | Notes |
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Valeriy Brumel | Soviet Union | — | — | o | o | o | o | o | xxo | o | o | xxx | 2.18 | OR | |
John Thomas |
United States | — | — | o | o | o | o | xo | xxo | xo | o | xxx | 2.18 | OR | |
John Rambo | United States | — | — | o | o | o | o | xo | o | xxo | xxx | — | 2.16 | ||
4 | Stig Pettersson | Sweden | — | — | o | — | o | o | xo | xo | xxx | — | 2.14 | ||
5 | Robert Shavlakadze | Soviet Union | — | — | — | o | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | — | 2.14 | ||
6 | Ralf Drecoll | United Team of Germany | — | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | — | 2.09 | ||||
Kjell-Åke Nilsson | Sweden | — | o | o | o | o | o | xxx | — | 2.09 | |||||
8 | Ed Caruthers | United States | — | o | o | o | xo | o | xxx | — | 2.09 | ||||
9 | Mahamat Idriss | Chad | — | o | o | o | o | xo | xxx | — | 2.09 | ||||
10 | Lawrie Peckham | Australia | o | o | o | o | o | xo | xxx | — | 2.09 | ||||
11 | Edward Czernik | Poland | — | — | o | — | o | xxx | — | 2.06 | |||||
12 | Evgeni Yordanov |
Bulgaria | — | o | o | o | o | xxx | — | 2.06 | |||||
13 | Anthony Sneazwell |
Australia | — | xo | o | xxo | o | xxx | — | 2.06 | |||||
14 | Valeriy Skvortsov | Soviet Union | — | o | o | o | xo | xxx | — | 2.06 | |||||
15 | Samuel Igun | Nigeria | o | o | o | o | xo | xxx | — | 2.06 | |||||
16 | Mauro Bogliatto | Italy | — | xo | o | o | xo | xxx | — | 2.06 | |||||
17 | Wolfgang Schillkowski | United Team of Germany | o | o | o | o | xxo | xxx | — | 2.06 | |||||
18 | Gordon Miller | Great Britain | o | o | o | o | xxx | — | 2.03 | ||||||
19 | Rudi Köppen | United Team of Germany | o | o | o | xxx | — | 2.00 | |||||||
20 | Henri Elendé | Republic of the Congo | o | xxx | — | 1.90 |
References
- ^ "Athletics at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's High Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2017.
- ^ a b "High Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
- ^ Official Report, vol. 2, p. 44.