Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump

The men's high jump was one of four men's jumping events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. Qualification was held on October 20, 1964, with the final on October 21. 29 athletes from 20 nations entered, with 1 not starting in the qualification round.[1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Valeriy Brumel of the Soviet Union, the nation's second consecutive victory in the men's high jump. Brumel, who had earned silver in 1960, and American John Thomas, who had previously taken bronze in 1960 and now won silver, became the first two men to win multiple medals in the Olympic high jump. John Rambo, also of the United States, won bronze to complete the podium.

Men's high jump
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
John Thomas, Valeriy Brumel and John Rambo on the podium
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates20–21 October
Competitors28 from 19 nations
Winning height2.18 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Valeriy Brumel  Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) John Thomas  United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) John Rambo  United States
← 1960
1968 →

Background

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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 Robert Shavlakadze and silver medalist Valery Brumel of the Soviet Union, bronze medalist John Thomas of the United States, fifth-place finisher Stig Pettersson and seventh-place finisher Kjell-Åke Nilsson of Sweden, twelfth-place finisher Mahamat Idriss of France (now of independent Chad), and sixteenth-place finisher Gordon Miller of Great Britain. While Shavlakadze and Brumel beating Thomas had been a major upset in 1960, Brumel had been the best jumper in the intervening four years—improving the world record six times—and was now the favorite. Brumel and Thomas had faced off nine times since 1960, with Brumel winning eight and Thomas one.[2]

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

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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

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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

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All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Date Time Round
Tuesday, 20 October 1964 Qualifying
Wednesday, 21 October 1964 14:00 Final

Results

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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

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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
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

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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
  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

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  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ a b "High Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 16 September 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, vol. 2, p. 44.