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
Valeriy Brumel  Soviet Union
John Thomas  United States
John Rambo  United States

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 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

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)2.28Moscow, Soviet Union21 July 1963
Olympic record Robert Shavlakadze (URS)
 Valeriy Brumel (URS)
2.16Rome, Italy1 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 Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Date Time Round
Tuesday, 20 October 1964Qualifying
Wednesday, 21 October 196414:00Final

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).

RankAthleteNation 1.901.952.002.032.06HeightNotes
1Henri Elendé Republic of the Congoooo2.06Q
Robert Shavlakadze Soviet Unionooo2.06Q
3Edward Czernik Polandoooo2.06Q
Mahamat Idriss Chadoooo2.06Q
Valeriy Skvortsov Soviet Unionoooo2.06Q
6John Thomas United Statesxooo2.06Q
7Mauro Bogliatto Italyooxoo2.06Q
8Ed Caruthers United Statesoxoooo2.06Q
Lawrie Peckham Australiaoooxoo2.06Q
John Rambo United Statesoooxoo2.06Q
11Valeriy Brumel Soviet Unionoxxoo2.06Q
12Evgeni Yordanov Bulgariaoxoxooo2.06Q
13Stig Pettersson Swedenoooxo2.06Q
14Kjell-Åke Nilsson Swedenoxooxo2.06Q
Anthony Sneazwell Australiaxoooxo2.06Q
16Wolfgang Schillkowski United Team of Germanyoooxoxo2.06Q
17Samuel Igun Nigeriaooxoxoxo2.06Q
18Rudi Köppen United Team of Germanyxooxxoxo2.06Q
19Ralf Drecoll United Team of Germanyooooxxo2.06Q
20Gordon Miller Great Britainooxxoxoxxo2.06Q
21Luis María Garriga Spainoooxxoxxx2.03
22Henrik Hellén FinlandoooxxxN/A2.00
Robert Sainte-Rose FranceoooxxxN/A2.00
24Kuniyoshi Sugioka JapanoxooxxxN/A2.00
25Jón Ólafsson IcelandooxoxxxN/A2.00
26Roberto Abugattas PeruoxoxxxN/A1.95
27Kinya Miyazaki JapanoxxxN/A1.90
Kateseperswasdi Bhakdikul ThailandxxxN/ANo mark
Cha Won Sil North KoreaDNS

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.

RankAthleteNation 1.901.952.002.032.062.092.122.142.162.182.20HeightNotes
Valeriy Brumel Soviet Unionoooooxxoooxxx2.18OR
John Thomas United Statesooooxoxxoxooxxx2.18OR
John Rambo United StatesooooxooxxoxxxN/A2.16
4Stig Pettersson SwedenoooxoxoxxxN/A2.14
5Robert Shavlakadze Soviet UnionooooxxoxxxN/A2.14
6Ralf Drecoll United Team of GermanyoooooxxxN/A2.09
Kjell-Åke Nilsson SwedenoooooxxxN/A2.09
8Ed Caruthers United StatesoooxooxxxN/A2.09
9Mahamat Idriss ChadooooxoxxxN/A2.09
10Lawrie Peckham AustraliaoooooxoxxxN/A2.09
11Edward Czernik PolandooxxxN/A2.06
12Evgeni Yordanov BulgariaooooxxxN/A2.06
13Anthony Sneazwell AustraliaxooxxooxxxN/A2.06
14Valeriy Skvortsov Soviet UnionoooxoxxxN/A2.06
15Samuel Igun NigeriaooooxoxxxN/A2.06
16Mauro Bogliatto ItalyxoooxoxxxN/A2.06
17Wolfgang Schillkowski United Team of GermanyooooxxoxxxN/A2.06
18Gordon Miller Great BritainooooxxxN/A2.03
19Rudi Köppen United Team of GermanyoooxxxN/A2.00
20Henri Elendé Republic of the CongooxxxN/A1.90

References

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