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

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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 20 October 1964, with the final on 21 October. 29 athletes from 20 nations entered, with 1 not starting in the qualification round.

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[edit] Medallists

Gold Silver Bronze
Soviet Union Valeriy Brumel
Soviet Union		 United States John Curtis Thomas
United States		 United States John Barnett Rambo
United States

[edit] Results

[edit] Qualification

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).

Place Athlete Nation Best mark 1.90 1.95 2.00 2.03 2.06
1 Valeriy Brumel Soviet Union Soviet Union 2.06 metres 1st 3rd 1st
Mauro Bogliatto Italy Italy 2.06 metres 1st 1st 2nd 1st
Edward Caruthers United States United States 2.06 metres 1st 2nd 1st 1st 1st
Edward Czernik Poland Poland 2.06 metres 1st 1st 1st 1st
Ralf Drecoll Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 2.06 metres 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd
Henri Elende Congo Congo 2.06 metres 1st 1st 1st
Mahamat Idriss Chad Chad 2.06 metres 1st 1st 1st 1st
Samuel Igun Nigeria Nigeria 2.06 metres 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 2nd
Evgeni Jordanov Bulgaria Bulgaria 2.06 metres 1st 2nd 2nd 1st 1st
Rudolf Koppen Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 2.06 metres 2nd 1st 3rd 2nd
Gordon Albert Miller Great Britain and Northern Ireland Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2.06 metres 1st 1st 3rd 2nd 3rd
Kjell-Ake Nilsson Sweden Sweden 2.06 metres 1st 2nd 1st 2nd
Lawrence William Peckham Australia Australia 2.06 metres 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st
Stig Pettersson Sweden Sweden 2.06 metres 1st 1st 1st 2nd
John Barnett Rambo United States United States 2.06 metres 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st
Wolfgang Schillkowski Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 2.06 metres 1st 1st 1st 2nd 2nd
Robert Shavlakadze Soviet Union Soviet Union 2.06 metres 1st 1st 1st
Valery Skvortsov Soviet Union Soviet Union 2.06 metres 1st 1st 1st 1st
Anthony Sneazwell Australia Australia 2.06 metres 2nd 1st 1st 2nd
John Curtis Thomas United States United States 2.06 metres 2nd 1st 1st
21 Luis Maria Garriga Spain Spain 2.03 metres 1st 1st 1st 3rd Fail
22 Johan Henrik Hellen Finland Finland 2.00 metres 1st 1st 1st Fail
Robert Sainte Rose France France 2.00 metres 1st 1st 1st Fail
24 Sugioka Kuniyoshi Japan Japan 2.00 metres 1st 2nd 1st Fail
25 Jon Olafsson Iceland Iceland 2.00 metres 1st 1st 2nd Fail
26 Roberto Abugattas Peru Peru 1.95 metres 1st 2nd Fail
27 Miyazaki Kinya Japan Japan 1.90 metres 1st Fail
28 Katesepswasdi Bhakdikul Thailand Thailand No mark Fail
— Cha Won Sil Democratic People's Republic of Korea DPR Korea Did not start

[edit] 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.

Place Athlete Nation Best mark 1.90 1.95 2.00 2.03 2.06 2.09 2.12 2.14 2.16 2.18 2.20
1 Valeriy Brumel Soviet Union Soviet Union 2.18 metres OR 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd 1st 1st Fail
2 John Curtis Thomas United States United States 2.18 metres OR 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 2nd 1st Fail
3 John Barnett Rambo United States United States 2.16 metres 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd 1st 3rd Fail
4 Stig Pettersson Sweden Sweden 2.16 metres 1st 1st 1st 2nd 2nd 3rd Fail
5 Robert Shavlakadze Soviet Union Soviet Union 2.14 metres 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd Fail
6 Ralf Drecoll Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 2.09 metres 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st Fail
Kjell-Ake Nilsson Sweden Sweden 2.09 metres 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st Fail
8 Edward Caruthers United States United States 2.09 metres 1st 1st 2nd 1st Fail
9 Mahamat Idriss Chad Chad 2.09 metres 1st 1st 1st 2nd Fail
10 Lawrence William Peckham Australia Australia 2.09 metres 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd Fail
11 Edward Czernik Poland Poland 2.06 metres 1st 1st Fail
12 Evgeni Jordanov Bulgaria Bulgaria 2.06 metres 1st 1st 1st 1st Fail
13 Anthony Sneazwell Australia Australia 2.06 metres 2nd 1st 3rd 1st Fail
14 Valery Skvortsov Soviet Union Soviet Union 2.06 metres 1st 1st 1st 2nd Fail
15 Samuel Igun Nigeria Nigeria 2.06 metres 1st 1st 1st 1st 2nd Fail
16 Mauro Bogliatto Italy Italy 2.06 metres 2nd 1st 1st 2nd Fail
17 Wolfgang Schillkowski Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 2.06 metres 1st 1st 1st 1st 3rd Fail
18 Gordon Albert Miller Great Britain and Northern Ireland Great Britain and Northern Ireland 2.03 metres 1st 1st 1st 1st Fail
19 Rudolf Koppen Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 2.00 metres 1st 1st 2nd Fail
20 Henri Elende Congo Congo 1.90 metres 1st Fail

[edit] References

  • Official Report


The 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo
Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics
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