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

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The men's long jump was one of four men's jumping events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 14 October 1964. 37 athletes from 23 nations entered, with 5 not starting in the qualification round.

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[edit] Medallists

Gold Silver Bronze
Great Britain and Northern Ireland Lynn Davies
Great Britain and Northern Ireland		 United States Ralph Boston
United States		 Soviet Union Igor Ter-Ovanesyan
Soviet Union

[edit] Results

[edit] Qualification

The qualification standard was 7.60 metres with a minimum of 12 jumpers advancing. Each jumper had three opportunities. Since only 5 jumpers met the standard, the next 7 longest jumpers also advanced.

Place Athlete Nation Best mark Jump 1 Jump 2 Jump 3
1 Ralph Boston United States United States 8.03 metres 8.03 —
2 Lynn Davies Great Britain and Northern Ireland Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7.78 metres 7.39 X 7.78
Igor Ter-Ovanesyan Soviet Union Soviet Union 7.78 metres 7.78 —
4 Gayle Hopkins United States United States 7.67 metres 7.67 —
5 Wariboko West Nigeria Nigeria 7.62 metres 7.62 —
6 Wolfgang Klein Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 7.59 metres 7.59 X 7.54
7 John Michael Morbey Great Britain and Northern Ireland Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7.56 metres X X 7.56
8 Michael Kofi Ahey Ghana Ghana 7.53 metres 7.21 7.26 7.53
9 Jean Cochard France France 7.52 metres 6.96 X 7.52
10 Luis Felipe Areta Spain Spain 7.46 metres 7.31 7.46 7.34
Andrzej Stalmach Poland Poland 7.46 metres 7.27 7.46 X
Yamada Hiroomi Japan Japan 7.46 metres X 7.46 X
13 Pentti Eskola Finland Finland 7.43 metres 7.43 7.35 X
Antanas Vaupshas Soviet Union Soviet Union 7.43 metres X X 7.43
15 Leonid Barbovsky Soviet Union Soviet Union 7.39 metres 7.30 7.39 X
16 Sungay Akpata Nigeria Nigeria 7.34 metres X X 7.34
17 Raitcho Stoytchev Bulgaria Bulgaria 7.33 metres X 7.33 7.29
18 Hans-Helmut Trense Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 7.30 metres 7.09 7.20 7.30
19 Wellesley Clayton Jamaica Jamaica 7.28 metres 6.75 X 7.28
Kawazu Koro Japan Japan 7.28 metres 7.28 X X
21 Klaus Beer Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 7.27 metres X 7.25 7.27
22 Frederick John Alsop Great Britain and Northern Ireland Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7.26 metres 7.26 X X
23 Alain Defevre France France 7.24 metres 6.77 X 7.24
24 Dimos Manglaras Greece Greece 7.21 metres 7.06 7.11 7.21
25 Takayanagi Satosohi Japan Japan 7.15 metres 7.15 X X
26 Ian Ross Tomlinson Australia Australia 7.07 metres 7.07 X X
27 Henrik Kalocsai Hungary Hungary 6.99 metres 6.94 6.99 X
28 S. Bondada Venkata India India 6.76 metres X 6.76 X
29 David Samuel Cruz Puerto Rico Puerto Rico 6.74 metres X 6.74 6.72
30 Chu Ming Hong Kong Hong Kong 6.41 metres 6.41 X 4.91
31 Iftikhar Shah Pakistan Pakistan No mark X X X
— Joseph Adjei Ghana Ghana Did not start —
Constantin Badea Romania Romania Did not start —
William Kamanyi Uganda Uganda Did not start —
George Ogan Nigeria Nigeria Did not start —
Samir Ambrose Vincent Iraq Iraq Did not start —

[edit] Final

For the final, the qualification marks were ignored and each jumper received three jumps. The six jumpers with the best marks in the final were awarded three more attempts, and their best mark from all six of the final jumps was considered.

Place Athlete Nation Best mark Jump 1 Jump 2 Jump 3 Jump 4 Jump 5 Jump 6
1 Lynn Davies Great Britain and Northern Ireland Great Britain and Northern Ireland 8.07 metres 7.45 X 7.59 7.78 8.07 7.74
2 Ralph Boston United States United States 8.03 metres 7.76 7.85 7.62 7.88 X 8.03
3 Igor Ter-Ovanesyan Soviet Union Soviet Union 7.99 metres 7.78 X 7.64 7.80 7.99 7.81
4 Wariboko West Nigeria Nigeria 7.60 metres 7.56 7.51 7.50 7.40 7.60 X
5 Jean Cochard France France 7.44 metres X X 7.44 7.43 7.26 7.10
6 Luis Felipe Areta Spain Spain 7.34 metres 7.20 7.31 7.34 5.16 X 6.99
7 Michael Kofi Ahey Ghana Ghana 7.30 metres 6.99 7.00 7.30
8 Andrzej Stalmach Poland Poland 7.26 metres 7.26 7.10 X
9 Yamada Hiroomi Japan Japan 7.16 metres 6.94 X 7.16
10 Wolfgang Klein Unified Team of Germany Unified Team of Germany 7.15 metres 7.06 7.13 7.15
11 John Michael Morbey Great Britain and Northern Ireland Great Britain and Northern Ireland 7.09 metres 7.09 6.91 6.77
12 Gayle Hopkins United States United States No mark X X X

[edit] References

  • Official Report


The 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo
Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics
Men's

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