Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump

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Men's long jump
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
Ralph Boston 1960.jpg
Ralph Boston
Venue Olympic Stadium
DateSeptember 2, 1960
Competitors49 from 34 nations
Winning distance8.12 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Ralph Boston
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Bo Roberson
Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Igor Ter-Ovanesyan
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
  1956
1964  

The men's long jump field event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on September 2. [1] Forty-nine athletes from 34 nations competed. [2] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by 1 cm by Ralph Boston of the United States, the nation's eighth consecutive and 13th overall victory in the men's long jump. Igor Ter-Ovanesyan's bronze was the Soviet Union's first medal in the event.

Background

This was the 14th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1956 Games were bronze medalist Jorma Valkama of Finland, fourth-place finisher Dmitriy Bondarenko of the Soviet Union, sixth-place finisher Kazimierz Kropidłowski of Poland, twelfth-place finisher Fermín Donazar of Uruguay, and Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of the Soviet Union, who had fouled in all three attempts in the 1956 final. Ralph Boston of the United States was favored; the month before the Games he had broken the 25-year-old world record set by Jesse Owens. Ter-Ovanesyan, the 1958 European champion, was his biggest challenger. [2]

The British West Indies, Egypt, Iraq, Malaya, and New Zealand each made their first appearance in the event; Germany competed as the "United Team of Germany" for the first time. The United States appeared for the 14th time, the only nation to have long jumpers at each of the Games thus far.

Competition format

The 1960 competition used the two-round format with divided final introduced in 1952. The qualifying round gave each competitor three jumps to achieve a distance of 7.40 metres; if fewer than 12 men did so, the top 12 (including all those tied) would advance. The final provided each jumper with three jumps; the top six jumpers received an additional three jumps for a total of six, with the best to count (qualifying round jumps were not considered for the final). [2] [3]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Ralph Boston  (USA)8.21 Walnut, United States 12 August 1960
Olympic recordUS flag 48 stars.svg  Jesse Owens  (USA)8.06 Berlin, Germany 4 August 1936

Ralph Boston broke the Olympic record with an 8.12 metre jump on his third attempt in the final. In his last jump, Bo Roberson also surpassed the old Olympic record but did not quite reach Boston's new record, jumping 8.11 metres.

Schedule

All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

DateTimeRound
Friday, 2 September 19609:00
16:20
Qualifying
Final

Results

All jumpers reaching 7.40 metres advanced to the finals. All distances are listen in metres.

Qualifying

RankAthleteNation123DistanceNotes
1 Bo Roberson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7.817.81Q
2 Igor Ter-Ovanesyan Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 7.797.79Q
3 Henk Visser Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 7.297.727.72Q
4 Manfred Steinbach Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany X7.707.70Q
5 Jorma Valkama Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 7.637.63Q
6 Ralph Boston Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7.607.60Q
7 Takayuki Okazaki Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 7.587.58Q
8 Attilio Bravi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 7.577.57Q
9 Dmytro Bondarenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 7.247.337.497.49Q
10 Manfred Molzberger Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 7.217.467.46Q
11 Dimos Manglaras Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 7.357.257.457.45Q
12 Fred Alsop Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain X6.937.427.42Q
13 Paul Foreman Flag of the West Indies Federation.svg  British West Indies X7.427.42Q
14 Christian Collardot Flag of France.svg  France 7.327.407.40Q
15 John Oladipo Oladitan Flag of Nigeria (1952-1960).svg  Nigeria 7.337.297.387.38
16 Kazimierz Kropidłowski Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland X7.37X7.37
17 Yukishige Yasuma Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 7.34X7.267.34
18 Juhani Manninen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 7.347.216.497.34
19 Fritz Köppen Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany X7.327.097.32
20 Anthony Watson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.95X7.327.32
21 Gustav Schlosser Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 7.267.27X7.27
22 Jan Netopilík Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 7.06X7.267.26
23 Fermín Donazar Flag of Uruguay.svg  Uruguay 7.097.247.147.24
24 Roberto Procel Flag of Mexico (1934-1968).svg  Mexico X7.137.237.23
25 David Kushnir Flag of Israel.svg  Israel 7.167.207.127.20
26 Ali Brakchi Flag of France.svg  France 7.207.096.897.20
27 John Howell Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 7.19XX7.19
28 Pedro de Almeida Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 7.10X7.097.10
29 Roar Berthelsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 6.726.957.097.09
30 B. V. Satyanarayan Flag of India.svg  India 6.957.08X7.08
31 Luis Felipe Areta Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain 7.04X7.047.04
32 Dave Norris Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 6.917.027.047.04
33 Ian Tomlinson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 7.03XX7.03
34 Seo Yeong-Ju Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).svg  South Korea 6.786.98X6.98
35 Yalçın Ünsal Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 6.976.586.586.97
36 John Baguley Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6.84X6.966.96
37 Mahmoud Atter Abdel Fattah Flag of the United Arab Republic (1958-1971).svg  Egypt 6.726.94X6.94
38 Romain Poté Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 6.816.696.926.92
39 Jun Ebina Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 6.686.836.586.83
40 Revaz Kvachakidze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 5.426.82X6.82
41 Prajim Wongsuwan Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 6.78XX6.78
42 Vilhjálmur Einarsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 6.766.646.76
43 Kaimar-ud-Din bin Maidin Flag of Malaya.svg  Malaya 6.745.845.386.74
44 Virsa Singh Flag of India.svg  India 6.606.706.686.70
45 Bevyn Baker Flag of Australia.svg  Australia XX6.436.43
46 A. Abdul Razzak Flag of Iraq (1959-1963).svg  Iraq X6.376.376.37
Clive Bonas Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Venezuela XXXNo mark
Luigi Ulivelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy XXXNo mark
Muhammad Ramzan Ali Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan XXXNo mark
José da Conceição Flag of Brazil (1960-1968).svg  Brazil DNS
Henryk Grabowski Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland DNS
Rouhollah Rahmani State Flag of Iran (1933-1964).svg  Iran DNS
Iftikhar Shah Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan DNS
Torgny Wåhlander Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden DNS
Ali ZaidFlag of Afghanistan (1931-1973).svg  Afghanistan DNS

Final

RankAthleteNation123456Distance
Gold medal icon.svg Ralph Boston Flag of the United States.svg  United States 7.82X8.12 OR 7.80X7.968.12
Silver medal icon.svg Bo Roberson Flag of the United States.svg  United States X8.037.887.757.628.118.11
Bronze medal icon.svg Igor Ter-Ovanesyan Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 7.907.80XX7.688.048.04
4 Manfred Steinbach Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 7.81X7.76XX8.008.00
5 Jorma Valkama Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 7.527.697.367.31X7.297.69
6 Christian Collardot Flag of France.svg  France 7.67X7.686.967.50X7.68
7 Henk Visser Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 7.597.437.66Did not advance7.66
8 Dmytro Bondarenko Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 7.277.587.37Did not advance7.58
9 Manfred Molzberger Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany 7.357.497.47Did not advance7.49
10 Attilio Bravi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 7.307.227.47Did not advance7.47
11 Dimos Manglaras Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 7.167.327.45Did not advance7.45
12 Paul Foreman Flag of the West Indies Federation.svg  British West Indies 7.26Did not advance7.26
13 Fred Alsop Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 7.257.187.16Did not advance7.25
Takayuki Okazaki Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan DNS

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's Long Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2017.
  2. 1 2 3 "Long Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  3. Official Report, p. 328.