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

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Men's high jump
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
John Thomas, Valeriy Brumel, John Rambo 1964.jpg
John Thomas, Valeriy Brumel and John Rambo on the podium
Venue Olympic Stadium
Dates20–21 October
Competitors28 from 19 nations
Winning height2.18 OR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Valeriy Brumel Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Silver medal icon.svg John Thomas Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg John Rambo Flag of the United States.svg  United States
  1960
1968  

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.

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 recordFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Valeriy Brumel  (URS)2.28 Moscow, Soviet Union 21 July 1963
Olympic recordFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Robert Shavlakadze  (URS)
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  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

All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

DateTimeRound
Tuesday, 20 October 1964Qualifying
Wednesday, 21 October 196414:00Final

Results

Key

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).

RankAthleteNation1.901.952.002.032.06HeightNotes
1 Henri Elendé Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo ooo2.06Q
Robert Shavlakadze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union ooo2.06Q
3 Edward Czernik Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland oooo2.06Q
Mahamat Idriss Flag of Chad.svg  Chad oooo2.06Q
Valeriy Skvortsov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union oooo2.06Q
6 John Thomas Flag of the United States.svg  United States xooo2.06Q
7 Mauro Bogliatto Flag of Italy.svg  Italy ooxoo2.06Q
8 Ed Caruthers Flag of the United States.svg  United States oxoooo2.06Q
Lawrie Peckham Flag of Australia.svg  Australia oooxoo2.06Q
John Rambo Flag of the United States.svg  United States oooxoo2.06Q
11 Valeriy Brumel Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union oxxoo2.06Q
12 Evgeni Yordanov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria oxoxooo2.06Q
13 Stig Pettersson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden oooxo2.06Q
14 Kjell-Åke Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden oxooxo2.06Q
Anthony Sneazwell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia xoooxo2.06Q
16 Wolfgang Schillkowski Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany oooxoxo2.06Q
17 Samuel Igun Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria ooxoxoxo2.06Q
18 Rudi Köppen Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany xooxxoxo2.06Q
19 Ralf Drecoll Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany ooooxxo2.06Q
20 Gordon Miller Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain ooxxoxoxxo2.06Q
21 Luis María Garriga Flag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Spain oooxxoxxx2.03
22 Henrik Hellén Flag of Finland.svg  Finland oooxxx2.00
Robert Sainte-Rose Flag of France.svg  France oooxxx2.00
24 Kuniyoshi Sugioka Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan oxooxxx2.00
25 Jón Ólafsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland ooxoxxx2.00
26 Roberto Abugattás Flag of Peru.svg  Peru oxoxxx1.95
27 Kinya Miyazaki Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan oxxx1.90
Kateseperswasdi Bhakdikul Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand xxxNo mark
Cha Won Sil Flag of North Korea.svg  North Korea DNS

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.

RankAthleteNation1.901.952.002.032.062.092.122.142.162.182.20HeightNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Valeriy Brumel Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union oooooxxoooxxx2.18 OR
Silver medal icon.svg John Thomas Flag of the United States.svg  United States ooooxoxxoxooxxx2.18 OR
Bronze medal icon.svg John Rambo Flag of the United States.svg  United States ooooxooxxoxxx2.16
4 Stig Pettersson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden oooxoxoxxx2.14
5 Robert Shavlakadze Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union ooooxxoxxx2.14
6 Ralf Drecoll Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany oooooxxx2.09
Kjell-Åke Nilsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden oooooxxx2.09
8 Ed Caruthers Flag of the United States.svg  United States oooxooxxx2.09
9 Mahamat Idriss Flag of Chad.svg  Chad ooooxoxxx2.09
10 Lawrie Peckham Flag of Australia.svg  Australia oooooxoxxx2.09
11 Edward Czernik Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland ooxxx2.06
12 Evgeni Yordanov Flag of Bulgaria (1948-1967).svg  Bulgaria ooooxxx2.06
13 Anthony Sneazwell Flag of Australia.svg  Australia xooxxooxxx2.06
14 Valeriy Skvortsov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union oooxoxxx2.06
15 Samuel Igun Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria ooooxoxxx2.06
16 Mauro Bogliatto Flag of Italy.svg  Italy xoooxoxxx2.06
17 Wolfgang Schillkowski Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany ooooxxoxxx2.06
18 Gordon Miller Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain ooooxxx2.03
19 Rudi Köppen Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  United Team of Germany oooxxx2.00
20 Henri Elendé Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg  Republic of the Congo oxxx1.90

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