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

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 18 October 1964. 37 athletes from 23 nations entered, with 5 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 4cm by Lynn Davies of Great Britain, breaking a string of eight straight American victories. It was Great Britain's first gold medal in the men's long jump, and first medal since 1900. It was only the second time the United States had not won the event, with Sweden's William Petersson in 1920 the only non-American to win before Davies. Ralph Boston of the United States and Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of the Soviet Union became the third and fourth men to win a second medal in the long jump (Boston had won gold and Ter-Ovanesyan bronze in 1960).

Men's long jump
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Ralph Boston, Lynn Davies and Igor Ter-Ovanesyan
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date18 October
Competitors32 from 20 nations
Winning distance8.07
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lynn Davies
 Great Britain
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ralph Boston
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Igor Ter-Ovanesyan
 Soviet Union
← 1960
1968 →
Official Video Highlights @57:04 Video on YouTube

Background

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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 defending champion Ralph Boston of the United States, bronze medalist Igor Ter-Ovanesyan of the Soviet Union, eleventh-place finisher Dimos Manglaras of Greece, and thirteenth-place finisher Fred Alsop of Great Britain. The event was expected to be a battle between Boston and Ter-Ovanesyan; since the 1960 Games, Boston had broken his own world record twice, Ter-Ovanesyan had broken Boston's new world record, and then Boston had first tied and then broken Ter-Ovanesyan's new world record.[2]

Ghana, Hong Kong, Jamaica, and Puerto Rico each made their first appearance in the event. The United States appeared for the 15th time, the only nation to have long jumpers at each of the Games thus far.

Competition format

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The 1964 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 7.60 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

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

World record   Ralph Boston (USA) 8.34 Los Angeles, United States 12 September 1964
Olympic record   Ralph Boston (USA) 8.12 Rome, Italy 2 September 1960

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

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All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)

Date Time Round
Sunday, 18 October 1964 10:30
15:00
Qualifying
Final

Results

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Qualifying

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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.

Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Distance Notes
1 Ralph Boston   United States 8.03 8.03 Q
2 Lynn Davies   Great Britain 7.39 X 7.78 7.78 Q
3 Igor Ter-Ovanesyan   Soviet Union 7.78 7.78 Q
4 Gayle Hopkins   United States 7.67 7.67 Q
5 Wariboko West   Nigeria 7.62 7.62 Q
6 Wolfgang Klein   United Team of Germany 7.59 X 7.54 7.59 q
7 John Morbey   Great Britain X X 7.56 7.56 q
8 Michael Ahey   Ghana 7.21 7.26 7.53 7.53 q
9 Jean Cochard   France 6.96 X 7.52 7.52 q
10 Luis Felipe Areta   Spain 7.31 7.46 7.34 7.46 q
11 Andrzej Stalmach   Poland 7.27 7.46 X 7.46 q
12 Yamada Hiroomi   Japan X 7.46 X 7.46 q
13 Pentti Eskola   Finland 7.43 7.35 X 7.43
14 Antanas Vaupšas   Soviet Union X X 7.43 7.43
15 Leonid Barkovskyy   Soviet Union 7.30 7.39 X 7.39
16 Sunday Akpata   Nigeria X X 7.34 7.34
17 Raycho Tsonev   Bulgaria X 7.33 7.29 7.33
18 Hans-Helmut Trense   United Team of Germany 7.09 7.20 7.30 7.30
19 Wellesley Clayton   Jamaica 6.75 X 7.28 7.28
20 Koru Kawazu   Japan 7.28 X X 7.28
21 Klaus Beer   United Team of Germany X 7.25 7.27 7.27
22 Fred Alsop   Great Britain 7.26 X X 7.26
Phillip Shinnick   United States 7.26 X X 7.26
24 Alain Levèvre   France 6.77 X 7.24 7.24
25 Dimos Manglaras   Greece 7.06 7.11 7.21 7.21
26 Satoshi Takayanagi   Japan 7.15 X X 7.15
27 Ian Tomlinson   Australia 7.07 X X 7.07
28 Henrik Kalocsai   Hungary 6.94 6.99 X 6.99
29 S. Bondada Venkata   India X 6.76 X 6.76
30 Samuel Cruz   Puerto Rico X 6.74 6.72 6.74
31 Chu Ming   Hong Kong 6.41 X 4.91 6.41
Iftikhar Shah   Pakistan X X X No mark
Joseph Adjei   Ghana DNS
Constantin Badea   Romania DNS
William Kamanyi   Uganda DNS
George Ogan   Nigeria DNS
Samir Vincent   Iraq DNS

Final

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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.

Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance
  Lynn Davies   Great Britain 7.45 X 7.59 7.78 8.07 7.74 8.07
  Ralph Boston   United States 7.76 7.85 7.62 7.88 X 8.03 8.03
  Igor Ter-Ovanesyan   Soviet Union 7.78 X 7.64 7.80 7.99 7.81 7.99
4 Wariboko West   Nigeria 7.56 7.51 7.50 7.40 7.60 X 7.60
5 Jean Cochard   France X X 7.44 7.43 7.26 7.10 7.44
6 Luis Felipe Areta   Spain 7.20 7.31 7.34 5.16 X 6.99 7.34
7 Michael Ahey   Ghana 6.99 7.00 7.30 Did not advance 7.30
8 Andrzej Stalmach   Poland 7.26 7.10 X Did not advance 7.26
9 Yamada Hiroomi   Japan 6.94 X 7.16 Did not advance 7.16
10 Wolfgang Klein   United Team of Germany 7.06 7.13 7.15 Did not advance 7.15
11 John Morbey   Great Britain 7.09 6.91 6.77 Did not advance 7.09
Gayle Hopkins   United States X X X Did not advance No mark

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's Long Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 16 December 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Long Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, vol. 2, p. 47.