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]

Men's long jump
at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Ralph Boston, Lynn Davies and Igor Ter-Ovanesyan
VenueOlympic Stadium
Dates18 October
Competitors37 from 23 nations
Medalists
Lynn Davies  Great Britain
Ralph Boston  United States
Igor Ter-Ovanesyan  Soviet Union

Results

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.

PlaceAthleteNationBest mark Jump 1Jump 2Jump 3
1Ralph Boston United States8.03 metres8.03
2Lynn Davies Great Britain7.78 metres7.39X7.78
3Igor Ter-Ovanesyan Soviet Union7.78 metres7.78
4Gayle Hopkins United States7.67 metres7.67
5Wariboko West Nigeria7.62 metres7.62
6Wolfgang Klein United Team of Germany7.59 metres7.59X7.54
7John Morbey Great Britain7.56 metresXX7.56
8Michael Ahey Ghana7.53 metres7.217.267.53
9Jean Cochard France7.52 metres6.96X7.52
10Luis Felipe Areta Spain7.46 metres7.317.467.34
11Andrzej Stalmach Poland7.46 metres7.277.46X
12Yamada Hiroomi Japan7.46 metresX7.46X
13Pentti Eskola Finland7.43 metres7.437.35X
14Antanas Vaupšas Soviet Union7.43 metresXX7.43
15Leonid Barkovskyy Soviet Union7.39 metres7.307.39X
16Sunday Akpata Nigeria7.34 metresXX7.34
17Raycho Tsonev Bulgaria7.33 metresX7.337.29
18Hans-Helmut Trense United Team of Germany7.30 metres7.097.207.30
19Wellesley Clayton Jamaica7.28 metres6.75X7.28
20Koru Kawazu Japan7.28 metres7.28XX
21Klaus Beer United Team of Germany7.27 metresX7.257.27
22Fred Alsop Great Britain7.26 metres7.26XX
Phillip Shinnick United States7.26 metres7.26XX
24Alain Levèvre France7.24 metres6.77X7.24
25Dimos Manglaras Greece7.21 metres7.067.117.21
26Satoshi Takayanagi Japan7.15 metres7.15XX
27Ian Tomlinson Australia7.07 metres7.07XX
28Henrik Kalocsai Hungary6.99 metres6.946.99X
29S. Bondada Venkata India6.76 metresX6.76X
30Samuel Cruz Puerto Rico6.74 metresX6.746.72
31Chu Ming Hong Kong6.41 metres6.41X4.91
32Iftikhar Shah PakistanNo markXXX
Joseph Adjei GhanaDid not start
Constantin Badea RomaniaDid not start
William Kamanyi UgandaDid not start
George Ogan NigeriaDid not start
Samir Ambrose Vincent IraqDid not start

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.

PlaceAthleteNationBest mark Jump 1Jump 2Jump 3Jump 4Jump 5Jump 6
1Lynn Davies Great Britain8.07 metres7.45X7.597.788.077.74
2Ralph Boston United States8.03 metres7.767.857.627.88X8.03
3Igor Ter-Ovanesyan Soviet Union7.99 metres7.78X7.647.807.997.81
4Wariboko West Nigeria7.60 metres7.567.517.507.407.60X
5Jean Cochard France7.44 metresXX7.447.437.267.10
6Luis Felipe Areta Spain7.34 metres7.207.317.345.16X6.99
7Michael Ahey Ghana7.30 metres6.997.007.30
8Andrzej Stalmach Poland7.26 metres7.267.10X
9Yamada Hiroomi Japan7.16 metres6.94X7.16
10Wolfgang Klein United Team of Germany7.15 metres7.067.137.15
11John Morbey Great Britain7.09 metres7.096.916.77
12Gayle Hopkins United StatesNo markXXX

References

  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.
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