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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
VenueOlympic Stadium
DateSeptember 2
Competitors49 from 34 nations
Winning distance8.12 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ralph Boston
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bo Roberson
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Igor Ter-Ovanesyan
 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 1cm 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

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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

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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

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

World record  Ralph Boston (USA) 8.21 Walnut, United States 12 August 1960
Olympic record  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

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All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Friday, 2 September 1960 9:00
16:20
Qualifying
Final

Results

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

Qualifying

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Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 Distance Notes
1 Bo Roberson  United States 7.81 7.81 Q
2 Igor Ter-Ovanesyan  Soviet Union 7.79 7.79 Q
3 Henk Visser  Netherlands 7.29 7.72 7.72 Q
4 Manfred Steinbach  United Team of Germany X 7.70 7.70 Q
5 Jorma Valkama  Finland 7.63 7.63 Q
6 Ralph Boston  United States 7.60 7.60 Q
7 Takayuki Okazaki  Japan 7.58 7.58 Q
8 Attilio Bravi  Italy 7.57 7.57 Q
9 Dmytro Bondarenko  Soviet Union 7.24 7.33 7.49 7.49 Q
10 Manfred Molzberger  United Team of Germany 7.21 7.46 7.46 Q
11 Dimos Manglaras  Greece 7.35 7.25 7.45 7.45 Q
12 Fred Alsop  Great Britain X 6.93 7.42 7.42 Q
13 Paul Foreman  British West Indies X 7.42 7.42 Q
14 Christian Collardot  France 7.32 7.40 7.40 Q
15 John Oladipo Oladitan  Nigeria 7.33 7.29 7.38 7.38
16 Kazimierz Kropidłowski  Poland X 7.37 X 7.37
17 Yukishige Yasuma  Japan 7.34 X 7.26 7.34
18 Juhani Manninen  Finland 7.34 7.21 6.49 7.34
19 Fritz Köppen  United Team of Germany X 7.32 7.09 7.32
20 Anthony Watson  United States 6.95 X 7.32 7.32
21 Gustav Schlosser  Switzerland 7.26 7.27 X 7.27
22 Jan Netopilík  Czechoslovakia 7.06 X 7.26 7.26
23 Fermín Donazar  Uruguay 7.09 7.24 7.14 7.24
24 Roberto Procel  Mexico X 7.13 7.23 7.23
25 David Kushnir  Israel 7.16 7.20 7.12 7.20
26 Ali Brakchi  France 7.20 7.09 6.89 7.20
27 John Howell  Great Britain 7.19 X X 7.19
28 Pedro de Almeida  Portugal 7.10 X 7.09 7.10
29 Roar Berthelsen  Norway 6.72 6.95 7.09 7.09
30 B. V. Satyanarayan  India 6.95 7.08 X 7.08
31 Luis Felipe Areta  Spain 7.04 X 7.04 7.04
32 Dave Norris  New Zealand 6.91 7.02 7.04 7.04
33 Ian Tomlinson  Australia 7.03 X X 7.03
34 Seo Yeong-Ju  South Korea 6.78 6.98 X 6.98
35 Yalçın Ünsal  Turkey 6.97 6.58 6.58 6.97
36 John Baguley  Australia 6.84 X 6.96 6.96
37 Mahmoud Atter Abdel Fattah  Egypt 6.72 6.94 X 6.94
38 Romain Poté  Belgium 6.81 6.69 6.92 6.92
39 Jun Ebina  Japan 6.68 6.83 6.58 6.83
40 Revaz Kvachakidze  Soviet Union 5.42 6.82 X 6.82
41 Prajim Wongsuwan  Thailand 6.78 X X 6.78
42 Vilhjálmur Einarsson  Iceland 6.76 6.64 6.76
43 Kaimar-ud-Din bin Maidin  Malaya 6.74 5.84 5.38 6.74
44 Virsa Singh  India 6.60 6.70 6.68 6.70
45 Bevyn Baker  Australia X X 6.43 6.43
46 A. Abdul Razzak  Iraq X 6.37 6.37 6.37
Clive Bonas  Venezuela X X X No mark
Luigi Ulivelli  Italy X X X No mark
Muhammad Ramzan Ali  Pakistan X X X No mark
José da Conceição  Brazil DNS
Henryk Grabowski  Poland DNS
Rouhollah Rahmani  Iran DNS
Iftikhar Shah  Pakistan DNS
Torgny Wåhlander  Sweden DNS
Ali Zaid  Afghanistan DNS

Final

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Rank Athlete Nation 1 2 3 4 5 6 Distance
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ralph Boston  United States 7.82 X 8.12 OR 7.80 X 7.96 8.12
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bo Roberson  United States X 8.03 7.88 7.75 7.62 8.11 8.11
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Igor Ter-Ovanesyan  Soviet Union 7.90 7.80 X X 7.68 8.04 8.04
4 Manfred Steinbach  United Team of Germany 7.81 X 7.76 X X 8.00 8.00
5 Jorma Valkama  Finland 7.52 7.69 7.36 7.31 X 7.29 7.69
6 Christian Collardot  France 7.67 X 7.68 6.96 7.50 X 7.68
7 Henk Visser  Netherlands 7.59 7.43 7.66 Did not advance 7.66
8 Dmytro Bondarenko  Soviet Union 7.27 7.58 7.37 Did not advance 7.58
9 Manfred Molzberger  United Team of Germany 7.35 7.49 7.47 Did not advance 7.49
10 Attilio Bravi  Italy 7.30 7.22 7.47 Did not advance 7.47
11 Dimos Manglaras  Greece 7.16 7.32 7.45 Did not advance 7.45
12 Paul Foreman  British West Indies 7.26 Did not advance 7.26
13 Fred Alsop  Great Britain 7.25 7.18 7.16 Did not advance 7.25
Takayuki Okazaki  Japan DNS

References

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  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. ^ a b c "Long Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 2 September 2020.
  3. ^ Official Report, p. 328.