Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump
Men's long jump at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | 18 October | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 37 from 23 nations | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
80 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
20 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Pentathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
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]
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.
Place | Athlete | Nation | Best mark | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 3 | |
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1 | Ralph Boston | United States | 8.03 metres | 8.03 | — | ||
2 | Lynn Davies | Great Britain | 7.78 metres | 7.39 | X | 7.78 | |
3 | Igor Ter-Ovanesyan | Soviet Union | 7.78 metres | 7.78 | — | ||
4 | Gayle Hopkins | United States | 7.67 metres | 7.67 | — | ||
5 | Wariboko West | Nigeria | 7.62 metres | 7.62 | — | ||
6 | Wolfgang Klein | United Team of Germany | 7.59 metres | 7.59 | X | 7.54 | |
7 | John Morbey | Great Britain | 7.56 metres | X | X | 7.56 | |
8 | Michael Ahey | Ghana | 7.53 metres | 7.21 | 7.26 | 7.53 | |
9 | Jean Cochard | France | 7.52 metres | 6.96 | X | 7.52 | |
10 | Luis Felipe Areta | Spain | 7.46 metres | 7.31 | 7.46 | 7.34 | |
11 | Andrzej Stalmach | Poland | 7.46 metres | 7.27 | 7.46 | X | |
12 | Yamada Hiroomi | Japan | 7.46 metres | X | 7.46 | X | |
13 | Pentti Eskola | Finland | 7.43 metres | 7.43 | 7.35 | X | |
14 | Antanas Vaupšas | Soviet Union | 7.43 metres | X | X | 7.43 | |
15 | Leonid Barkovskyy | Soviet Union | 7.39 metres | 7.30 | 7.39 | X | |
16 | Sunday Akpata | Nigeria | 7.34 metres | X | X | 7.34 | |
17 | Raycho Tsonev | Bulgaria | 7.33 metres | X | 7.33 | 7.29 | |
18 | Hans-Helmut Trense | United Team of Germany | 7.30 metres | 7.09 | 7.20 | 7.30 | |
19 | Wellesley Clayton | Jamaica | 7.28 metres | 6.75 | X | 7.28 | |
20 | Koru Kawazu | Japan | 7.28 metres | 7.28 | X | X | |
21 | Klaus Beer | United Team of Germany | 7.27 metres | X | 7.25 | 7.27 | |
22 | Fred Alsop | Great Britain | 7.26 metres | 7.26 | X | X | |
Phillip Shinnick | United States | 7.26 metres | 7.26 | X | X | ||
24 | Alain Levèvre | France | 7.24 metres | 6.77 | X | 7.24 | |
25 | Dimos Manglaras | Greece | 7.21 metres | 7.06 | 7.11 | 7.21 | |
26 | Satoshi Takayanagi | Japan | 7.15 metres | 7.15 | X | X | |
27 | Ian Tomlinson | Australia | 7.07 metres | 7.07 | X | X | |
28 | Henrik Kalocsai | Hungary | 6.99 metres | 6.94 | 6.99 | X | |
29 | S. Bondada Venkata | India | 6.76 metres | X | 6.76 | X | |
30 | Samuel Cruz | Puerto Rico | 6.74 metres | X | 6.74 | 6.72 | |
31 | Chu Ming | Hong Kong | 6.41 metres | 6.41 | X | 4.91 | |
32 | Iftikhar Shah | Pakistan | No mark | X | X | X | |
— | Joseph Adjei | Ghana | Did not start | — | |||
Constantin Badea | Romania | Did not start | — | ||||
William Kamanyi | Uganda | Did not start | — | ||||
George Ogan | Nigeria | Did not start | — | ||||
Samir Ambrose Vincent | Iraq | Did 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.
Place | Athlete | Nation | Best mark | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 3 | Jump 4 | Jump 5 | Jump 6 | |
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1 | Lynn Davies | Great Britain | 8.07 metres | 7.45 | X | 7.59 | 7.78 | 8.07 | 7.74 | |
2 | Ralph Boston | United States | 8.03 metres | 7.76 | 7.85 | 7.62 | 7.88 | X | 8.03 | |
3 | Igor Ter-Ovanesyan | Soviet Union | 7.99 metres | 7.78 | X | 7.64 | 7.80 | 7.99 | 7.81 | |
4 | Wariboko West | Nigeria | 7.60 metres | 7.56 | 7.51 | 7.50 | 7.40 | 7.60 | X | |
5 | Jean Cochard | France | 7.44 metres | X | X | 7.44 | 7.43 | 7.26 | 7.10 | |
6 | Luis Felipe Areta | Spain | 7.34 metres | 7.20 | 7.31 | 7.34 | 5.16 | X | 6.99 | |
7 | Michael Ahey | Ghana | 7.30 metres | 6.99 | 7.00 | 7.30 | ||||
8 | Andrzej Stalmach | Poland | 7.26 metres | 7.26 | 7.10 | X | ||||
9 | Yamada Hiroomi | Japan | 7.16 metres | 6.94 | X | 7.16 | ||||
10 | Wolfgang Klein | United Team of Germany | 7.15 metres | 7.06 | 7.13 | 7.15 | ||||
11 | John Morbey | Great Britain | 7.09 metres | 7.09 | 6.91 | 6.77 | ||||
12 | Gayle Hopkins | United States | No mark | X | X | X |
References
- ^ "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.