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

Men's high jump at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
John Thomas, Valeriy Brumel and John Rambo on the podium
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	20–21 October
Competitors	29 from 20 nations
Medalists
Valeriy Brumel  Soviet Union John Thomas  United States John Rambo  United States

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.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1964 Summer Olympics.

World Record	2.28	Valeriy Brumel	Moscow (URS)	July 21, 1963
Olympic Record	2.16	Robert Shavlakadze	Rome (ITA)	September 1, 1960
	2.16	Valeriy Brumel	Rome (ITA)	September 1, 1960

At first Valeriy Brumel, John Thomas and John Rambo equalled the Olympic record with 2.16 metres. Then firstly Valeriy Brumel and later also John Thomas set a new Olympic record with 2.18 metres.

Results

Qualification

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).

Place	Athlete	Nation	Best mark		1.90	1.95	2.00	2.03	2.06
1	Valeriy Brumel	Soviet Union	2.06 metres		-	-	O	XXO	O
	Mauro Bogliatto	Italy	2.06 metres		-	O	O	XO	O
	Ed Caruthers	United States	2.06 metres		O	XO	O	O	O
	Edward Czernik	Poland	2.06 metres		-	O	O	O	O
	Ralf Drecoll	United Team of Germany	2.06 metres		O	O	O	O	XXO
	Henri Elendé	Republic of the Congo	2.06 metres		O	-	O	-	O
	Mahamat Idriss	Chad	2.06 metres		-	O	O	O	O
	Samuel Igun	Nigeria	2.06 metres		O	O	XO	XO	XO
	Evgeni Yordanov	Bulgaria	2.06 metres		O	XO	XO	O	O
	Rudolf Köppen	United Team of Germany	2.06 metres		-	XO	O	XXO	XO
	Gordon Miller	Great Britain	2.06 metres		O	O	XXO	XO	XXO
	Kjell-Åke Nilsson	Sweden	2.06 metres		-	O	XO	O	XO
	Lawrie Peckham	Australia	2.06 metres		O	O	O	XO	O
	Stig Pettersson	Sweden	2.06 metres		-	O	O	O	XO
	John Rambo	United States	2.06 metres		O	O	O	XO	O
	Wolfgang Schillkowski	United Team of Germany	2.06 metres		O	O	O	XO	XO
	Robert Shavlakadze	Soviet Union	2.06 metres		-	-	O	O	O
	Valeriy Skvortsov	Soviet Union	2.06 metres		-	O	O	O	O
	Anthony Sneazwell	Australia	2.06 metres		-	XO	O	O	XO
	John Thomas	United States	2.06 metres		-	-	XO	O	O
21	Luis María Garriga	Spain	2.03 metres		O	O	O	XXO	XXX
22	Henrik Hellén	Finland	2.00 metres		O	O	O	XXX
	Robert Sainte-Rose	France	2.00 metres		O	O	O	XXX
24	Kuniyoshi Sugioka	Japan	2.00 metres		O	XO	O	XXX
25	Jón Ólafsson	Iceland	2.00 metres		O	O	XO	XXX
26	Roberto Abugattas	Peru	1.95 metres		O	XO	XXX
27	Kinya Miyazaki	Japan	1.90 metres		O	-	XXX
28	Kateseperswasdi Bhakdikul	Thailand	No mark		XXX
—	Cha Won Sil	North Korea	Did not start

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.

Place	Athlete	Nation	Best mark		1.90	1.95	2.00	2.03	2.06	2.09	2.12	2.14	2.16	2.18	2.20
1	Valeriy Brumel	Soviet Union	2.18 metres OR		-	-	O	O	O	O	O	XXO	O	O	XXX
2	John Thomas	United States	2.18 metres OR		-	-	O	O	O	O	XO	XXO	XO	O	XXX
3	John Rambo	United States	2.16 metres		-	-	O	O	O	O	XO	O	XXO	XXX
4	Stig Pettersson	Sweden	2.14 metres		-	-	O	-	O	O	XO	XO	XXX
5	Robert Shavlakadze	Soviet Union	2.14 metres		-	-	-	O	O	O	O	XXO	XXX
6	Ralf Drecoll	United Team of Germany	2.09 metres		-	O	O	O	O	O	XXX
	Kjell-Åke Nilsson	Sweden	2.09 metres		-	O	O	O	O	O	XXX
8	Ed Caruthers	United States	2.09 metres		-	-	O	O	XO	O	XXX
9	Mahamat Idriss	Chad	2.09 metres		-	-	O	O	O	XO	XXX
10	Lawrie Peckham	Australia	2.09 metres		O	O	O	O	O	XO	XXX
11	Edward Czernik	Poland	2.06 metres		-	-	O	-	O	XXX
12	Evgeni Yordanov	Bulgaria	2.06 metres		-	O	O	O	O	XXX
13	Anthony Sneazwell	Australia	2.06 metres		-	XO	O	XXO	O	XXX
14	Valeriy Skvortsov	Soviet Union	2.06 metres		-	O	O	O	XO	XXX
15	Samuel Igun	Nigeria	2.06 metres		O	O	O	O	XO	XXX
16	Mauro Bogliatto	Italy	2.06 metres		-	XO	O	O	XO	XXX
17	Wolfgang Schillkowski	United Team of Germany	2.06 metres		O	O	O	O	XXO	XXX
18	Gordon Miller	Great Britain	2.03 metres		O	O	O	O	XXX
19	Rudolf Köppen	United Team of Germany	2.00 metres		O	O	O	XXX
20	Henri Elendé	Republic of the Congo	1.90 metres		O	-	XXX