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 | |||||||||
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Dates | 20–21 October | |||||||||
Competitors | 29 from 20 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 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 | ![]() |
Moscow (URS) | July 21, 1963 |
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Olympic Record | 2.16 | ![]() |
Rome (ITA) | September 1, 1960 |
2.16 | ![]() |
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 | |
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1 | Valeriy Brumel | ![]() | 2.06 metres | - | - | O | XXO | O | |
Mauro Bogliatto | ![]() | 2.06 metres | - | O | O | XO | O | ||
Ed Caruthers | ![]() | 2.06 metres | O | XO | O | O | O | ||
Edward Czernik | ![]() | 2.06 metres | - | O | O | O | O | ||
Ralf Drecoll | ![]() | 2.06 metres | O | O | O | O | XXO | ||
Henri Elendé | ![]() | 2.06 metres | O | - | O | - | O | ||
Mahamat Idriss | ![]() | 2.06 metres | - | O | O | O | O | ||
Samuel Igun | ![]() | 2.06 metres | O | O | XO | XO | XO | ||
Evgeni Yordanov | ![]() | 2.06 metres | O | XO | XO | O | O | ||
Rudolf Köppen | ![]() | 2.06 metres | - | XO | O | XXO | XO | ||
Gordon Miller | ![]() | 2.06 metres | O | O | XXO | XO | XXO | ||
Kjell-Åke Nilsson | ![]() | 2.06 metres | - | O | XO | O | XO | ||
Lawrie Peckham | ![]() | 2.06 metres | O | O | O | XO | O | ||
Stig Pettersson | ![]() | 2.06 metres | - | O | O | O | XO | ||
John Rambo | ![]() | 2.06 metres | O | O | O | XO | O | ||
Wolfgang Schillkowski | ![]() | 2.06 metres | O | O | O | XO | XO | ||
Robert Shavlakadze | ![]() | 2.06 metres | - | - | O | O | O | ||
Valeriy Skvortsov | ![]() | 2.06 metres | - | O | O | O | O | ||
Anthony Sneazwell | ![]() | 2.06 metres | - | XO | O | O | XO | ||
John Thomas | ![]() | 2.06 metres | - | - | XO | O | O | ||
21 | Luis Garriga | ![]() | 2.03 metres | O | O | O | XXO | XXX | |
22 | Henrik Hellén | ![]() | 2.00 metres | O | O | O | XXX | ||
Robert Sainte-Rose | ![]() | 2.00 metres | O | O | O | XXX | |||
24 | Kuniyoshi Sugioka | ![]() | 2.00 metres | O | XO | O | XXX | ||
25 | Jón Ólaffson | ![]() | 2.00 metres | O | O | XO | XXX | ||
26 | Roberto Abugattas | ![]() | 1.95 metres | O | XO | XXX | |||
27 | Kinya Miyazaki | ![]() | 1.90 metres | O | - | XXX | |||
28 | Katesepswasdi Bhakdikul | ![]() | No mark | XXX | |||||
— | Cha Won Sil | ![]() | 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 | |
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1 | Valeriy Brumel | ![]() | 2.18 metres OR | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | XXO | O | O | XXX | |
2 | John Thomas | ![]() | 2.18 metres OR | - | - | O | O | O | O | XO | XXO | XO | O | XXX | |
3 | John Rambo | ![]() | 2.16 metres | - | - | O | O | O | O | XO | O | XXO | XXX | ||
4 | Stig Pettersson | ![]() | 2.14 metres | - | - | O | - | O | O | XO | XO | XXX | |||
5 | Robert Shavlakadze | ![]() | 2.14 metres | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | XXO | XXX | |||
6 | Ralf Drecoll | ![]() | 2.09 metres | - | O | O | O | O | O | XXX | |||||
Kjell-Åke Nilsson | ![]() | 2.09 metres | - | O | O | O | O | O | XXX | ||||||
8 | Ed Caruthers | ![]() | 2.09 metres | - | - | O | O | XO | O | XXX | |||||
9 | Mahamat Idriss | ![]() | 2.09 metres | - | - | O | O | O | XO | XXX | |||||
10 | Lawrie Peckham | ![]() | 2.09 metres | O | O | O | O | O | XO | XXX | |||||
11 | Edward Czernik | ![]() | 2.06 metres | - | - | O | - | O | XXX | ||||||
12 | Evgeni Yordanov | ![]() | 2.06 metres | - | O | O | O | O | XXX | ||||||
13 | Anthony Sneazwell | ![]() | 2.06 metres | - | XO | O | XXO | O | XXX | ||||||
14 | Valeriy Skvortsov | ![]() | 2.06 metres | - | O | O | O | XO | XXX | ||||||
15 | Samuel Igun | ![]() | 2.06 metres | O | O | O | O | XO | XXX | ||||||
16 | Mauro Bogliatto | ![]() | 2.06 metres | - | XO | O | O | XO | XXX | ||||||
17 | Wolfgang Schillkowski | ![]() | 2.06 metres | O | O | O | O | XXO | XXX | ||||||
18 | Gordon Miller | ![]() | 2.03 metres | O | O | O | O | XXX | |||||||
19 | Rudolf Köppen | ![]() | 2.00 metres | O | O | O | XXX | ||||||||
20 | Henri Elendé | ![]() | 1.90 metres | O | - | XXX |
References
Athletics at the 1964 Tokyo Summer Games: Men's High Jump