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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] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress.
The women's long jump was one of two women's jumping events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. It was held on 14 October 1964. It was held on 14 October 1964. 32 athletes from 20 nations entered, with 1 not starting in the qualification round.
High jump details: Valeriy Brumel Soviet Union: 2.18 m (OR) John Thomas United States: 2.18 m (OR) John Rambo United States: 2.16 m Pole vault details: Fred Hansen United States: 5.10 m (OR) Wolfgang Reinhardt United Team of Germany: 5.05 m Klaus Lehnertz United Team of Germany: 5.00 m Long jump details: Lynn Davies Great Britain: 8.07 m Ralph ...
long jump details: Mary Rand ... "Tokyo 1964". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee. The Games of the XVIII Olympiad, Tokyo 1964 – The Official Report of ...
On 2 November 1964 he returned to a welcome from the Garw Valley and Ogmore Valley, in a motorcade from Cardiff. [10] He was the first Welsh person to win individual Olympic gold in a field event. He was 18th in the 1972 Olympic long jump, [3] his selection being something of a surprise at the time. [citation needed]
There is a plaque commemorating the world record long jump (6.76 metres) by Rand at the 1964 Olympic Games in the Market Place in Wells. She was succeeded as Golden Girl of British athletics by her friend and London Olympiades club-mate, Lillian Board. In 2009, Rand was inducted into the England Athletics Hall of Fame.
The 1964 Summer Olympics (Japanese: 1964年夏季オリンピック, Hepburn: 1964-Nen Kaki Orinpikku), officially the Games of the XVIII Olympiad (Japanese: 第18回オリンピック競技大会, Hepburn: Dai Jūhachi-kai Orinpikku Kyōgi Taikai) and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 (Japanese: 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan.
The women's long jump was introduced over fifty years later in 1948, and was the second Olympic jumping event for women after the high jump, which was added in 1928. The Olympic records for the event are 8.90 m ( 29 ft 2 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) for men, set by Bob Beamon in 1968, and 7.40 m ( 24 ft 3 + 1 ⁄ 4 in) for women, set by Jackie Joyner-Kersee ...