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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. [1]
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 ...
The women's high jump was one of two women's jumping events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. Both qualification and the final were held on 15 October 1964. 27 athletes from 18 nations entered, with 1 not starting in the qualification round. [1]
Valeriy Nikolayevich Brumel (Russian: Валерий Николаевич Брумель; 14 April 1942 – 26 January 2003) [2] was a Soviet-Russian high jumper. The 1964 Olympic champion and multiple world record holder, he is regarded as one of the greatest athletes ever to compete in the high jump. His international career was ended by a ...
In 1964, the year of his graduation, Rambo was a two-time NCAA High Jump Champion and won an Olympic bronze medal in the Tokyo Games. In 1965, Rambo was drafted in the sixth round by the St. Louis Hawks of the NBA, [5] but never actually played. Then injuries forced him from the professional basketball court for several seasons. [2]
Adolf Hitler arriving at the opening ceremony of the controversial 1936 Berlin Games Jesse Owens on the podium after winning the long jump at the 1936 Summer Olympics. In 1931, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) selected the German capital city Berlin as the host city of the 1936 Summer Olympics.
Long jump: 5.91 19 Did not advance Martha Watson: 5.94 18 Did not advance Willye White: 6.28 =8 Q: 6.07 12 Estelle Baskerville: High jump: 1.65 =19 Did not advance Terri Brown: 1.68 12 q: NM: Eleanor Montgomery: 1.70 9 Q: 1.71 8 Earlene Brown: Shot put: 15.44 7 Q: 14.80 12 Olga Connolly: Discus throw: 53.17 6 Q: 51.58 12 RaNae Bair: Javelin ...
long jump details: Lynn Davies Great Britain: Ralph Boston United States: Igor Ter-Ovanesyan Soviet Union: triple jump details: Józef Szmidt Poland: Oleg Fyodoseyev Soviet Union: Victor Kravchenko Soviet Union: high jump details: Valeriy Brumel Soviet Union: John Thomas United States: John Rambo United States: pole vault details: Fred Hansen ...