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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 men's high jump has been present on the Olympic athletics programme since the first Summer Olympics in 1896. The women's high jump was one of five events to feature on the first women's athletics programme in 1928, and it was the only jumping event available to women until 1948, when the long jump was permitted.
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]
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 ...
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.
He subsequently pushed the world indoor record to 7'1½" (2.17 m), and broke the world outdoor record three times, with a career best jump of 7'3¾" (2.22 m) in 1960, at the age of 19. Thomas' meteoric career briefly captivated the track world, but he failed to win an Olympic gold medal, despite being favored to win in both the 1960 and 1964 Games.