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

Men's long jump at the Games of the XVIII Olympiad
Ralph Boston, Lynn Davies and Igor Ter-Ovanesyan
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Dates	18 October
Competitors	37 from 23 nations
Medalists
Lynn Davies  Great Britain Ralph Boston  United States Igor Ter-Ovanesyan  Soviet Union

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Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics
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 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 finals were conducted in a rainstorm on a dirt track, with the temperature reported at 13.5 °C (56.3 °F). In the preliminary rounds of the final, the three medalists had separated themselves from the others, but leading qualifier, defending champion, Olympic record-holder and recent new world record holder Ralph Boston was ahead of the previous world record holder Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, Lynn Davies was 19 cm behind. In the fourth round, under improving conditions, all three leaders improved. Davies was only 2 cm behind Ter-Ovanesyan. In the fifth round Davies jumped 8.07 m (26 ft 5​¹⁄₂ in) to take the lead, and Ter-Ovanesyan passed Boston with a 7.99 m (26 ft 2​¹⁄₂ in). Boston fouled and was now 11 cm behind. Boston improved on his final jump, equalling his qualifying mark of 8.03 m (26 ft 4 in) to take the silver.

Results

Qualification

The qualification standard was 7.60 metres with a minimum of 12 jumpers advancing. Each jumper had three opportunities. Since only 5 jumpers met the standard, the next 7 longest jumpers also advanced.

Place	Athlete	Nation	Best mark		Jump 1	Jump 2	Jump 3
1	Ralph Boston	United States	8.03 metres		8.03	—
2	Lynn Davies	Great Britain	7.78 metres		7.39	X	7.78
3	Igor Ter-Ovanesyan	Soviet Union	7.78 metres		7.78	—
4	Gayle Hopkins	United States	7.67 metres		7.67	—
5	Wariboko West	Nigeria	7.62 metres		7.62	—
6	Wolfgang Klein	United Team of Germany	7.59 metres		7.59	X	7.54
7	John Morbey	Great Britain	7.56 metres		X	X	7.56
8	Michael Ahey	Ghana	7.53 metres		7.21	7.26	7.53
9	Jean Cochard	France	7.52 metres		6.96	X	7.52
10	Luis Felipe Areta	Spain	7.46 metres		7.31	7.46	7.34
11	Andrzej Stalmach	Poland	7.46 metres		7.27	7.46	X
12	Yamada Hiroomi	Japan	7.46 metres		X	7.46	X
13	Pentti Eskola	Finland	7.43 metres		7.43	7.35	X
14	Antanas Vaupšas	Soviet Union	7.43 metres		X	X	7.43
15	Leonid Barkovskiy	Soviet Union	7.39 metres		7.30	7.39	X
16	Sunday Akpata	Nigeria	7.34 metres		X	X	7.34
17	Raycho Tsonev	Bulgaria	7.33 metres		X	7.33	7.29
18	Hans-Helmut Trense	United Team of Germany	7.30 metres		7.09	7.20	7.30
19	Wellesley Clayton	Jamaica	7.28 metres		6.75	X	7.28
20	Koru Kawazu	Japan	7.28 metres		7.28	X	X
21	Klaus Beer	United Team of Germany	7.27 metres		X	7.25	7.27
22	Fred Alsop	Great Britain	7.26 metres		7.26	X	X
	Phillip Shinnick	United States	7.26 metres		7.26	X	X
24	Alain Levèvre	France	7.24 metres		6.77	X	7.24
25	Dimos Manglaras	Greece	7.21 metres		7.06	7.11	7.21
26	Satoshi Takayanagi	Japan	7.15 metres		7.15	X	X
27	Ian Tomlinson	Australia	7.07 metres		7.07	X	X
28	Henrik Kalocsai	Hungary	6.99 metres		6.94	6.99	X
29	S. Bondada Venkata	India	6.76 metres		X	6.76	X
30	Samuel Cruz	Puerto Rico	6.74 metres		X	6.74	6.72
31	Chu Ming	Hong Kong	6.41 metres		6.41	X	4.91
32	Iftikhar Shah	Pakistan	No mark		X	X	X
—	Joseph Adjei	Ghana	Did not start		—
	Constantin Badea	Romania	Did not start		—
	William Kamanyi	Uganda	Did not start		—
	George Ogan	Nigeria	Did not start		—
	Samir Ambrose Vincent	Iraq	Did not start	—

Final

For the final, the qualification marks were ignored and each jumper received three jumps. The six jumpers with the best marks in the final were awarded three more attempts, and their best mark from all six of the final jumps was considered.

Place	Athlete	Nation	Best mark		Jump 1	Jump 2	Jump 3	Jump 4	Jump 5	Jump 6
1	Lynn Davies	Great Britain	8.07 metres		7.45	X	7.59	7.78	8.07	7.74
2	Ralph Boston	United States	8.03 metres		7.76	7.85	7.62	7.88	X	8.03
3	Igor Ter-Ovanesyan	Soviet Union	7.99 metres		7.78	X	7.64	7.80	7.99	7.81
4	Wariboko West	Nigeria	7.60 metres		7.56	7.51	7.50	7.40	7.60	X
5	Jean Cochard	France	7.44 metres		X	X	7.44	7.43	7.26	7.10
6	Luis Felipe Areta	Spain	7.34 metres		7.20	7.31	7.34	5.16	X	6.99
7	Michael Ahey	Ghana	7.30 metres		6.99	7.00	7.30
8	Andrzej Stalmach	Poland	7.26 metres		7.26	7.10	X
9	Yamada Hiroomi	Japan	7.16 metres		6.94	X	7.16
10	Wolfgang Klein	United Team of Germany	7.15 metres		7.06	7.13	7.15
11	John Morbey	Great Britain	7.09 metres		7.09	6.91	6.77
12	Gayle Hopkins	United States	No mark		X	X	X

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