Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump

The men's high jump field event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on September 1.[1]

Men's high jump
at the Games of the XVII Olympiad
VenueOlympic Stadium
DatesSeptember 1
Medalists
Robert Shavlakadze
 Soviet Union
Valery Brumel
 Soviet Union
John Thomas
 United States

Results

All jumpers reaching 2.00 metres advanced to the finals. All heights are listed in metres.

Qualifying

RankNameNationalityMark1.901.952.00Notes
1John Thomas United States2.00ppo
2TViktor Bolshov Soviet Union2.00opo
2TStig Pettersson Sweden2.00poo
4TMaurice Fournier France2.00ooo
4TRobert Kotei Ghana2.00ooo
4TJiří Lanský Czechoslovakia2.00ooo
4TKjell-Åke Nilsson Sweden2.00ooo
4TSándor Noszály Hungary2.00ooo
4TCornel Porumb Romania2.00ooo
4TRobert Shavlakadze Soviet Union2.00ooo
11Theo Püll United Team of Germany2.00xooo
12Piotr Sobotta Poland2.00oxxoo
13TValery Brumel Soviet Union2.00opxo
13TGordon Miller Great Britain2.00poxo
15TCharlie Dumas United States2.00ooxo
15TJoe Faust United States2.00ooxo
17Mahamat Idriss France2.00ooxxo
18Kuniyoshi Sugioka Japan1.95poxxx
19TRené Maurer Switzerland1.95ooxxx
19TWerner Pfeil United Team of Germany1.95ooxxx
19TEero Salminen Finland1.95ooxxx
22THelmut Donner Austria1.95xooxxx
22TCrawford Fairbrother Great Britain1.95oxoxxx
24TJón Pétursson Iceland1.95xooxxx
24TPeter Riebensahm United Team of Germany1.95oxoxxx
26Đorđe Majtan Yugoslavia1.95pxxoxxx
27Chilla Porter Australia1.95oxxoxxx
28Samuel Igun Nigeria1.90oxxx
29Gurbachan Singh Randhawa India1.90xxoxxx
-Mohamed Abdul Razzak Iraq-xxxNM
-Sylvain Bitan Tunisia-xxxNM
-Çetin Şahiner Turkey-xxxNM

Final

Left-right: Thomas, Shavlakadze, Brumel
RankNameNationalityMark1.901.952.002.032.062.092.122.122.142.16Notes
Robert Shavlakadze Soviet Union2.16ppxoooooo ORo ORxxoOR
Valery Brumel Soviet Union2.16popooxoxxoxo =ORxo =ORxxxOR
John Thomas United States2.14ppopoopxo =ORxxx
4Viktor Bolshov Soviet Union2.14popooooxo =ORxxx
5Stig Pettersson Sweden2.09opopxxoxxoxxx
6Charlie Dumas United States2.03ppoop
7TJiří Lanský Czechoslovakia2.03ooooxxx
7TKjell-Åke Nilsson Sweden2.03ooooxxx
7TTheo Püll United Team of Germany2.03ooooxxx
10Robert Kotei Ghana2.03opoxoxxx
11Cornel Porumb Romania2.03oooxoxxx
12Mahamat Idriss France2.03pxoxoxoxxx
13Sándor Noszály Hungary2.03ooxoxxoxxx
14Maurice Fournier France2.00pooxxx
15Piotr Sobotta Poland2.00oooxxx
16Gordon Miller Great Britain2.00ooxxoxxx
17Joe Faust United States1.95ooxxx

Key: OR = Olympic record; =OR = equalled Olympic record NM = no mark; o = clear ; p = pass; x = fail

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1960 Rome Summer Games: Men's High Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
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