The men's high jump was one of four men's jumping events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics

At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the athletics competition included 36 events, 24 for men and 12 for women. The women's 400 metres and women's pentathlon events were newly introduced at these Games. There were a total number of 1016 participating athletes from 82 countries.-Men's...

 program in Tokyo

Tokyo

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. 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.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1964 Summer Olympics.

World Record	2.28	Valeriy Brumel Valeriy Brumel Valeriy Nikolayevich Brumel , 14 April 1942 – 26 January 2003) was a Soviet Olympic athlete. The 1964 Olympic champion in the Men's High Jump, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest athletes ever to compete in the High Jump, second only to current world record holder Javier Sotomayor of...	Moscow Moscow Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...  (URS Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991.... )	July 21, 1963
Olympic Record	2.16	Robert Shavlakadze Robert Shavlakadze Robert Shavlakadze was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the high jump. He trained at Dynamo in Tbilisi.He competed for the USSR in the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy in the high jump where he won the gold medal....	Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...  (ITA Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... )	September 1, 1960
	2.16	Valeriy Brumel Valeriy Brumel Valeriy Nikolayevich Brumel , 14 April 1942 – 26 January 2003) was a Soviet Olympic athlete. The 1964 Olympic champion in the Men's High Jump, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest athletes ever to compete in the High Jump, second only to current world record holder Javier Sotomayor of...	Rome Rome Rome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...  (ITA Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... )	September 1, 1960

At first Valeriy Brumel

Valeriy Brumel

Valeriy Nikolayevich Brumel , 14 April 1942 – 26 January 2003) was a Soviet Olympic athlete. The 1964 Olympic champion in the Men's High Jump, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest athletes ever to compete in the High Jump, second only to current world record holder Javier Sotomayor of...

, John Thomas, John Rambo

John Rambo (athlete)

John Barnett Rambo was an American athlete who competed mainly in the high jump.Rambo competed for the United States in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan in the high jump where he won the bronze medal....

, and Stig Pettersson equalized the Olympic record with 2.16 metres. Then at first Valeriy Brumel

Valeriy Brumel

Valeriy Nikolayevich Brumel , 14 April 1942 – 26 January 2003) was a Soviet Olympic athlete. The 1964 Olympic champion in the Men's High Jump, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest athletes ever to compete in the High Jump, second only to current world record holder Javier Sotomayor of...

 and later also John Thomas set a new Olympic record with 2.18 metres.

Qualification

Jumpers had to pass 2.06 metres to qualify for the final. The bar started at 1.90 metres, increasing gradually to 2.06 metres. Each jumper had three attempts at each height or could skip any lower height (but could not return to a lower height if he determined that he could not succeed).

Place	Athlete	Nation	Best mark		1.90	1.95	2.00	2.03	2.06
1	Valeriy Brumel Valeriy Brumel Valeriy Nikolayevich Brumel , 14 April 1942 – 26 January 2003) was a Soviet Olympic athlete. The 1964 Olympic champion in the Men's High Jump, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest athletes ever to compete in the High Jump, second only to current world record holder Javier Sotomayor of...		2.06 metres		-	-	O	XXO	O
	Mauro Bogliatto		2.06 metres		-	O	O	XO	O
	Ed Caruthers Ed Caruthers Ed Caruthers is a former American athlete who competed mainly in the men's high jump event during his career....		2.06 metres		O	XO	O	O	O
	Edward Czernik		2.06 metres		-	O	O	O	O
	Ralf Drecoll Ralf Drecoll Ralf Drecoll is a West German track and field athlete who competed for the Unified Team of Germany in the 1964 Summer Olympics.He was born in Buxtehude.In 1964 he finished sixth in the high jump event.-External links:*...		2.06 metres		O	O	O	O	O
	Henri Elendé		2.06 metres		O	-	O	-	O
	Mahamat Idriss Mahamat Idriss Mahamat Idriss was a Chadian high jumper.He was born in N'Djamena, French Equatorial Africa....		2.06 metres		-	O	O	O	O
	Samuel Igun Samuel Igun Samuel Igun is a retired Olympic athlete from Nigeria. He specialised in the triple jump, high jump and long jump events during his career....		2.06 metres		O	O	XO	XO	XO
	Evgeni Yordanov Evgeni Yordanov (athlete) Evgeni Yotov Yordanov is a Bulgarian track and field athlete who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics.In 1964 he finished twelfth in the high jump event.-External links:*...		2.06 metres		O	XO	XO	O	O
	Rudolf Köppen		2.06 metres		-	XO	O	XXO	XO
	Gordon Miller		2.06 metres		O	O	XXO	XO	XXO
	Kjell-Åke Nilsson		2.06 metres		-	O	XO	O	XO
	Lawrence Peckham Lawrence Peckham Lawrence William Peckham is a retired high jumper from Australia, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1964....		2.06 metres		O	O	O	XO	O
	Stig Pettersson		2.06 metres		-	O	O	O	XO
	John Rambo John Rambo (athlete) John Barnett Rambo was an American athlete who competed mainly in the high jump.Rambo competed for the United States in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan in the high jump where he won the bronze medal....		2.06 metres		O	O	O	XO	O
	Wolfgang Schillkowski		2.06 metres		O	O	O	XO	XO
	Robert Shavlakadze Robert Shavlakadze Robert Shavlakadze was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the high jump. He trained at Dynamo in Tbilisi.He competed for the USSR in the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy in the high jump where he won the gold medal....		2.06 metres		-	-	O	O	O
	Valeriy Skvortsov Valeriy Skvortsov Valeriy Sergeyevich Skvortsov is a former high jumper who represented the USSR in the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics.Skvortsov was first noticed by Soviet high jump coach Viktor Lonsky, who offered him training in a converted sports gym located within the walls of an old Catholic cathedral...		2.06 metres		-	O	O	O	O
	Anthony Sneazwell		2.06 metres		-	XO	O	O	XO
	John Thomas		2.06 metres		-	-	XO	O	O
21	Luis Garriga		2.03 metres		O	O	O	XXO	XXX
22	Henrik Hellén		2.00 metres		O	O	O	XXX
	Robert Sainte-Rose Robert Sainte-Rose Robert Sainte-Rose is a French athlete who specialises in the men's high jump. Sainte-Rose competed at the 1964 Summer Olympics and 1968 Summer Olympics.- References :...		2.00 metres		O	O	O	XXX
24	Kuniyoshi Sugioka		2.00 metres		O	XO	O	XXX
25	Jón Ólaffson		2.00 metres		O	O	XO	XXX
26	Roberto Abugattas		1.95 metres		O	XO	XXX
27	Kinya Miyazaki		1.90 metres		O	-	XXX
28	Katesepswasdi Bhakdikul		No mark		XXX
—	Cha Won Sil	North Korea	Did not start

Final

Each jumper again had three attempts at each height, with the bar starting at 1.90 metres. Three jumpers were unable to perform as well as they had in the qualification.

Place	Athlete	Nation	Best mark		1.90	1.95	2.00	2.03	2.06	2.09	2.12	2.14	2.16	2.18	2.20
1	Valeriy Brumel Valeriy Brumel Valeriy Nikolayevich Brumel , 14 April 1942 – 26 January 2003) was a Soviet Olympic athlete. The 1964 Olympic champion in the Men's High Jump, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest athletes ever to compete in the High Jump, second only to current world record holder Javier Sotomayor of...		2.18 metres OR		-	-	O	O	O	O	O	XXO	O	O	XXX
2	John Thomas		2.18 metres OR		-	-	O	O	O	O	XO	XXO	XO	O	XXX
3	John Rambo John Rambo (athlete) John Barnett Rambo was an American athlete who competed mainly in the high jump.Rambo competed for the United States in the 1964 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan in the high jump where he won the bronze medal....		2.16 metres		-	-	O	O	O	O	XO	O	XXO	XXX
4	Stig Pettersson		2.16 metres		-	-	O	-	O	O	XO	XO	XXO	XXX
5	Robert Shavlakadze Robert Shavlakadze Robert Shavlakadze was a Soviet athlete who competed mainly in the high jump. He trained at Dynamo in Tbilisi.He competed for the USSR in the 1960 Summer Olympics held in Rome, Italy in the high jump where he won the gold medal....		2.14 metres		-	-	-	O	O	O	O	XO	XXX
6	Ralf Drecoll Ralf Drecoll Ralf Drecoll is a West German track and field athlete who competed for the Unified Team of Germany in the 1964 Summer Olympics.He was born in Buxtehude.In 1964 he finished sixth in the high jump event.-External links:*...		2.09 metres		-	O	O	O	O	O	XXX
	Kjell-Åke Nilsson		2.09 metres		-	O	O	O	O	O	XXX
8	Ed Caruthers Ed Caruthers Ed Caruthers is a former American athlete who competed mainly in the men's high jump event during his career....		2.09 metres		-	-	O	O	XO	O	XXX
9	Mahamat Idriss Mahamat Idriss Mahamat Idriss was a Chadian high jumper.He was born in N'Djamena, French Equatorial Africa....		2.09 metres		-	-	O	O	O	XO	XXX
10	Lawrence Peckham Lawrence Peckham Lawrence William Peckham is a retired high jumper from Australia, who represented his native country in three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1964....		2.09 metres		O	O	O	O	O	XO	XXX
11	Edward Czernik		2.06 metres		-	-	O	-	O	XXX
12	Evgeni Yordanov Evgeni Yordanov (athlete) Evgeni Yotov Yordanov is a Bulgarian track and field athlete who competed in the 1964 Summer Olympics.In 1964 he finished twelfth in the high jump event.-External links:*...		2.06 metres		-	O	O	O	O	XXX
13	Anthony Sneazwell		2.06 metres		-	XO	O	XXO	O	XXX
14	Valeriy Skvortsov Valeriy Skvortsov Valeriy Sergeyevich Skvortsov is a former high jumper who represented the USSR in the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics.Skvortsov was first noticed by Soviet high jump coach Viktor Lonsky, who offered him training in a converted sports gym located within the walls of an old Catholic cathedral...		2.06 metres		-	O	O	O	XO	XXX
15	Samuel Igun Samuel Igun Samuel Igun is a retired Olympic athlete from Nigeria. He specialised in the triple jump, high jump and long jump events during his career....		2.06 metres		O	O	O	O	XO	XXX
16	Mauro Bogliatto		2.06 metres		-	XO	O	O	XO	XXX
17	Wolfgang Schillkowski		2.06 metres		O	O	O	O	XXO	XXX
18	Gordon Miller		2.03 metres		O	O	O	O	XXX
19	Rudolf Köppen		2.00 metres		O	O	O	XXX
20	Henri Elendé		1.90 metres		O	-	XXX