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High Jump, Men

Date	1 September 1960
Status	Olympic
Location	Stadio Olimpico, Roma
Participants	32 from 23 countries

The heavy favorite was American John Thomas. In 1960, he had bettered the world record five times, moving it up to 2.22 (7-3¾) at the US Olympic Trials. The next best jumper on height was Soviet Valery Brumel at 2.17 (7-1½). The two other Soviet jumpers, Robert’ Shavlaq’adze and Viktor Bolshov, were considered slight threats, as was defending champion Charlie Dumas, but Thomas may have been the heaviest favorite in any athletics event at Roma. In the final, he led early, clearing 2.00, 2.06, and 2.09, with passes at 2.03 and 2.12. At 2.12 (6-11½), Shavlaq’adze and Bolshov had first jump clearances, and Brumel went over on his third attempt. That was a PR for Shavlaq’adze who had previously jumped only 2.11 (6-11), although Bolshov was leading as he had not yet missed. At 2.14 (7-0¼) the three Soviets and Thomas got over, but only Shavlaq’adze did so on his first attempt moving into the lead. With the bar at 2.16 (7-1), Shavladq’adze cleared on his first attempt to win the gold medal, Brumel having one miss. Thomas and Bolshov failed to make the height and Thomas had to settle for the bronze medal.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	572	Robert' Shavlaq'adze	URS	2.00 (=4)	2.16 (1)	Gold	OR
2	573	Valery Brumel	URS	2.00 (=13)	2.16 (2)	Silver	OR
3	424	John Thomas	USA	2.00 (1)	2.14 (3)	Bronze	OR
4	571	Viktor Bolshov	URS	2.00 (=2)	2.14 (4)		OR
5	351	Stig Pettersson	SWE	2.00 (=2)	2.09 (5)
6	422	Charlie Dumas	USA	2.00 (=15)	2.03 (6)
=7	289	Theo Püll	GER	2.00 (11)	2.03 (=7)
=7	352	Kjell-Åke Nilsson	SWE	2.00 (=4)	2.03 (=7)
=7	154	Jiří Lanský	TCH	2.00 (=4)	2.03 (=7)
10	132	Robert Kotei	GHA	2.00 (=4)	2.03 (10)
11	216	Cornel Porumb	ROU	2.00 (=4)	2.03 (11)
12	479	Mahamat Idriss	FRA	2.00 (17)	2.03 (12)
13	202	Sándor Noszály	HUN	2.00 (=4)	2.03 (13)
14	480	Maurice Fournier	FRA	2.00 (=4)	2.00 (14)
15	531	Piotr Sobotta	POL	2.00 (12)	2.00 (15)
16	649	Gordon Miller	GBR	2.00 (=13)	2.00 (16)
17	423	Joe Faust	USA	2.00 (=15)	1.95 (17)
18 r1/2	377	Kuniyoshi Sugioka	JPN	1.95 (18)	–
=19 r1/2	503	Eero Salminen	FIN	1.95 (=19)	–
=19 r1/2	291	Werner Pfeil	GER	1.95 (=19)	–
=19 r1/2	226	René Maurer	SUI	1.95 (=19)	–
=22 r1/2	92	Helmuth Donner	AUT	1.95 (=22)	–
=22 r1/2	371	Jón Pétursson	ISL	1.95 (=22)	–
=24 r1/2	648	Crawford Fairbrother	GBR	1.95 (=24)	–
=24 r1/2	290	Peter Riebensahm	GER	1.95 (=24)	–
26 r1/2	319	Đorđe Majtan	YUG	1.95 (26)	–
27 r1/2	16	Charles Porter	AUS	1.95 (27)	–
28 r1/2	51	Samuel Igun	NGR	1.90 (28)	–
29 r1/2	695	Gurbachan Singh Randhawa	IND	1.90 (29)	–
AC r1/2	26	Mohamed Abdul Razzak	IRQ	– (NH)	–
AC r1/2	73	Sylvain Bitan	TUN	– (NH)	–
AC r1/2	665	Çetin Şahiner	TUR	– (NH)	–

Qualifying Round

Date	1 September 1960 — 9:00
Format	All those clearing 2.00 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Best Height Cleared	Misses at Best Height Cleared	Total Misses thru Best Height Cleared	Total Attempts thru Best Height Cleared	Attempts at 1.90 m	Attempts at 1.95 m	Attempts at 2.00 m
1	424	John Thomas	USA	2.00	0	0	1	-	-	o	Q
=2	351	Stig Pettersson	SWE	2.00	0	0	2	-	o	o	Q
=2	571	Viktor Bolshov	URS	2.00	0	0	2	o	-	o	Q
=4	480	Maurice Fournier	FRA	2.00	0	0	3	o	o	o	Q
=4	132	Robert Kotei	GHA	2.00	0	0	3	o	o	o	Q
=4	202	Sándor Noszály	HUN	2.00	0	0	3	o	o	o	Q
=4	216	Cornel Porumb	ROU	2.00	0	0	3	o	o	o	Q
=4	352	Kjell-Åke Nilsson	SWE	2.00	0	0	3	o	o	o	Q
=4	154	Jiří Lanský	TCH	2.00	0	0	3	o	o	o	Q
=4	572	Robert' Shavlaq'adze	URS	2.00	0	0	3	o	o	o	Q
11	289	Theo Püll	GER	2.00	0	1	4	xo	o	o	Q
12	531	Piotr Sobotta	POL	2.00	0	2	5	o	xxo	o	Q
=13	649	Gordon Miller	GBR	2.00	1	1	3	-	o	xo	Q
=13	573	Valery Brumel	URS	2.00	1	1	3	o	-	xo	Q
=15	422	Charlie Dumas	USA	2.00	1	1	4	o	o	xo	Q
=15	423	Joe Faust	USA	2.00	1	1	4	o	o	xo	Q
17	479	Mahamat Idriss	FRA	2.00	2	2	5	o	o	xxo	Q
18	377	Kuniyoshi Sugioka	JPN	1.95	0	0	1	-	o	xxx
=19	503	Eero Salminen	FIN	1.95	0	0	2	o	o	xxx
=19	291	Werner Pfeil	GER	1.95	0	0	2	o	o	xxx
=19	226	René Maurer	SUI	1.95	0	0	2	o	o	xxx
=22	92	Helmuth Donner	AUT	1.95	0	1	3	xo	o	xxx
=22	371	Jón Pétursson	ISL	1.95	0	1	3	xo	o	xxx
=24	648	Crawford Fairbrother	GBR	1.95	1	1	3	o	xo	xxx
=24	290	Peter Riebensahm	GER	1.95	1	1	3	o	xo	xxx
26	319	Đorđe Majtan	YUG	1.95	2	2	3	-	xxo	xxx
27	16	Charles Porter	AUS	1.95	2	2	4	o	xxo	xxx
28	51	Samuel Igun	NGR	1.90	0	0	1	o	xxx	–
29	695	Gurbachan Singh Randhawa	IND	1.90	2	2	3	xxo	xxx	–
NH	26	Mohamed Abdul Razzak	IRQ	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
NH	73	Sylvain Bitan	TUN	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
NH	665	Çetin Şahiner	TUR	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Final Round

Date	1 September 1960 — 15:15

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Best Height Cleared	Misses at Best Height Cleared	Total Misses thru Best Height Cleared	Total Attempts thru Best Height Cleared	Attempts at 1.90 m	Attempts at 1.95 m	Attempts at 2.00 m	Attempts at 2.03 m	Attempts at 2.06 m	Attempts at 2.09 m	Attempts at 2.12 m	Attempts at 2.14 m	Attempts at 2.16 m	Attempts at 2.18 m
1	572	Robert' Shavlaq'adze	URS	2.16	0	1	8	-	-	xo	o	o	o	o	o	o	xxx	OR
2	573	Valery Brumel	URS	2.16	1	5	12	-	o	-	o	o	xo	xxo	xo	xo	xxx	OR
3	424	John Thomas	USA	2.14	1	1	5	-	-	o	-	o	o	-	xo	xxx	–	OR
4	571	Viktor Bolshov	URS	2.14	1	1	7	-	o	-	o	o	o	o	xo	xxx	–	OR
5	351	Stig Pettersson	SWE	2.09	2	4	8	o	-	o	-	xxo	xxo	xxx	–	–	–
6	422	Charlie Dumas	USA	2.03	0	0	2	-	-	o	o	-	xxx	–	–	–	–
=7	289	Theo Püll	GER	2.03	0	0	4	o	o	o	o	xxx	–	–	–	–	–
=7	352	Kjell-Åke Nilsson	SWE	2.03	0	0	4	o	o	o	o	xxx	–	–	–	–	–
=7	154	Jiří Lanský	TCH	2.03	0	0	4	o	o	o	o	xxx	–	–	–	–	–
10	132	Robert Kotei	GHA	2.03	1	1	4	o	-	o	xo	xxx	–	–	–	–	–
11	216	Cornel Porumb	ROU	2.03	1	1	5	o	o	o	xo	xxx	–	–	–	–	–
12	479	Mahamat Idriss	FRA	2.03	1	3	6	-	xo	xo	xo	xxx	–	–	–	–	–
13	202	Sándor Noszály	HUN	2.03	2	3	7	o	o	xo	xxo	xxx	–	–	–	–	–
14	480	Maurice Fournier	FRA	2.00	0	0	2	-	o	o	xxx	–	–	–	–	–	–
15	531	Piotr Sobotta	POL	2.00	0	0	3	o	o	o	xxx	–	–	–	–	–	–
16	649	Gordon Miller	GBR	2.00	2	2	5	o	o	xxo	xxx	–	–	–	–	–	–
17	423	Joe Faust	USA	1.95	0	0	2	o	o	xxx	–	–	–	–	–	–	–