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Long Jump, Men

Date	2 September 1960
Status	Olympic
Location	Stadio Olimpico, Roma
Participants	49 from 34 countries

Ralph Boston was favored in this event. In August, he jumped 8.21 (26-11¼) to break the legendary world record of Jesse Owens, set in 1935. He was expected to be challenged by Soviet Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, 1958 European Champion.

Ter-Ovanesyan led in round one with 7.90 (25-11), as Boston went 7.83 (25-8¼). Irvin “Bo“ Roberson jumped 8.03 in round two to take the lead but Boston surpassed that in round three with 8.12 (26-7¾). Both Roberson and Ter-Ovanesyan produced their best jumps in the final round, and Roberson scared Boston by jumping 8.11 (26-7¼), losing the gold medal by only a centimetre, as his next best mark was better than Boston’s (8.03 to 7.96). Ter-Ovanesyan jumped 8.04 (26-4½) in the final round to solidify his bronze medal, and he needed it as, jumping right after him, Manfred Steinbach (GER) produced an 8.00 (26-3) effort.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	425	Ralph Boston	USA	7.60 (6)	8.12 (1)	Gold	OR
2	326	Bo Roberson	USA	7.81 (1)	8.11 (2)	Silver
3	574	Igor Ter-Ovanesyan	URS	7.79 (2)	8.04 (3)	Bronze
4	292	Manfred Steinbach	GER	7.70 (4)	8.00 (4)
5	505	Jorma Valkama	FIN	7.63 (5)	7.69 (5)
6	481	Christian Collardot	FRA	7.40 (14)	7.68 (6)
7	189	Henk Visser	NED	7.72 (3)	7.66 (7)
8	576	Dmitry Bondarenko	URS	7.49 (9)	7.58 (8)
9	293	Manfred Molzberger	GER	7.46 (10)	7.49 (9)
10	610	Attilio Bravi	ITA	7.57 (8)	7.47 (10)
11	335	Dimitrios Magklaras	GRE	7.45 (11)	7.45 (11)
12	103	Paul Foreman	WIF	7.42 (13)	7.26 (12)
13	650	Fred Alsop	GBR	7.42 (12)	7.25 (13)
7 r1/2	379	Takayuki Okazaki	JPN	7.58 (7)	– (DNS)
15 r1/2	52	John Oladipo Oladitan	NGR	7.38 (15)	–
16 r1/2	533	Kazimierz Kropidłowski	POL	7.37 (16)	–
17 r1/2	380	Yukishige Yasuma	JPN	7.34 (17)	–
18 r1/2	504	Juhani Manninen	FIN	7.34 (18)	–
19 r1/2	294	Fritz Köppen	GER	7.32 (19)	–
20 r1/2	427	Tony Watson	USA	7.32 (20)	–
21 r1/2	227	Gustav Schlosser	SUI	7.27 (21)	–
22 r1/2	155	Jan Netopilík	TCH	7.26 (22)	–
23 r1/2	145	Fermín Donazar	URU	7.24 (23)	–
24 r1/2	258	Roberto Procel	MEX	7.23 (24)	–
25 r1/2	673	David Kushnir	ISR	7.20 (25)	–
26 r1/2	482	Ali Brakchi	FRA	7.20 (26)	–
27 r1/2	651	John Howell	GBR	7.19 (27)	–
28 r1/2	366	Pedro de Almeida	POR	7.10 (28)	–
29 r1/2	687	Roar Berthelsen	NOR	7.09 (29)	–
30 r1/2	697	B. V. Satyanarayan	IND	7.08 (30)	–
31 r1/2	457	Luis Felipe Areta	ESP	7.04 (31)	–
32 r1/2	86	Stan Norris	NZL	7.04 (32)	–
33 r1/2	17	Ian Tomlinson	AUS	7.03 (33)	–
34 r1/2	391	Seo Yeong-Ju	KOR	6.98 (34)	–
35 r1/2	668	Yalçın Ünsal	TUR	6.97 (35)	–
36 r1/2	18	John Baguley	AUS	6.96 (36)	–
37 r1/2	657	Mahmoud Attef	UAR	6.94 (37)	–
38 r1/2	233	Romain Poté	BEL	6.92 (38)	–
39 r1/2	378	Jun Ebina	JPN	6.83 (39)	–
40 r1/2	575	Revaz Kvach'ak'idze	URS	6.82 (40)	–
41 r1/2	68	Prajim Wongsuwan	THA	6.78 (41)	–
42 r1/2	370	Vilhjálmur Einarsson	ISL	6.76 (42)	–
43 r1/2	683	Kaimar-ud-Din bin Maidin	MAL	6.74 (43)	–
44 r1/2	696	Virsa Singh	IND	6.70 (44)	–
45 r1/2	7	Bevyn Baker	AUS	6.43 (45)	–
46 r1/2	27	Abdul Sattar Abdul Razzak	IRQ	6.37 (46)	–
AC r1/2	611	Luigi Ulivelli	ITA	– (NM)	–
AC r1/2	122	Muhammad Ramzan Ali	PAK	– (NM)	–
AC r1/2	364	Clive Bonas	VEN	– (NM)	–
DNS	2	Ali Zaid	AFG	– (DNS)	–
DNS	38	José da Conceição	BRA	– (DNS)	–
DNS	658	Rouhollah Rahmani	IRI	– (DNS)	–
DNS	116	Iftikhar Shah	PAK	– (DNS)	–
DNS	532	Henryk Grabowski	POL	– (DNS)	–
DNS	353	Torgny Wåhlander	SWE	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round

Date	2 September 1960
Format	All those reaching 7.40 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Distance	2nd-Best Mark Distance
1	326	Bo Roberson	USA	7.81	–	Q
2	574	Igor Ter-Ovanesyan	URS	7.79	–	Q
3	189	Henk Visser	NED	7.72	–	Q
4	292	Manfred Steinbach	GER	7.70	–	Q
5	505	Jorma Valkama	FIN	7.63	–	Q
6	425	Ralph Boston	USA	7.60	–	Q
7	379	Takayuki Okazaki	JPN	7.58	–	Q
8	610	Attilio Bravi	ITA	7.57	–	Q
9	576	Dmitry Bondarenko	URS	7.49	–	Q
10	293	Manfred Molzberger	GER	7.46	–	Q
11	335	Dimitrios Magklaras	GRE	7.45	–	Q
12	650	Fred Alsop	GBR	7.42	6.93	Q
13	103	Paul Foreman	WIF	7.42	x	Q
14	481	Christian Collardot	FRA	7.40	–	Q
15	52	John Oladipo Oladitan	NGR	7.38	–
16	533	Kazimierz Kropidłowski	POL	7.37	–
17	380	Yukishige Yasuma	JPN	7.34	7.26
18	504	Juhani Manninen	FIN	7.34	7.21
19	294	Fritz Köppen	GER	7.32	7.09
20	427	Tony Watson	USA	7.32	6.95
21	227	Gustav Schlosser	SUI	7.27	–
22	155	Jan Netopilík	TCH	7.26	–
23	145	Fermín Donazar	URU	7.24	–
24	258	Roberto Procel	MEX	7.23	–
25	673	David Kushnir	ISR	7.20	7.16
26	482	Ali Brakchi	FRA	7.20	7.09
27	651	John Howell	GBR	7.19	–
28	366	Pedro de Almeida	POR	7.10	–
29	687	Roar Berthelsen	NOR	7.09	–
30	697	B. V. Satyanarayan	IND	7.08	–
31	457	Luis Felipe Areta	ESP	7.04	7.04
32	86	Stan Norris	NZL	7.04	7.02
33	17	Ian Tomlinson	AUS	7.03	–
34	391	Seo Yeong-Ju	KOR	6.98	–
35	668	Yalçın Ünsal	TUR	6.97	–
36	18	John Baguley	AUS	6.96	–
37	657	Mahmoud Attef	UAR	6.94	–
38	233	Romain Poté	BEL	6.92	–
39	378	Jun Ebina	JPN	6.83	–
40	575	Revaz Kvach'ak'idze	URS	6.82	–
41	68	Prajim Wongsuwan	THA	6.78	–
42	370	Vilhjálmur Einarsson	ISL	6.76	–
43	683	Kaimar-ud-Din bin Maidin	MAL	6.74	–
44	696	Virsa Singh	IND	6.70	–
45	7	Bevyn Baker	AUS	6.43	–
46	27	Abdul Sattar Abdul Razzak	IRQ	6.37	–
NM	364	Clive Bonas	VEN	–	–
NM	611	Luigi Ulivelli	ITA	–	–
NM	122	Muhammad Ramzan Ali	PAK	–	–
DNS	658	Rouhollah Rahmani	IRI	–	–
DNS	116	Iftikhar Shah	PAK	–	–
DNS	2	Ali Zaid	AFG	–	–
DNS	532	Henryk Grabowski	POL	–	–
DNS	353	Torgny Wåhlander	SWE	–	–
DNS	38	José da Conceição	BRA	–	–

Group A

Date	2 September 1960 — 9:00

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance
1	11	Ralph Boston	USA	7.60
2	14	Takayuki Okazaki	JPN	7.58
3	8	Christian Collardot	FRA	7.40
4	15	Kazimierz Kropidłowski	POL	7.37
5	9	Yukishige Yasuma	JPN	7.34
6	16	Gustav Schlosser	SUI	7.27
7	10	Fermín Donazar	URU	7.24
8	18	B. V. Satyanarayan	IND	7.08
9	4	Luis Felipe Areta	ESP	7.04
10	2	Seo Yeong-Ju	KOR	6.98
11	6	John Baguley	AUS	6.96
12	5	Mahmoud Attef	UAR	6.94
13	19	Romain Poté	BEL	6.92	1
14	1	Jun Ebina	JPN	6.83
15	7	Vilhjálmur Einarsson	ISL	6.76
16	13	Kaimar-ud-Din bin Maidin	MAL	6.74
17	17	Abdul Sattar Abdul Razzak	IRQ	6.37
DNS	12	Rouhollah Rahmani	IRI	–
DNS	3	Iftikhar Shah	PAK	–

Group B

Date	2 September 1960 — 9:45

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	2nd-Best Mark Distance
1	16	Jorma Valkama	FIN	7.63	–
2	1	Dmitry Bondarenko	URS	7.49	–
3	13	Manfred Molzberger	GER	7.46	–
4	7	John Oladipo Oladitan	NGR	7.38	–
5	2	Juhani Manninen	FIN	7.34	–
6	6	Fritz Köppen	GER	7.32	7.09
7	8	Tony Watson	USA	7.32	6.95
8	4	Jan Netopilík	TCH	7.26	–
9	10	Roberto Procel	MEX	7.23	–
10	9	Ali Brakchi	FRA	7.20	–
11	3	John Howell	GBR	7.19	–
12	5	Stan Norris	NZL	7.04	–
13	17	Ian Tomlinson	AUS	7.03	–
14	14	Virsa Singh	IND	6.70	–
15	15	Bevyn Baker	AUS	6.43	–
DNS	18	Ali Zaid	AFG	–	–
DNS	11	Henryk Grabowski	POL	–	–
DNS	12	Torgny Wåhlander	SWE	–	–

Group C

Date	2 September 1960 — 10:30

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	2nd-Best Mark Distance
1	4	Manfred Steinbach	GER	7.70	–
2	5	Bo Roberson	USA	7.81	–
3	2	Igor Ter-Ovanesyan	URS	7.79	–
4	8	Henk Visser	NED	7.72	–
5	19	Attilio Bravi	ITA	7.57	–
6	11	Dimitrios Magklaras	GRE	7.45	–
7	17	Fred Alsop	GBR	7.42	6.93
8	1	Paul Foreman	WIF	7.42	x
9	6	David Kushnir	ISR	7.20	–
10	18	Pedro de Almeida	POR	7.10	–
11	16	Roar Berthelsen	NOR	7.09	–
12	15	Yalçın Ünsal	TUR	6.97	–
13	10	Revaz Kvach'ak'idze	URS	6.82	–
14	14	Prajim Wongsuwan	THA	6.78	–
NM	9	Clive Bonas	VEN	–	–
NM	13	Luigi Ulivelli	ITA	–	–
NM	7	Muhammad Ramzan Ali	PAK	–	–
DNS	12	José da Conceição	BRA	–	–

Final Round

Date	2 September 1960 — 16:20

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance	Round #4 Distance	Round #5 Distance	Round #6 Distance
1	2	Ralph Boston	USA	8.12	7.82	x	8.12	7.80	x	7.96	OR
2	10	Bo Roberson	USA	8.11	x	8.03	7.88	7.75	7.62	8.11
3	8	Igor Ter-Ovanesyan	URS	8.04	7.90	7.80	x	x	7.68	8.04
4	9	Manfred Steinbach	GER	8.00	7.81	x	7.76	x	x	8.00
5	6	Jorma Valkama	FIN	7.69	7.52	7.69	7.36	7.31	x	7.29
6	1	Christian Collardot	FRA	7.68	7.61	x	7.68	6.96	7.50	x
7	11	Henk Visser	NED	7.66	7.59	7.43	7.66	–	–	–
8	4	Dmitry Bondarenko	URS	7.58	7.27	7.58	7.37	–	–	–
9	5	Manfred Molzberger	GER	7.49	7.35	7.49	7.47	–	–	–
10	14	Attilio Bravi	ITA	7.47	7.30	7.22	7.47	–	–	–
11	12	Dimitrios Magklaras	GRE	7.45	7.16	7.32	7.45	–	–	–
12	7	Paul Foreman	WIF	7.26	7.26	-	-	–	–	–
13	13	Fred Alsop	GBR	7.25	7.25	7.18	7.16	–	–	–
DNS	3	Takayuki Okazaki	JPN	–	–	–	–	–	–	–