Long Jump, Men
| Date | 18 October 1964 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Kokuritsu Kyogijo, Shinjuku, Tokyo |
| Participants | 32 from 20 countries |
The defending champion, Ralph Boston, returned as a solid favorite. The 1960 bronze medalist, Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, had won the 1958 and 1962 European Championships and was a big threat to Boston. He had broken Boston’s world record in 1962, but Boston regained it, twice, in 1964. Not highly considered was Welshman Lynn Davies, who had no medals at the European Championships or Commonwealth Games, and had won only the AAA Meet in 1964. Ter-O led in round one with 7.78 (25-6¼) but Boston took over with 7.85 (25-9¼) in round two. In the fourth round, Davies jumped 7.78 (25-6¼) to tie Ter-Ovanesyan but still stood third based on the next effort, and Ter-O surpassed him with 7.80 (25-7¼) in the round, and Boston also increased his lead with 7.88 (25-10¼) in round four. But Davies popped the gold medal winner, 8.07 (26-5¾), in round five to spring the big upset. Boston improved to 8.03 (26-4¼) in the final round but had to settle for the silver medal.
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Qualifying | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 149 | Lynn Davies |  GBR | 7.78 (2) | 8.07 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 740 | Ralph Boston |  USA | 8.03 (1) | 8.03 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 673 | Igor Ter-Ovanesyan |  URS | 7.78w (3) | 7.99 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 445 | Wariboko West |  NGR | 7.62w (5) | 7.60 (4) | |||
| 5 | 143 | Jean Cochard |  FRA | 7.52 (9) | 7.44 (5) | |||
| 6 | 561 | Luis Felipe Areta |  ESP | 7.46w (10) | 7.34 (6) | |||
| 7 | 265 | Mike Ahey |  GHA | 7.53 (8) | 7.30 (7) | |||
| 8 | 507 | Andrzej Stalmach |  POL | 7.46 (11) | 7.26 (8) | |||
| 9 | 816 | Hiroomi Yamada |  JPN | 7.46 (12) | 7.16 (9) | |||
| 10 | 238 | Wolfgang Klein |  GER | 7.59 (6) | 7.15 (10) | |||
| 11 | 175 | John Morbey | GBR | 7.56 (7) | 7.09 (11) | |||
| AC r2/2 | 741 | Gayle Hopkins | USA | 7.67 (4) | – ( | |||
| 13 r1/2 | 109 | Pentti Eskola |  FIN | 7.43 (13) | – | |||
| 14 r1/2 | 672 | Antanas Vaupšas | URS | 7.43w (14) | – | |||
| 15 r1/2 | 674 | Leonid Barkovsky | URS | 7.39 (15) | – | |||
| 16 r1/2 | 446 | Sonny Ba Akpata | NGR | 7.34w (16) | – | |||
| 17 r1/2 | 50 | Raycho Tsonev |  BUL | 7.33 (17) | – | |||
| 18 r1/2 | 237 | Hans-Helmut Trense | GER | 7.30 (18) | – | |||
| 19 r1/2 | 379 | Wellesley Clayton |  JAM | 7.28 (19) | – | |||
| 20 r1/2 | 817 | Koru Kawazu | JPN | 7.28 (20) | – | |||
| 21 r1/2 | 236 | Klaus Beer | GER | 7.27 (21) | – | |||
| =22 r1/2 | 180 | Fred Alsop | GBR | 7.26 (=22) | – | |||
| =22 r1/2 | 742 | Phil Shinnick | USA | 7.26w (=22) | – | |||
| 24 r1/2 | 142 | Alain Lefèvre | FRA | 7.24 (24) | – | |||
| 25 r1/2 | 278 | Dimitrios Magklaras |  GRE | 7.21 (25) | – | |||
| 26 r1/2 | 818 | Satoshi Takayanagi | JPN | 7.15 (26) | – | |||
| 27 r1/2 | 19 | Ian Tomlinson |  AUS | 7.07 (27) | – | |||
| 28 r1/2 | 296 | Henrik Kalocsai |  HUN | 6.99 (28) | – | |||
| 29 r1/2 | 314 | B. V. Satyanarayan |  IND | 6.76 (29) | – | |||
| 30 r1/2 | 526 | Samuel Cruz |  PUR | 6.74w (30) | – | |||
| 31 r1/2 | 284 | Chu Ming |  HKG | 6.41 (31) | – | |||
| AC r1/2 | 476 | Iftikhar Shah |  PAK | – ( | – | |||
| 636 | William Kamanyi |  UGA | – ( | – | ||||
| 534 | Constantin Badea |  ROU | – ( | – | ||||
| 275 | Joseph Kobina Adjet | GHA | – ( | – | ||||
| 334 | Samir Vincent |  IRQ | – ( | – | ||||
| 447 | George Ogan | NGR | – ( | – |
Qualifying Round (18 October 1964 — 10:30)
Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 7.60 metres advanced to the final.
| Pos | Ord | Athlete | NOC | Distance | R1 | R2 | R3 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 14 | Ralph Boston | USA | 8.03 | 8.03 (0.0) | - | - | |||
| 2 | 13 | Lynn Davies | GBR | 7.78 | 7.39 (-2.4) | × | 7.78 (-2.7) | |||
| 3 | 10 | Igor Ter-Ovanesyan | URS | 7.78w | 7.78w (+2.1) | - | - | |||
| 4 | 2 | Gayle Hopkins | USA | 7.67 | 7.67 (-3.1) | - | - | |||
| 5 | 11 | Wariboko West | NGR | 7.62w | 7.62w (+2.1) | - | - | |||
| 6 | 3 | Wolfgang Klein | GER | 7.59 | 7.59 (-1.4) | × | 7.54 | |||
| 7 | 4 | John Morbey | GBR | 7.56 | × | × | 7.56 (-2.1) | |||
| 8 | 7 | Mike Ahey | GHA | 7.53 | 7.21 (-1.4) | 7.26 (-1.0) | 7.53 (-1.7) | |||
| 9 | 9 | Jean Cochard | FRA | 7.52 | 6.96 (-0.2) | × | 7.52 (+0.7) | |||
| 10 | 13 | Luis Felipe Areta | ESP | 7.46w | 7.31w (+2.2) | 7.46w (+2.4) | 7.34 (-1.0) | |||
| 11 | 5 | Andrzej Stalmach | POL | 7.46 | 7.27 (-2.4) | 7.46 (-2.3) | × | |||
| 12 | 6 | Hiroomi Yamada | JPN | 7.46 | × | 7.46 (-4.5) | × | |||
| 13 | 16 | Pentti Eskola | FIN | 7.43 | 7.43 (-2.1) | 7.35 (-2.3) | × | |||
| 14 | 1 | Antanas Vaupšas | URS | 7.43w | × | × | 7.43w (+3.4) | |||
| 15 | 17 | Leonid Barkovsky | URS | 7.39 | 7.30w (+2.9) | 7.39 (+1.4) | × | |||
| 16 | 15 | Sonny Ba Akpata | NGR | 7.34w | × | × | 7.34w (+2.2) | |||
| 17 | 11 | Raycho Tsonev | BUL | 7.33 | × | 7.33 (+2.0) | 7.29w (+2.2) | |||
| 18 | 19 | Hans-Helmut Trense | GER | 7.30 | 7.09 (-2.9) | 7.20 (-3.4) | 7.30 (-2.2) | |||
| 19 | 12 | Wellesley Clayton | JAM | 7.28 | 6.75 (+1.1) | × | 7.28 (-2.1) | |||
| 20 | 10 | Koru Kawazu | JPN | 7.28 | 7.28 (+0.3) | × | × | |||
| 21 | 9 | Klaus Beer | GER | 7.27 | × | 7.25 (-2.7) | 7.27 (-2.6) | |||
| =22 | 6 | Phil Shinnick | USA | 7.26w | × | 7.26w (+3.2) | × | |||
| =22 | 1 | Fred Alsop | GBR | 7.26 | 7.26 (-1.5) | × | × | |||
| 24 | 3 | Alain Lefèvre | FRA | 7.24 | 6.77w (+2.2) | × | 7.24 (+1.2) | |||
| 25 | 18 | Dimitrios Magklaras | GRE | 7.21 | 7.06 (+0.1) | 7.11 (+2.0) | 7.21 (+1.7) | |||
| 26 | 8 | Satoshi Takayanagi | JPN | 7.15 | 7.15 (-3.0) | × | × | |||
| 27 | 18 | Ian Tomlinson | AUS | 7.07 | 7.07 (-2.2) | × | × | |||
| 28 | 15 | Henrik Kalocsai | HUN | 6.99 | 6.94 (-2.6) | 6.99 (-2.3) | × | |||
| 29 | 4 | B. V. Satyanarayan | IND | 6.76 | × | 6.76 (+1.3) | × | |||
| 30 | 5 | Samuel Cruz | PUR | 6.74w | × | 6.74w (+2.3) | 6.72w (+3.5) | |||
| 31 | 17 | Chu Ming | HKG | 6.41 | 6.41 (-2.8) | × | 4.91 (-2.1) | |||
| 7 | Iftikhar Shah | PAK | – | × | × | × | ||||
| 12 | William Kamanyi | UGA | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 14 | Constantin Badea | ROU | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 16 | Joseph Kobina Adjet | GHA | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 8 | Samir Vincent | IRQ | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 2 | George Ogan | NGR | – | – | – | – |
Final Round (18 October 1964 — 15:00)
| Pos | Ord | Athlete | NOC | Distance | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Lynn Davies | GBR | 8.07 | 7.45 (-4.1) | × | 7.59 (-2.4) | 7.78 (-2.4) | 8.07 (-0.7) | 7.74 (-3.3) | |||
| 2 | 2 | Ralph Boston | USA | 8.03 | 7.76 (-2.5) | 7.85 (-3.1) | 7.62 (-2.8) | 7.88 (-1.7) | × | 8.03 (-2.0) | |||
| 3 | 4 | Igor Ter-Ovanesyan | URS | 7.99 | 7.78 (-2.7) | × | 7.64 (-2.1) | 7.80 (-2.1) | 7.99 (-2.3) | 7.81 (-2.1) | |||
| 4 | 11 | Wariboko West | NGR | 7.60 | 7.56 (-3.0) | 7.51 (-1.8) | 7.50 (-2.7) | 7.40 (-2.2) | 7.60 (-2.5) | × | |||
| 5 | 7 | Jean Cochard | FRA | 7.44 | × | × | 7.44 (-2.9) | 7.43 (-2.0) | 7.26 (-4.5) | 7.10 (0.0) | |||
| 6 | 1 | Luis Felipe Areta | ESP | 7.34 | 7.20 (-0.3) | 7.31 (-1.9) | 7.34 (+0.4) | 5.16 (-2.3) | × | 6.99 (-3.1) | |||
| 7 | 9 | Mike Ahey | GHA | 7.30 | 6.99 (-4.5) | 7.00 (-2.9) | 7.30 (-2.7) | – | – | – | |||
| 8 | 8 | Andrzej Stalmach | POL | 7.26 | 7.26 (-3.0) | 7.10 (-2.3) | × | – | – | – | |||
| 9 | 5 | Hiroomi Yamada | JPN | 7.16 | 6.94 (-3.8) | × | 7.16 (-3.4) | – | – | – | |||
| 10 | 12 | Wolfgang Klein | GER | 7.15 | 7.06 (-4.1) | 7.13 (-3.0) | 7.15 (-3.0) | – | – | – | |||
| 11 | 10 | John Morbey | GBR | 7.09 | 7.09 (-2.4) | 6.91 (-5.6) | 6.77 (-3.8) | – | – | – | |||
| 6 | Gayle Hopkins | USA | – | × | × | × | – | – | – |