The men's long jump field event at the

1960 Olympic Games The 1960 Olympics may refer to: *The 1960 Winter Olympics, which were held in Squaw Valley, United States *The 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympi ...

took place on September 2. Forty-nine athletes from 34 nations competed. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Ralph Boston of the United States, the nation's eighth consecutive and 13th overall victory in the men's long jump.

Igor Ter-Ovanesyan Igor Aramovich Ter-Ovanesyan (russian: Игорь Арамович Тер-Ованесян, born 19 May 1938) is a Ukrainian former competitor and coach in the long jump. Competing for the Soviet Union, he was a five-time European and two-time O ...

's bronze was the Soviet Union's first medal in the event.

Background

This was the 14th appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1956 Games were bronze medalist

Jorma Valkama Jorma Rainer Valkama (October 4, 1928, Viipuri – December 11, 1962) was a Finnish athlete who competed mainly in the long jump. He competed for Finland in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia Australia, officiall ...

of Finland, fourth-place finisher

Dmitriy Bondarenko Dmytro Bondarenko (born 9 August 1936) is a Ukrainian athlete. He competed in the men's long jump at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), officially known as th ...

of the Soviet Union, sixth-place finisher

Kazimierz Kropidłowski Kazimierz Kropidłowski (16 August 1931 – 20 December 1998) was a Polish long jumper. He was born in Starogard Gdański. He competed at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm' ...

of Poland, twelfth-place finisher

Fermín Donazar Fermín Donazar (11 January 1933 – 27 September 2018) was a Uruguayan athlete. He competed in the men's long jump at the 1956 Summer Olympics and the 1960 Summer Olympics The 1960 Summer Olympics ( it, Giochi Olimpici estivi del 1960), ...

of Uruguay, and

of the Soviet Union, who had fouled in all three attempts in the 1956 final. Ralph Boston of the United States was favored; the month before the Games he had broken the 25-year-old world record set by Jesse Owens. Ter-Ovanesyan, the 1958 European champion, was his biggest challenger. The British West Indies, Egypt, Iraq, Malaya, and New Zealand each made their first appearance in the event; Germany competed as the "United Team of Germany" for the first time. The United States appeared for the 14th time, the only nation to have long jumpers at each of the Games thus far.

Competition format

The 1960 competition used the two-round format with divided final introduced in 1952. The qualifying round gave each competitor three jumps to achieve a distance of 7.40 metres; if fewer than 12 men did so, the top 12 (including all those tied) would advance. The final provided each jumper with three jumps; the top six jumpers received an additional three jumps for a total of six, with the best to count (qualifying round jumps were not considered for the final).Official Report, p. 328.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows. Ralph Boston broke the Olympic record with an 8.12 metre jump on his third attempt in the final. In his last jump,

Bo Roberson Irvin "Bo" Roberson (July 23, 1935 – April 15, 2001) was an American Track and field, track and field athlete and American football, football player. At Cornell University he excelled in basketball, football, and track and field. At the ...

also surpassed the old Olympic record but did not quite reach Boston's new record, jumping 8.11 metres.

Schedule

All times are Central European Time ( UTC+1)

Results

All jumpers reaching 7.40 metres advanced to the finals. All distances are listen in metres.

Qualifying

Final

References

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