Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump

The men's long jump
Long jump
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...

field event at the 1960 Olympic Games
1960 Summer Olympics
The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held from August 25 to September 11, 1960 in Rome, Italy...

took place on September 2.

Results

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

Qualifying

Rank	Name	Mark	Notes
1	Bo Roberson Bo Roberson Irvin Roberson was an American track and field athlete and American collegiate and Professional Football player. At Cornell University he excelled in basketball, football and track and field...	7.81
2	Igor Ter-Ovanesyan Igor Ter-Ovanesyan Igor Aramovich Ter-Ovanesyan is a Ukrainian athlete of Armenian ethnicity, and Olympic medalist in the long jump for the USSR.Ter-Ovanesyan trained at Burevestnik, first in Kiev, later in Lviv and then in Moscow. He participated in the Olympic Games five times and twice won a bronze medal...	7.79
3	Henk Visser Henk Visser Henk Visser is a Dutch politician. He is born in 1946.-References:...	7.72
4	Manfred Steinbach	7.70
5	Jorma Valkama Jorma Valkama Jorma Rainer Valkama was a Finnish athlete who competed mainly in the long jump.He competed for Finland in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia in the long jump where he won the bronze medal....	7.63
6	Ralph Boston Ralph Boston Ralph Harold Boston is an American athlete. He was an all around athletic star, but he is best remembered for his successes in the long jump during the 1960s....	7.60
7	Takayuki Okazaki	7.58
8	Attilio Bravi	7.57
9	Dmitry Bondarenko	7.49
10	Manfred Molzberger	7.46
11	Dimos Manglaras Dimos Manglaras Dimosthenis "Dimos" Manglaras is a former Greek long jumper.At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome he ranked 11th, and at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo he didn't pass the qualification....	7.45
12	Fred Alsop	7.42
13	Paul Foreman	7.42
14	Christian Collardot	7.40
15	John Oladipo Oladitan	7.38
16	Kazimierz Kropidłowski	7.37
17	Yukishige Yasuma	7.34
18	Juhani Manninen	7.34
19	Fritz Köppen	7.32
20	Anthony Watson Anthony Watson Anthony Reynard Watson, a native of Mobile, Alabama, is an American soul singer, who toured and recorded with The Chi-Lites in the late 1980s and 1990s.-Career:...	7.32
21	Gustav Schlosser	7.27
22	Jan Netopilík	7.26
23	Fermín Donazar	7.24
24	Roberto Procel	7.23
25	David Kushnir	7.20
26	Ali Brakchi Ali Brakchi Ali Brakchi is a retired track and field athlete from France, who was born in Algeria. He mainly competed in the men's long jump. He represented France at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy....	7.20
27	John Howell	7.19
28	Pedro de Almeida	7.10
29	Roar Berthelsen Roar Berthelsen Roar Berthelsen was a Norwegian long jumper. He represented Mandal og Halse IL and IK Tjalve.At the 1954 European Championships he finished eleventh in the long jump final with a jump of 7.16 metres. He also competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics without qualifying for the final. He became...	7.09
30	B.V. Satyanarayan	7.08
31	Luis Felipe Areta Luis Felipe Areta Luis Felipe Areta Sampériz is a retired Spanish triple jumper.His personal best jump was 16.36 metres, achieved in July 1968 in Estocolmo. He had a better indoor mark with 16.47 metres, achieved at the 1968 European Indoor Games in Madrid. Both marks are former Spanish records.He is a numerary of...	7.04
32	Dave Norris Dave Norris David "Dave" Stanley Norris is a former New Zealand athlete who specialised in the long jump and triple jump.Norris competed at 5 British Empire and Commonwealth Games from 1958 to 1974. Achieving success at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games winning the silver medal in the men's long...	7.04
33	Ian Tomlinson Ian Tomlinson Ian Ross Tomlinson was an Olympic athlete from Australia. He specialised in the triple jump and long jump events during his career....	7.03
34	Seo Yeong-Ju	6.98
35	Yalçın Ünsal	6.97
36	John Baguley	6.96
37	Mahmoud Atter Abdel Fattah	6.94
38	Romain Poté	6.92
39	Jun Ebina	6.83
40	Revaz Kvachakidze	6.82
41	Prajim Wongsuwan	6.78
42	Vilhjálmur Einarsson Vilhjálmur Einarsson Vilhjálmur Einarsson is a former Icelandic athlete, and triple-jump silver medalist at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia...	6.76
43	Kaimar-ud-Din bin Maidin	6.74
44	Virsa Singh	6.70
45	Bevyn Baker	6.43
46	Abdul Razzak	6.37
-	Clive Bonas		NM
-	Luigi Ulivelli Luigi Ulivelli Luigi Ulivelli was a track and field athlete from Italy, who mainly competed in the men's long jump. He represented his native country at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy. He was born in Corazzano, Pisa....		NM
-	Muhammad Ramzan Ali		NM

Final

Rank	Name	Mark	1	2	3	4	5	6	Notes
	Ralph Boston Ralph Boston Ralph Harold Boston is an American athlete. He was an all around athletic star, but he is best remembered for his successes in the long jump during the 1960s....	8.12	7.82	X	8.12 OR	7.80	X	7.96	OR
	Bo Roberson Bo Roberson Irvin Roberson was an American track and field athlete and American collegiate and Professional Football player. At Cornell University he excelled in basketball, football and track and field...	8.11	X	8.03 OR	7.88	7.75	7.62	8.11
	Igor Ter-Ovanesyan Igor Ter-Ovanesyan Igor Aramovich Ter-Ovanesyan is a Ukrainian athlete of Armenian ethnicity, and Olympic medalist in the long jump for the USSR.Ter-Ovanesyan trained at Burevestnik, first in Kiev, later in Lviv and then in Moscow. He participated in the Olympic Games five times and twice won a bronze medal...	8.04	7.90	7.80	X	X	7.68	8.04
4	Manfred Steinbach	8.00	7.81	X	7.76	X	X	8.00
5	Jorma Valkama Jorma Valkama Jorma Rainer Valkama was a Finnish athlete who competed mainly in the long jump.He competed for Finland in the 1956 Summer Olympics held in Melbourne, Australia in the long jump where he won the bronze medal....	7.69	7.52	7.69	7.36	7.31	X	7.29
6	Christian Collardot	7.68	7.67	X	7.68	6.96	7.50	X
7	Henk Visser Henk Visser Henk Visser is a Dutch politician. He is born in 1946.-References:...	7.66	7.59	7.43	7.66
8	Dmitry Bondarenko	7.58	7.27	7.58	7.37
9	Manfred Molzberger	7.49	7.35	7.49	7.47
10	Attilio Bravi	7.47	7.30	7.22	7.47
11	Dimos Manglaras Dimos Manglaras Dimosthenis "Dimos" Manglaras is a former Greek long jumper.At the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome he ranked 11th, and at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo he didn't pass the qualification....	7.45	7.16	7.32	7.45
12	Paul Foreman	7.26	7.26	XX	XX
13	Fred Alsop	7.25	7.25	7.18	7.16

Key: OR = Olympic record; NR = no mark; X = foul; XX = pass

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