The men's long jump was one of four men's jumping events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics

At the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, the athletics competition included 36 events, 24 for men and 12 for women. The women's 400 metres and women's pentathlon events were newly introduced at these Games. There were a total number of 1016 participating athletes from 82 countries.-Men's...

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. It was held on 14 October 1964. 37 athletes from 23 nations entered, with 5 not starting in the qualification round.

Qualification

The qualification standard was 7.60 metres with a minimum of 12 jumpers advancing. Each jumper had three opportunities. Since only 5 jumpers met the standard, the next 7 longest jumpers also advanced.

Place	Athlete	Nation	Best mark		Jump 1	Jump 2	Jump 3
1	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....		8.03 metres		8.03	—
2	Lynn Davies Lynn Davies Lynn Davies CBE was a member of the Cardiff Amateur Athletic Club and captain of the British Olympic long jump team in 1964....		7.78 metres		7.39	X	7.78
	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...		7.78 metres		7.78	—
4	Gayle Hopkins		7.67 metres		7.67	—
5	Wariboko West		7.62 metres		7.62	—
6	Wolfgang Klein		7.59 metres		7.59	X	7.54
7	John Michael Morbey		7.56 metres		X	X	7.56
8	Michael Kofi Ahey		7.53 metres		7.21	7.26	7.53
9	Jean Cochard		7.52 metres		6.96	X	7.52
10	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...		7.46 metres		7.31	7.46	7.34
	Andrzej Stalmach		7.46 metres		7.27	7.46	X
	Yamada Hiroomi		7.46 metres		X	7.46	X
13	Pentti Eskola		7.43 metres		7.43	7.35	X
	Antanas Vaupshas		7.43 metres		X	X	7.43
15	Leonid Barbovsky		7.39 metres		7.30	7.39	X
16	Sungay Akpata		7.34 metres		X	X	7.34
17	Raitcho Stoytchev		7.33 metres		X	7.33	7.29
18	Hans-Helmut Trense		7.30 metres		7.09	7.20	7.30
19	Wellesley Clayton		7.28 metres		6.75	X	7.28
	Kawazu Koro		7.28 metres		7.28	X	X
21	Klaus Beer Klaus Beer Klaus Beer is a former track and field athlete active in the 1960s for East Germany.Beer was born in Liegnitz , Province of Lower Silesia....		7.27 metres		X	7.25	7.27
22	Frederick John Alsop		7.26 metres		7.26	X	X
23	Alain Defevre		7.24 metres		6.77	X	7.24
24	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....		7.21 metres		7.06	7.11	7.21
25	Takayanagi Satosohi		7.15 metres		7.15	X	X
26	Ian Ross Tomlinson		7.07 metres		7.07	X	X
27	Henrik Kalocsai Henrik Kalocsai Henrik Kalocsai is a retired Hungarian athlete who specialized in the triple jump and long jump.He won the gold medal at the 1965 Summer Universiade, the bronze medal at the 1966 European Championships and the silver medal at the 1967 European Indoor Games...		6.99 metres		6.94	6.99	X
28	S. Bondada Venkata		6.76 metres		X	6.76	X
29	David Samuel Cruz		6.74 metres		X	6.74	6.72
30	Chu Ming		6.41 metres		6.41	X	4.91
31	Iftikhar Shah		No mark		X	X	X
—	Joseph Adjei		Did not start		—
	Constantin Badea		Did not start		—
	William Kamanyi		Did not start		—
	George Ogan		Did not start		—
	Samir Ambrose Vincent		Did not start		—

Final

For the final, the qualification marks were ignored and each jumper received three jumps. The six jumpers with the best marks in the final were awarded three more attempts, and their best mark from all six of the final jumps was considered.

Place	Athlete	Nation	Best mark		Jump 1	Jump 2	Jump 3	Jump 4	Jump 5	Jump 6
1	Lynn Davies		8.07 metres		7.45	X	7.59	7.78	8.07	7.74
2	Ralph Boston		8.03 metres		7.76	7.85	7.62	7.88	X	8.03
3	Igor Ter-Ovanesyan		7.99 metres		7.78	X	7.64	7.80	7.99	7.81
4	Wariboko West		7.60 metres		7.56	7.51	7.50	7.40	7.60	X
5	Jean Cochard		7.44 metres		X	X	7.44	7.43	7.26	7.10
6	Luis Felipe Areta		7.34 metres		7.20	7.31	7.34	5.16	X	6.99
7	Michael Kofi Ahey		7.30 metres		6.99	7.00	7.30
8	Andrzej Stalmach		7.26 metres		7.26	7.10	X
9	Yamada Hiroomi		7.16 metres		6.94	X	7.16
10	Wolfgang Klein		7.15 metres		7.06	7.13	7.15
11	John Michael Morbey		7.09 metres		7.09	6.91	6.77
12	Gayle Hopkins		No mark		X	X	X