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1956 Olympic Games Melbourne, Australia - Men's Long Jump

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Host City: Melbourne, Australia

Format: All those reaching 7.15 metres advanced to the final.

Date Started: November 24, 1956

Date Finished: November 24, 1956

(Competitors: 31; Countries: 21; Finalists: 13)

Venue(s): Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Victoria

Overview by IAAF

The event was held in very windy conditions, with wind readings ranging from minus 14 to plus 9m per second. Additionally, the run-up was soft and loose, and only 38m long, instead of a more usual 45m. The qualifying distance of 7.15 was reached by 13 of the 39 entrants, eight of whom did not participate – including Rafer Johnson, who was battling an injury and saving himself for the decathlon. In view of the weather conditions it was fortuitous that the best two jumpers wound up in the top positions. The best qualifier (Henryk Grabowski, 7.52), finished tenth. Bennett, who had tied Bell in the US Trials, opened with his best mark of the day – 7.68 – after spiking himself. After a second jump of 7.61 his leg stiffened up, while Bell reached 7.83 on his second jump, and backed it up with 7.77 in the next round before getting cramp in his leg on his fourth attempt. All of the top jumpers leapt 25-30cm less than the distances they would have achieved in good conditions. Bell had a marginal foul jump of 8.33 a week after the Games which more accurately reflected his abilities.

Summary by Sports-reference.com

The conditions were difficult with strong, gusty winds, and a short, loose runway. American Greg Bell called them )the worst conditions I ever jumped under). But Bell did better than everybody else, winning the gold medal with 7.83 (25-8¼), his third round jump. First round leader was John Bennett (USA) with 7.68 (25-2½). He could do no better but won the silver medal.

			Results

*Long Jump*	Men		Final	24 November

Rank	Mark		Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	7.83		Greg Bell	United States	USA	26	OR
2	7.68		John Bennett	United States	USA	26
3	7.48		Jorma Valkama	Finland	FIN	28
4	7.44		Dmytro Bondarenko	Soviet Union	URS	20
5	7.36		Karim Olowu	Nigeria	NGR	32
6	7.30		Kazimierz Kropidłowski	Poland	POL	25
7	7.28		Neville Price	South Africa	RSA	27
8	7.27		Oleg Fedoseyev	Soviet Union	URS	20
9	7.15		Roy Cruttenden	Great Britain	GBR	31
10	7.15		Henryk Grabowski	Poland	POL	27
11	7.14		Ken Wilmshurst	Great Britain	GBR	25
12	6.57		Fermín Donazar	Uruguay	URU	23
AC	NM		Igor Ter-Ovanesyan	Soviet Union	URS	18
*Long Jump*	Men		Qualifying Round	24 November

Rank	Mark		Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	7.52	Q	Henryk Grabowski	Poland	POL	27
2	7.50	Q	John Bennett	United States	USA	26
3	7.42	Q	Oleg Fedoseyev	Soviet Union	URS	20
4	7.40	Q	Ken Wilmshurst	Great Britain	GBR	25
5	7.37	Q	Dmytro Bondarenko	Soviet Union	URS	20
6	7.36w	Q	Jorma Valkama	Finland	FIN	28
7	7.35	Q	Greg Bell	United States	USA	26
8	7.32	Q	Roy Cruttenden	Great Britain	GBR	31
9	7.31w	Q	Fermín Donazar	Uruguay	URU	23
10	7.29	Q	Karim Olowu	Nigeria	NGR	32
11	7.28w	Q	Neville Price	South Africa	RSA	27
12	7.22	Q	Kazimierz Kropidłowski	Poland	POL	25
13	7.15	Q	Igor Ter-Ovanesyan	Soviet Union	URS	18
14	7.12		Yoshiro Sonoda	Japan	JPN	24
15	7.11		Masaji Tajima	Japan	JPN	27
16	7.11		Ling Te-Sheng	Chinese Taipei	TPE
17	7.11		Muhammad Ramzan Ali	Pakistan	PAK	23
18	7.09		Seo Yeong-Ju	South Korea	KOR	22
19	7.09		Mike Moroney	Australia	AUS	22
20	7.00		Ary de Sá	Brazil	BRA	28
21	6.96		Ödön Földessy	Hungary	HUN	27
22	6.92		Ram Mehar	India	IND
23	6.91		Ian Bruce	Australia	AUS	21
24	6.90		Hugh Jack	Australia	AUS	26
25	6.89		David Kushnir	Israel	ISR	25
26	6.74		Fred Hammer	Luxembourg	LUX	26
27	6.62		Lawrence Ogwang	Uganda	UGA	23
28	6.58		Wilhelm Porrassalmi	Finland	FIN	25
29	6.53		Rafiu Oluwa	Nigeria	NGR	25
30	6.13		Muhammad Rashid	Pakistan	PAK
31	6.01		Edward Martins	Liberia	LBR
AC	NM		Torgny Wåhlander	Sweden	SWE	21

Detailed View

Qualification Round

For the qualifying round, competitors needed to hit the standard of 7.15 meters in order to reach the final, with a minimum of 12 competitors making the final. Since 13 athletes hit the standard, no extra berths were given for the final. After an athlete met the standard in the qualifying round, they were not required to finish their three jumps, denoted by a dash in the table. A foul is denoted by an "X".

RANK	Athlete Name	Jump 1	Jump 2	Jump 3	Best Jump
1	Henryk Grabowski (POL)	7.52	-	-	7.52 m
2	John Bennett (USA)	7.50	-	-	7.50 m
3	Oleg Fyodoseyev (URS)	7.04	7.42	-	7.42 m
4	Ken Wilmshurst (GBR)	6.95	7.40	-	7.40 m
5	Dmitry Bondarenko (URS)	6.97	6.95	7.37	7.37 m
6	Jorma Valkama (FIN)	7.13	6.92	7.36	7.36 m
7	Gregory Bell (USA)	7.35	-	-	7.35 m
8	Roy Cruttenden (GBR)	7.32	-	-	7.32 m
9	Fermín Donazar (URU)	7.31	-	-	7.31 m
10	Karim Olowu (NGR)	7.05	7.29	-	7.29 m
11	Neville Price (RSA)	7.28	-	-	7.28 m
12	Kazimierz Kropidlowski (POL)	7.10	7.22	-	7.22 m
13	Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (URS)	7.15	-	-	7.15 m
14	Yoshiro Sonoda (JPN)	6.77	7.01	7.12	7.12 m
15	Masaji Tajima (JPN)	6.98	X	7.11	7.11 m
16	Te-Sheng Ling (ROC)	6.85	6.74	7.11	7.11 m
17	Muhammad Ramzan Ali (PAK)	6.75	7.11	X	7.11 m
18	Suh Yeong-Joo (KOR)	7.08	7.09	6.92	7.09 m
19	Michael Moroney (AUS)	6.72	7.09	X	7.09 m
20	Ary de Sá (BRA)	6.86	7.00	6.97	7.00 m
21	Odon Foldessy (HUN)	6.96	6.92	6.93	6.96 m
22	Ram Mehar (IND)	6.92	6.84	5.53	6.92 m
23	Ian Bruce (AUS)	X	6.91	6.80	6.91 m
24	Hugh Jack (AUS)	6.90	6.87	6.45	6.90 m
25	David Kushnir (ISR)	6.09	6.89	6.66	6.89 m
26	Fred Hammer (LUX)	6.74	X	X	6.74 m
27	Lawrence Ogwang (UGA)	6.62	6.51	6.28	6.62
28	Wilhelm Porrassalmi (FIN)	X	6.58	X	6.58
29	Rafio Oluwa (NGR)	X	6.53	X	6.53 m
30	Muhammad Rashid (PAK)	6.13	6.10	5.90	6.13 m
31	Edward Martins (LBR)	5.79	6.01	5.96	6.01 m
32	Torgny Wahlander (SWE)	X	X	X	No Mark

Final Round

The final round included all 13 competitors who had qualified earlier that day by reaching the mark of 7.15 meters. The finals format was set up in two sections. All 13 athletes made three jumps, and all but the best six jumpers were eliminated. Finally, three more jumps were contested for the top six, however any jump made over all six attempts counted towards the final ranking. A dash means that the jumper elected not to attempt that round.

RANK	Athlete Name	Jump 1	Jump 2	Jump 3	Jump 4	Jump 5	Jump 6	Best Jump
	Gregory Bell (USA)	6.98	7.83	7.77	X	-	7.16	7.83 m
	John Bennett (USA)	7.68	7.61	X	-	X	-	7.68 m
	Jorma Valkama (FIN)	7.11	X	7.48	7.07	7.22	7.00	7.48 m
4	Dmitriy Bondarenko (URS)	7.44	X	7.13	X	6.89	6.99	7.44 m
5	Karim Olowu (NGR)	7.28	6.77	7.36	6.42	X	6.91	7.36 m
6	Kazimierz Kropidlowski (POL)	7.27	6.92	7.30	6.95	7.03	6.94	7.30 m
7	Neville Price (RSA)	X	7.28	X	OUT	OUT	OUT	7.28 m
8	Oleg Fyodoseyev (URS)	X	7.25	7.27	OUT	OUT	OUT	7.27 m
9	Roy Cruttenden (GBR)	7.15	X	6.96	OUT	OUT	OUT	7.15 m
10	Henryk Grabowski (POL)	X	X	7.15	OUT	OUT	OUT	7.15 m
11	Ken Wilmshurst (GBR)	7.14	7.06	7.05	OUT	OUT	OUT	7.14 m
12	Fermín Donazar (URU)	X	X	6.57	OUT	OUT	OUT	6.57 m
13	Igor Ter-Ovanesian (URS)	X	X	X	OUT	OUT	OUT	No Mark