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Host City: Tokyo, Japan

Format: Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 7.60 metres advanced to the final

Date Started: October 18, 1964

Date Finished: October 18, 1964

(Competitors: 32; Countries: 21; Finalists: 12)

Venue(s): National Stadium, Shinjuku, Tokyo

Overview by IAAF

Just five men reached the automatic qualifying distance of 7.60 in the cold (14°C) and wet conditions, and 7.46 sufficed to qualify. The final was even colder (12.5°C), and the jumpers had to contend with headwinds. As a result only the two best jumpers of 1960-64 – Boston and Ter-Ovanesyan, plus Davies, a newcomer, were able to jump beyond 25 feet (7.62). Even these quality athletes were unable to get beyond 26 feet (7.92) in the first half of the competition, with Boston (7.85) leading from Ter-Ovanesyan (7.78) and Davies (7.59). Gayle Hopkins, NCAA champion and an 8.16 jumper, had such difficulty with the conditions that he was unable to register a fair jump, and the Commonwealth Champion, the talented but erratic Mike Ahey, just missed the final six. The top three all improved in the fourth round. The wind lulled to a relatively calm -0.7 as Davies prepared for his fifth jump. The conditions, not far removed from average weather for Wales, may have affected Davies less than the others. Whether it was this or the qualities of physical strength and motivation inculcated by coach (and television commentator) Ron Pickering, is unsure, but Davies sped down the runway and launched himself to a lifetime best of 8.07. Ter-Ovanesyan immediately responded with a jump of 7.99, and Boston achieved his best jump of the day – 8.03 – in the final round. However, the day belonged to Wales.

Summary by Sports-reference.com

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.

			Results

*Long Jump*	Men		Final	18 October
The finals were conducted in a rainstorm on a dirt track, with the temperature reported at 13.5 °C (56.3 °F). In the preliminary rounds of the final, the three medalists had separated themselves from the others, but leading qualifier, defending champion, Olympic record-holder and recent new world record holder Ralph Boston was ahead of the previous world record holder Igor Ter-Ovanesyan, Lynn Davies was 19 cm behind. In the fourth round, under improving conditions, all three leaders improved. Davies was only 2cm behind Ter-Ovanesyan. In the fifth round Davies jumped 8.07 m (26 ft 5¹⁄₂ in) to take the lead, and Ter-Ovanesyan passed Boston with a 7.99 m (26 ft 2¹⁄₂ in). Boston fouled and was now 11cm behind. Boston improved on his final jump, equalling his qualifying mark of 8.03 m (26 ft 4 in) to take the silver.
Rank	Mark		Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	8.07		Lynn Davies	Great Britain	GBR	22
2	8.03		Ralph Boston	United States	USA	25
3	7.99		Igor Ter-Ovanesyan	Soviet Union	URS	26
4	7.60		Wariboko West	Nigeria	NGR	22
5	7.44		Jean Cochard	France	FRA	25
6	7.34		Luis Felipe Areta	Spain	ESP	22
7	7.30		Mike Ahey	Ghana	GHA	24
8	7.26		Andrzej Stalmach	Poland	POL	22
9	7.16		Hiroomi Yamada	Japan	JPN	22
10	7.15		Wolfgang Klein	Germany	GER	23
11	7.09		John Morbey	Great Britain	GBR	25
AC	NM		Gayle Hopkins	United States	USA	22
*Long Jump*	Men		Qualifying Round	18 October

Rank	Mark		Athlete	Country	NOC	Age	Records	Notes
1	8.03	Q	Ralph Boston	United States	USA	25
2	7.78	Q	Lynn Davies	Great Britain	GBR	22
3	7.78w	Q	Igor Ter-Ovanesyan	Soviet Union	URS	26
4	7.67	Q	Gayle Hopkins	United States	USA	22
5	7.62w	Q	Wariboko West	Nigeria	NGR	22
6	7.59	Q	Wolfgang Klein	Germany	GER	23
7	7.56	Q	John Morbey	Great Britain	GBR	25
8	7.53	Q	Mike Ahey	Ghana	GHA	24
9	7.52	Q	Jean Cochard	France	FRA	25
10	7.46w	Q	Luis Felipe Areta	Spain	ESP	22
11	7.46	Q	Andrzej Stalmach	Poland	POL	22
12	7.46	Q	Hiroomi Yamada	Japan	JPN	22
13	7.43		Pentti Eskola	Finland	FIN	26
14	7.43w		Antanas Vaupšas	Soviet Union	URS	28
15	7.39		Leonid Barkovskiy	Soviet Union	URS	23
16	7.34w		Sonny Ba Akpata	Nigeria	NGR	27
17	7.33		Raycho Tsonev	Bulgaria	BUL	28
18	7.30		Hans-Helmut Trense	Germany	GER	24
19	7.28		Wellesley Clayton	Jamaica	JAM	26
20	7.28		Koru Kawazu	Japan	JPN	23
21	7.27		Klaus Beer	Germany	GER	21
22T	7.26w		Phil Shinnick	United States	USA	21
22T	7.26		Fred Alsop	Great Britain	GBR	25
24	7.24		Alain Lefèvre	France	FRA	22
25	7.21		Dimitrios Manglaras	Greece	GRE	24
26	7.15		Satoshi Takayanagi	Japan	JPN	26
27	7.07		Ian Tomlinson	Australia	AUS	28
28	6.99		Henrik Kalocsai	Hungary	HUN	23
29	6.76		B. V. Satyanarayan	India	IND	29
30	6.74w		Samuel Cruz	Puerto Rico	PUR	20
31	6.41		Chu Ming	Hong Kong	HKG	32
AC			Iftikhar Shah	Pakistan	PAK	24

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Results

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	United States	8.03 metres		8.03	—
2	Lynn Davies	Great Britain	7.78 metres		7.39	X	7.78
3	Igor Ter-Ovanesyan	Soviet Union	7.78 metres		7.78	—
4	Gayle Hopkins	United States	7.67 metres		7.67	—
5	Wariboko West	Nigeria	7.62 metres		7.62	—
6	Wolfgang Klein	Germany	7.59 metres		7.59	X	7.54	Ralph Boston, Lynn Davies and Igor Ter-Ovanesyan
7	John Michael Morbey	Great Britain	7.56 metres		X	X	7.56
8	Michael Ahey	Ghana	7.53 metres		7.21	7.26	7.53
9	Jean Cochard	France	7.52 metres		6.96	X	7.52
10	Luis Felipe Areta	Spain	7.46 metres		7.31	7.46	7.34
11	Andrzej Stalmach	Poland	7.46 metres		7.27	7.46	X
12	Yamada Hiroomi	Japan	7.46 metres		X	7.46	X
13	Pentti Eskola	Finland	7.43 metres		7.43	7.35	X
14	Antanas Vaupshas	Soviet Union	7.43 metres		X	X	7.43
15	Leonid Barkovskiy	Soviet Union	7.39 metres		7.30	7.39	X
16	Sungay Akpata	Nigeria	7.34 metres		X	X	7.34
17	Raitcho Stoytchev	Bulgaria	7.33 metres		X	7.33	7.29
18	Hans-Helmut Trense	Germany	7.30 metres		7.09	7.20	7.30
19	Wellesley Clayton	Jamaica	7.28 metres		6.75	X	7.28
20	Kawazu Koro	Japan	7.28 metres		7.28	X	X
21	Klaus Beer	Germany	7.27 metres		X	7.25	7.27
22	Fred Alsop	Great Britain	7.26 metres		7.26	X	X
22	Phillip Shinnick	United States	7.26 metres		7.26	X	X
24	Alain Levèvre	France	7.24 metres		6.77	X	7.24
25	Dimos Manglaras	Greece	7.21 metres		7.06	7.11	7.21
26	Takayanagi Satoshi	Japan	7.15 metres		7.15	X	X
27	Ian Tomlinson	Australia	7.07 metres		7.07	X	X
28	Henrik Kalocsai	Hungary	6.99 metres		6.94	6.99	X
29	S. Bondada Venkata	India	6.76 metres		X	6.76	X
30	David Samuel Cruz	Puerto Rico	6.74 metres		X	6.74	6.72
31	Chu Ming	Hong Kong	6.41 metres		6.41	X	4.91
32	Iftikhar Shah	Pakistan	No mark		X	X	X
—	Joseph Adjei	Ghana	Did not start		—
	Constantin Badea	Romania	Did not start		—
	William Kamanyi	Uganda	Did not start		—
	George Ogan	Nigeria	Did not start		—
	Samir Ambrose Vincent	Iraq	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	Great Britain	8.07 metres	7.45	X	7.59	7.78	8.07	7.74
2	Ralph Boston	United States	8.03 metres	7.76	7.85	7.62	7.88	X	8.03
3	Igor Ter-Ovanesyan	Soviet Union	7.99 metres	7.78	X	7.64	7.80	7.99	7.81
4	Wariboko West	Nigeria	7.60 metres	7.56	7.51	7.50	7.40	7.60	X
5	Jean Cochard	France	7.44 metres	X	X	7.44	7.43	7.26	7.10
6	Luis Felipe Areta	Spain	7.34 metres	7.20	7.31	7.34	5.16	X	6.99
7	Michael Ahey	Ghana	7.30 metres	6.99	7.00	7.30
8	Andrzej Stalmach	Poland	7.26 metres	7.26	7.10	X
9	Yamada Hiroomi	Japan	7.16 metres	6.94	X	7.16
10	Wolfgang Klein	Germany	7.15 metres	7.06	7.13	7.15
11	John Michael Morbey	Great Britain	7.09 metres	7.09	6.91	6.77
12	Gayle Hopkins	United States	No mark	X	X	X