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High Jump, Men

Date	1 September 1960
Status	Olympic
Location	Stadio Olimpico, Roma
Participants	32 from 23 countries

The heavy favorite was American John Thomas. In 1960, he had bettered the world record five times, moving it up to 2.22 (7-3¾) at the US Olympic Trials. The next best jumper on height was Soviet Valery Brumel at 2.17 (7-1½). The two other Soviet jumpers, Robert’ Shavlaq’adze and Viktor Bolshov, were considered slight threats, as was defending champion Charlie Dumas, but Thomas may have been the heaviest favorite in any athletics event at Roma. In the final, he led early, clearing 2.00, 2.06, and 2.09, with passes at 2.03 and 2.12. At 2.12 (6-11½), Shavlaq’adze and Bolshov had first jump clearances, and Brumel went over on his third attempt. Bolshov was leading as he had not yet missed. That was a PR for Shavlaq’adze who had previously jumped only 2.11 (6-11). At 2.14 (7-0¼) the three Soviets and Thomas got over, but only Shavlaq’adze did so on his first attempt moving into the lead. With the bar at 2.16 (7-1), Shavladq’adze cleared on his first attempt to win the gold medal, Brumel having one miss. Thomas and Bolshov failed to make the height and Thomas had to settle for the bronze medal.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Qualifying Round	Final Round
1	572	Robert' Shavlaq'adze	URS	2.00 (=4)	2.16 (1)	Gold	OR
2	573	Valery Brumel	URS	2.00 (=13)	2.16 (2)	Silver	OR
3	424	John Thomas	USA	2.00 (1)	2.14 (3)	Bronze	OR
4	571	Viktor Bolshov	URS	2.00 (=2)	2.14 (4)		OR
5	351	Stig Pettersson	SWE	2.00 (=2)	2.09 (5)
6	422	Charlie Dumas	USA	2.00 (=15)	2.03 (6)
=7	289	Theo Püll	GER	2.00 (11)	2.03 (=7)
=7	352	Kjell-Åke Nilsson	SWE	2.00 (=4)	2.03 (=7)
=7	154	Jiří Lanský	TCH	2.00 (=4)	2.03 (=7)
10	132	Robert Kotei	GHA	2.00 (=4)	2.03 (10)
11	216	Cornel Porumb	ROU	2.00 (=4)	2.03 (11)
12	479	Mahamat Idriss	FRA	2.00 (17)	2.03 (12)
13	202	Sándor Noszály	HUN	2.00 (=4)	2.03 (13)
14	480	Maurice Fournier	FRA	2.00 (=4)	2.00 (14)
15	531	Piotr Sobotta	POL	2.00 (12)	2.00 (15)
16	649	Gordon Miller	GBR	2.00 (=13)	2.00 (16)
17	423	Joe Faust	USA	2.00 (=15)	1.95 (17)
18 r1/2	377	Kuniyoshi Sugioka	JPN	1.95 (18)	–
=19 r1/2	503	Eero Salminen	FIN	1.95 (=19)	–
=19 r1/2	291	Werner Pfeil	GER	1.95 (=19)	–
=19 r1/2	226	René Maurer	SUI	1.95 (=19)	–
=22 r1/2	92	Helmuth Donner	AUT	1.95 (=22)	–
=22 r1/2	371	Jón Pétursson	ISL	1.95 (=22)	–
=24 r1/2	648	Crawford Fairbrother	GBR	1.95 (=24)	–
=24 r1/2	290	Peter Riebensahm	GER	1.95 (=24)	–
26 r1/2	319	Đorđe Majtan	YUG	1.95 (26)	–
27 r1/2	16	Charles Porter	AUS	1.95 (27)	–
28 r1/2	51	Samuel Igun	NGR	1.90 (28)	–
29 r1/2	695	Gurbachan Singh Randhawa	IND	1.90 (29)	–
AC r1/2	26	Mohamed Abdul Razzak	IRQ	– (NH)	–
AC r1/2	73	Sylvain Bitan	TUN	– (NH)	–
AC r1/2	665	Çetin Şahiner	TUR	– (NH)	–

Qualifying Round (1 September 1960 — 9:00)

All those clearing 2.00 metres advanced to the final.

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Height	Misses	Total Misses	Total Attempts	1.90 m	1.95 m	2.00 m
1	John Thomas	USA	2.00	0	0	1	-	-	o	Q
=2	Stig Pettersson	SWE	2.00	0	0	2	-	o	o	Q
=2	Viktor Bolshov	URS	2.00	0	0	2	o	-	o	Q
=4	Maurice Fournier	FRA	2.00	0	0	3	o	o	o	Q
=4	Robert Kotei	GHA	2.00	0	0	3	o	o	o	Q
=4	Sándor Noszály	HUN	2.00	0	0	3	o	o	o	Q
=4	Cornel Porumb	ROU	2.00	0	0	3	o	o	o	Q
=4	Kjell-Åke Nilsson	SWE	2.00	0	0	3	o	o	o	Q
=4	Jiří Lanský	TCH	2.00	0	0	3	o	o	o	Q
=4	Robert' Shavlaq'adze	URS	2.00	0	0	3	o	o	o	Q
11	Theo Püll	GER	2.00	0	1	4	xo	o	o	Q
12	Piotr Sobotta	POL	2.00	0	2	5	o	xxo	o	Q
=13	Gordon Miller	GBR	2.00	1	1	3	-	o	xo	Q
=13	Valery Brumel	URS	2.00	1	1	3	o	-	xo	Q
=15	Charlie Dumas	USA	2.00	1	1	4	o	o	xo	Q
=15	Joe Faust	USA	2.00	1	1	4	o	o	xo	Q
17	Mahamat Idriss	FRA	2.00	2	2	5	o	o	xxo	Q
18	Kuniyoshi Sugioka	JPN	1.95	0	0	1	-	o	xxx
=19	Eero Salminen	FIN	1.95	0	0	2	o	o	xxx
=19	Werner Pfeil	GER	1.95	0	0	2	o	o	xxx
=19	René Maurer	SUI	1.95	0	0	2	o	o	xxx
=22	Helmuth Donner	AUT	1.95	0	1	3	xo	o	xxx
=22	Jón Pétursson	ISL	1.95	0	1	3	xo	o	xxx
=24	Crawford Fairbrother	GBR	1.95	1	1	3	o	xo	xxx
=24	Peter Riebensahm	GER	1.95	1	1	3	o	xo	xxx
26	Đorđe Majtan	YUG	1.95	2	2	3	-	xxo	xxx
27	Charles Porter	AUS	1.95	2	2	4	o	xxo	xxx
28	Samuel Igun	NGR	1.90	0	0	1	o	xxx	–
29	Gurbachan Singh Randhawa	IND	1.90	2	2	3	xxo	xxx	–
NH	Mohamed Abdul Razzak	IRQ	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
NH	Sylvain Bitan	TUN	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
NH	Çetin Şahiner	TUR	–	–	–	–	–	–	–

Final Round (1 September 1960 — 15:15)

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Height	Misses	Total Misses	Total Attempts	1.90 m	1.95 m	2.00 m	2.03 m	2.06 m	2.09 m	2.12 m	2.14 m	2.16 m	2.18 m
1	Robert' Shavlaq'adze	URS	2.16	0	1	8	-	-	xo	o	o	o	o	o	o	xxx	OR
2	Valery Brumel	URS	2.16	1	5	12	-	o	-	o	o	xo	xxo	xo	xo	xxx	OR
3	John Thomas	USA	2.14	1	1	5	-	-	o	-	o	o	-	xo	xxx	–	OR
4	Viktor Bolshov	URS	2.14	1	1	7	-	o	-	o	o	o	o	xo	xxx	–	OR
5	Stig Pettersson	SWE	2.09	2	4	8	o	-	o	-	xxo	xxo	xxx	–	–	–
6	Charlie Dumas	USA	2.03	0	0	2	-	-	o	o	-	xxx	–	–	–	–
=7	Theo Püll	GER	2.03	0	0	4	o	o	o	o	xxx	–	–	–	–	–
=7	Kjell-Åke Nilsson	SWE	2.03	0	0	4	o	o	o	o	xxx	–	–	–	–	–
=7	Jiří Lanský	TCH	2.03	0	0	4	o	o	o	o	xxx	–	–	–	–	–
10	Robert Kotei	GHA	2.03	1	1	4	o	-	o	xo	xxx	–	–	–	–	–
11	Cornel Porumb	ROU	2.03	1	1	5	o	o	o	xo	xxx	–	–	–	–	–
12	Mahamat Idriss	FRA	2.03	1	3	6	-	xo	xo	xo	xxx	–	–	–	–	–
13	Sándor Noszály	HUN	2.03	2	3	7	o	o	xo	xxo	xxx	–	–	–	–	–
14	Maurice Fournier	FRA	2.00	0	0	2	-	o	o	xxx	–	–	–	–	–	–
15	Piotr Sobotta	POL	2.00	0	0	3	o	o	o	xxx	–	–	–	–	–	–
16	Gordon Miller	GBR	2.00	2	2	5	o	o	xxo	xxx	–	–	–	–	–	–
17	Joe Faust	USA	1.95	0	0	2	o	o	xxx	–	–	–	–	–	–	–