Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump

Men's high jump

at the Games of the XIX Olympiad

Venue

Dates

October 19–20

Medalists

	Dick Fosbury	United States
	Ed Caruthers	United States
	Valentin Gavrilov	Soviet Union

Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men

The men's high jump was one of four men's jumping events on the Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics program in Mexico City. Dick Fosbury won by using a backward jumping style that was called the Fosbury Flop. This was the unveiling of the new style on the world stage. The style completely revolutionized the sport. By the mid 1970s and ever since, virtually all of the top competitors were using the new style.

At 2.18 high school phenom Reynaldo Brown and Valery Skvortsov topped out leaving the three medalists Valentin Gavrilov. Ed Caruthers and Fosbury. The medalists were all clean at 2.20. Fosbury took the lead by remaining clean at 2.22, Caruthers needing a second attempt. Garilov couldn't make it. Fosbury confirmed his win by making 2.24 on his last attempt, while Caruthers brushed his last attempt off.

Medalists

Gold	Dick Fosbury United States (USA)
Silver	Ed Caruthers United States (USA)
Bronze	Valentin Gavrilov USSR (USSR)

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Valeriy Brumel (URS)	2.28 m	Moscow, Soviet Union	21 July 1963
Olympic record	Valeriy Brumel (URS)	2.18 m	Tokyo, Japan	21 October 1964

Results

Final

Held on October 20, 1968

Each jumper again had three attempts at each height, with the bar starting at 2.00 metres. Three jumpers were unable to perform as well as they had in the qualification.


Place	Athlete	Nation	Best mark	2.00	2.03	2.06	2.09	2.12	2.14	2.16	2.18	2.20	2.22	2.24	2.29
1	Dick Fosbury	United States	2.24 metres OR	-	O	-	O	-	O	-	O	O	O	XXO	XXX
2	Ed Caruthers	United States	2.22 metres	-	-	-	O	-	XXO	-	XXO	O	XO	XXX
3	Valentin Gavrilov	Soviet Union	2.20 metres	O	O	O	O	O	O	O	-	O	XXX
4	Valery Skvortsov	Soviet Union	2.16 metres	-	O	XO	O	XXO	O	XXO	XXX
5	Reynaldo Brown	United States	2.14 metres	-	O	-	O	-	O	-	XXX
6	Giacomo Crosa	Italy	2.14 metres	O	-	XO	O	O	O	XXX
7	Gunther Spielvogel	West Germany	2.14 metres	-	-	O	O	XXO	XO	XXX
8	Lawrie Peckham	Australia	2.12 metres	-	O	O	O	XO	XXX
9	Robert Sainte-Rose	France	2.09 metres	O	-	O	O	XXX
	Ingomar Sieghart	West Germany	2.09 metres	-	O	O	O	XXX
11	Luis María Garriga	Spain	2.09 metres	O	O	O	XXO	XXX
12	Ahmed Senoussi	Chad	2.09 metres	-	-	XO	XXO	XXX
13	Miodrag Todosijević	Yugoslavia	2.06 metres	O	-	O	XXX

References

High jump at the Olympic Games

Summary

Men	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Women	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

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