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

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    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. Thirty-nine athletes from 25 nations competed. [1] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. Dick Fosbury won by using a backward jumping style that was called the ...

  3. Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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    Bob Beamon broke Ralph Boston's 1965 and Igor Ter-Ovanesyan's 1967 World Record in the Men's Long Jump by 55 cm (22 in). This record was not broken until 1991. It remains the second-best legal jump in history. The World Record was broken in the Men's Triple Jump five times by three athletes, including the final jump of the event. The top five ...

  4. Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's high jump

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    1 Results. Toggle Results subsection. 1.1 Qualifying. 1.2 Final. 2 References. Toggle the table of contents. Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's high ...

  5. Dick Fosbury - Wikipedia

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    When the fourth man, John Hartfield, another high schooler who had been leading the competition, missed all three of his attempts, the Olympic team of three jumpers was set. At the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, Fosbury took the gold medal and set a new Olympic record at 2.24 m (7 ft 4 + 1 ⁄ 4 in), [9] displaying the potential of the new ...

  6. Joni Huntley's name still carved in Oregon track and field ...

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    Joni won six from 1972 to 1974 — three in the high jump and one each in the long jump, 110-yard hurdles and 100-yard dash. Joni Huntley prepares to work out leading up to the 1974 Oregon state ...

  7. List of 1968 Summer Olympics medal winners - Wikipedia

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    High jump details: Dick Fosbury United States: 2.24 m OR: Ed Caruthers United States: 2.22 m Valentin Gavrilov Soviet Union: 2.20 m Pole vault details: Bob Seagren United States: 5.40 m OR: Claus Schiprowski West Germany: 5.40 m Wolfgang Nordwig East Germany: 5.40 m Long jump details: Bob Beamon United States: 8.90 m WR: Klaus Beer East Germany ...

  8. 1968 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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    The 1968 Summer Olympics (Spanish: Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad (Spanish: Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (Spanish: México 1968), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968 in Mexico City, Mexico.

  9. United States at the 1968 Summer Olympics - Wikipedia

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    Long jump: 6.30 12 q: 6.20 10 Willye White: 6.42 6 Q: 6.08 11 Estelle Baskerville: High jump: NH: Did not advance Sharon Callahan: 1.60 22 Did not advance Eleanor Montgomery: 1.68 19 Did not advance Maren Seidler: Shot put — 14.86 11 Olga Connolly: Discus throw — 52.96 6 Carol Moseke: 48.28 14 RaNae Bair: Javelin throw — 53.14 11 Barbara ...