Athletics at the 1960 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | |||||||||
Date | September 1 | |||||||||
Competitors | 32 from 23 nations | |||||||||
Winning height | 2.16 OR | |||||||||
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The men's high jump field event at the 1960 Olympic Games took place on September 1.[1] Thirty-two athletes from 23 nations competed.[2] The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Robert Shavlakadze of the Soviet Union, the nation's first victory in the men's high jump. Valery Brumel took silver; both men surpassed the previous best placing for the Soviet team of bronze. American John Thomas took bronze to keep alive the United States' streak of medaling in every edition of the Olympic men's high jump.