Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's long jump

Men's long jump at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Perry Lakes Stadium
Date	26 November 1962
Competitors	19 from 13 nations
Winning distance	26 ft 5 in (8.05 m) GR
Medalists
Michael Ahey   Ghana   Dave Norris   New Zealand   Wellesley Clayton   Jamaica

Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 yd		men		women
220 yd		men		women
440 yd		men
880 yd		men		women
1 mile		men
3 miles		men
6 miles		men
80 m hurdles				women
120 yd hurdles		men
440 yd hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×110 yd relay		men		women
4×440 yd relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women

The men's long jump at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Perry Lakes Stadium on Saturday 24 November 1962.

The event was won by Ghanaian Michael Ahey with a jump of 26 ft 5 in (8.05 m), setting a new Games record. Ahey won by 1 ft ³⁄₄ in (32 cm), ahead of New Zealand's Dave Norris and Wellesley Clayton from Jamaica who won the bronze medal.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Michael Ahey Ghana Ghana	Dave Norris New Zealand	Wellesley Clayton Jamaica

Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

World record	Ralph Boston (USA)	27 ft 1 ^3⁄4 in (8.27 m)	Moscow, Soviet Union	16 July 1961
Games record	Ken Wilmshurst (ENG)	24 ft 8 ^3⁄4 in (7.54 m)	Vancouver, Canada	6 August 1954	[2]
Commonwealth record		'

The following new championship (games) and national records were set during the competition:

Date	Event	Athlete	Distance	Notes
24 November	Final	Ghana	26 ft 5 in (8.05 m)	GR
24 November	Final	Wales	25 ft 4 in (7.72 m)	NR

Final

^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Ahey, MichaelMichael Ahey	Ghana	26 ft 5 in (8.05 m)	GR
	Norris, DaveDave Norris	New Zealand	25 ft 4 ^3⁄4 in (7.74 m)
	Clayton, WellesleyWellesley Clayton	Jamaica	25 ft 4 ^1⁄4 in (7.73 m)
4	Davies, LynnLynn Davies	Wales	25 ft 4 in (7.72 m)	NR[1]
5	Baguley, JohnJohn Baguley	Australia	25 ft 1 in (7.65 m)
6	Tomlinson, IanIan Tomlinson	Australia	24 ft 6 ^1⁄4 in (7.47 m)
7	Odhiambo, PaulPaul Odhiambo	Kenya	24 ft 4 in (7.42 m)
8	Howell, JohnJohn Howell	England	24 ft 2 ^3⁄4 in (7.39 m)
9	Alsop, FredFred Alsop	England	24 ft 2 ^1⁄4 in (7.37 m)
10	Kamanyi, WilliamWilliam Kamanyi	Uganda	23 ft 11 ^1⁄2 in (7.30 m)
11	Obura, SevSev Obura	Uganda	23 ft 9 ^1⁄4 in (7.25 m)
12	Crawley, AllenAllen Crawley	Papua and New Guinea	23 ft 8 ^3⁄4 in (7.23 m)
13	Brooks, VictorVictor Brooks	Jamaica	23 ft 8 ^1⁄2 in (7.23 m)
=14	McCann, JimJim McCann	Australia	23 ft 1 ^1⁄4 in (7.04 m)
	Blackmore, JohnJohn Blackmore	Australia
16	Collins, RoyRoy Collins	Rhodesia and Nyasaland	22 ft 10 ^1⁄4 in (6.97 m)
17	Piging, GabuhGabuh Piging	British North Borneo	22 ft 7 in (6.88 m)
18	Gut-Hing, Joseph LeeJoseph Lee Gut-Hing	Sarawak	22 ft 5 ^1⁄2 in (6.85 m)
19	Lucas, LeroyLeroy Lucas	British Honduras	21 ft 9 ^1⁄2 in (6.64 m)

References

1. Our Athletics Correspondent (27 November 1962). "Halberg Dominates Games Athletics". The Times. London: Times Newspapers Ltd. p. 3.
2. "Full Games Results". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. 7 August 1954. p. 11.
3. "Results of the men's long jump at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games". CGF. Retrieved 7 April 2014.