Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics – Men's high jump
The men's high jump was one of four men's jumping events on the Athletics at the 1964 Summer Olympics program in Tokyo. Qualification was held on October 20, 1964, with the final on October 21. 29 athletes from 20 nations entered, with 1 not starting in the qualification round.
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records prior to the 1964 Summer Olympics.| World Record | 2.28 |  Valeriy Brumel | Moscow | July 21, 1963 |
| Olympic Record | 2.16 | Robert Shavlakadze | Rome | September 1, 1960 |
| Olympic Record | 2.16 | Valeriy Brumel | Rome | September 1, 1960 |
Valeriy Brumel, John Thomas and John Rambo all equalled the Olympic record with 2.16 metres. Valeriy Brumel and John Thomas also set a new Olympic record with 2.18 metres.
Results
Qualification
Jumpers had to pass 2.06 metres to qualify for the final. The bar started at 1.90 metres, increasing gradually to 2.06 metres. Each jumper had three attempts at each height or could skip any lower height.| Place | Athlete | Nation | Best mark | 1.90 | 1.95 | 2.00 | 2.03 | 2.06 | |
| 1 | Valeriy Brumel | 2.06 metres | - | - | O | XXO | O | ||
| 1 | Mauro Bogliatto | 2.06 metres | - | O | O | XO | O | ||
| 1 | Ed Caruthers | 2.06 metres | O | XO | O | O | O | ||
| 1 | Edward Czernik | 2.06 metres | - | O | O | O | O | ||
| 1 | Ralf Drecoll | 2.06 metres | O | O | O | O | XXO | ||
| 1 | Henri Elendé | 2.06 metres | O | - | O | - | O | ||
| 1 | Mahamat Idriss | 2.06 metres | - | O | O | O | O | ||
| 1 | Samuel Igun | 2.06 metres | O | O | XO | XO | XO | ||
| 1 | Evgeni Yordanov | 2.06 metres | O | XO | XO | O | O | ||
| 1 | Rudi Köppen | 2.06 metres | - | XO | O | XXO | XO | ||
| 1 | Gordon Miller | 2.06 metres | O | O | XXO | XO | XXO | ||
| 1 | Kjell-Åke Nilsson | 2.06 metres | - | O | XO | O | XO | ||
| 1 | Lawrie Peckham | 2.06 metres | O | O | O | XO | O | ||
| 1 | Stig Pettersson | 2.06 metres | - | O | O | O | XO | ||
| 1 | John Rambo | 2.06 metres | O | O | O | XO | O | ||
| 1 | Wolfgang Schillkowski | 2.06 metres | O | O | O | XO | XO | ||
| 1 | Robert Shavlakadze | 2.06 metres | - | - | O | O | O | ||
| 1 | Valeriy Skvortsov | 2.06 metres | - | O | O | O | O | ||
| 1 | Anthony Sneazwell | 2.06 metres | - | XO | O | O | XO | ||
| 1 | John Thomas | 2.06 metres | - | - | XO | O | O | ||
| 21 | Luis María Garriga | 2.03 metres | O | O | O | XXO | XXX | ||
| 22 | Henrik Hellén | 2.00 metres | O | O | O | XXX | |||
| 22 | Robert Sainte-Rose | 2.00 metres | O | O | O | XXX | |||
| 24 | Kuniyoshi Sugioka | 2.00 metres | O | XO | O | XXX | |||
| 25 | Jón Ólafsson | 2.00 metres | O | O | XO | XXX | |||
| 26 | Roberto Abugattas | 1.95 metres | O | XO | XXX | ||||
| 27 | Kinya Miyazaki | 1.90 metres | O | - | XXX | ||||
| 28 | Kateseperswasdi Bhakdikul | No mark | XXX | ||||||
| — | Cha Won Sil | Did not start |
Final
Each jumper again had three attempts at each height, with the bar starting at 1.90 metres. Three jumpers were unable to perform as well as they had in the qualification.| Place | Athlete | Nation | Best mark | 1.90 | 1.95 | 2.00 | 2.03 | 2.06 | 2.09 | 2.12 | 2.14 | 2.16 | 2.18 | 2.20 | |
| 1 | Valeriy Brumel | 2.18 metres OR | - | - | O | O | O | O | O | XXO | O | O | XXX | ||
| 2 | John Thomas | 2.18 metres OR | - | - | O | O | O | O | XO | XXO | XO | O | XXX | ||
| 3 | John Rambo | 2.16 metres | - | - | O | O | O | O | XO | O | XXO | XXX | |||
| 4 | Stig Pettersson | 2.14 metres | - | - | O | - | O | O | XO | XO | XXX | - | |||
| 5 | Robert Shavlakadze | 2.14 metres | - | - | - | O | O | O | O | XXO | XXX | ||||
| 6 | Ralf Drecoll | 2.09 metres | - | O | O | O | O | O | XXX | ||||||
| 6 | Kjell-Åke Nilsson | 2.09 metres | - | O | O | O | O | O | XXX | ||||||
| 8 | Ed Caruthers | 2.09 metres | - | - | O | O | XO | O | XXX | ||||||
| 9 | Mahamat Idriss | 2.09 metres | - | - | O | O | O | XO | XXX | ||||||
| 10 | Lawrie Peckham | 2.09 metres | O | O | O | O | O | XO | XXX | ||||||
| 11 | Edward Czernik | 2.06 metres | - | - | O | - | O | XXX | |||||||
| 12 | Evgeni Yordanov | 2.06 metres | - | O | O | O | O | XXX | |||||||
| 13 | Anthony Sneazwell | 2.06 metres | - | XO | O | XXO | O | XXX | |||||||
| 14 | Valeriy Skvortsov | 2.06 metres | - | O | O | O | XO | XXX | |||||||
| 15 | Samuel Igun | 2.06 metres | O | O | O | O | XO | XXX | |||||||
| 16 | Mauro Bogliatto | 2.06 metres | - | XO | O | O | XO | XXX | |||||||
| 17 | Wolfgang Schillkowski | 2.06 metres | O | O | O | O | XXO | XXX | |||||||
| 18 | Gordon Miller | 2.03 metres | O | O | O | O | XXX | ||||||||
| 19 | Rudi Köppen | 2.00 metres | O | O | O | XXX | |||||||||
| 20 | Henri Elendé | 1.90 metres | O | - | XXX |