No, Eleanor Montgomery finished 8th in women's high jump at the 1964 Summer Games in Tokyo and 19th at the 1968 Summer Games in Mexico City.
Amewu Mensah represented Germany in women's high jump at the 2000 Summer Games in Sydney. She finished 8th.
No. The Iranian Olympic Team first had women athletes at the 1964 Summer Games in Tokyo. They were: 1) Nazli Bayat Makou - high jump 2) Juliette Geverkof - shot put and discus 3) Simin Safamehr - long jump and 100 meter dash 4) Jamileh Sorouri - gymnastics Jamileh Sorouri was the youngest Iranian athlete to compete at the 1964 Games at the age of 14 years, 226 days and to this day remains the youngest Iranian athlete to compete at an Olympic Games.
Yes it is an event in the Olympic Summer Games but it is not limited to being competed only in the Olympics. There are hundreds of high school, collegiate, world and independent club decathlons every yearthroughoutthe world.
1964 Summer Games in Tokyo. Chad sent two athletes to compete in athletics at the 1964 Games ... Ahmed Issa in men's 800 meter run and Mahamat Idriss in men's high jump. bish
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The high jump has been an olympic event officially for over 100 years at the Olympic Games, and will continue to be held annually every year during the Olympic, including this year's games in Beijing, China.
Dick Fosbury, high jump gold medal winner at the 1968 Summer Games in Mexico City, is credited with having invented the form of high jumping called the flop and was originally known as the Fosbury Flop.
Babe Didrikson of the United States at the 1932 Summer Games in Los Angeles. She won gold in the 80 meter hurdles and javelin throw and won silver in high jump.
Alice Coachman in high jump at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
John Rambo of the United States was the bronze medalist in men's high jump at the 1964 Games in Tokyo. Valeriy Brumel of the USSR won gold and John Thomas of the United States won silver. Tiasia Chenchik of the USSR was the bronze medalist in women's high jump at the 1964 Games in Tokyo. Iolanda Balas of Romania won gold and Michele Brown of Australia won silver.