Final | Height | 1. Edward Gordon | USA | 7.64m | 2. Lambert Redd | USA | 7.60m | 3. Chuhei Nambu | JPN | 7.45m | 4. Eric Svensson | SWE | 7.41m | 5. Richard Barber | USA | 7.39m | 6. Naoto Tajima | JPN | 7.15m | 7. Hector Berra | ARG | 6.66m | 8. Clovis de Figueiredo Raposo | BRA | 6.43m | 9. Sylvia Cator | HAI | 5.93m | 10.Esteban Crespo | MEX | 5.83m | 11.Erich Kochermann | GeR | 5.75m | 12.Leonard Hutton | CAn | NM |
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| Venue: Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum 100,000. | -- competitors from -- nations. | Qualification |
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