Bob Seagren Wins High Jump Gold - Classic Moments - Mexico City 1968 Olympic Film

[@user-kd4mi8xb7p]

Bob Seagren actually won Pole Vault gold not High Jump.

[@freeno6alias692]

He broke the high jump record by 10 feet!

[@torunit4620]

You heard there was a new technique used in the Mexico City high jump that revolutionized the event. Obviously it was using a pole.

[@markkumanninen6524]

I was eleven at the time. The pole vault final was the most thrilling piece of track'n'field I'd ever seen. Nice to see the high points (pun intended) now, 54 years later.

[@pinballpsycho]

Fosbury changed the high jump forever that year and Beamon jumped off the scale of the fancy measuring equipment they installed.

[@LEIJONALEIJONA-ow8tm]

ONE OF MY IDOLS

[@tiikerilijatiikerililja]

ONE OF MY IDOLS IS MR BOB SEAGREN

[@TAC817]

Shocking that they call the pole vault the High Jump.

[@zplapplap]

So Bob Seagren jumped higher than Dick Fosbury in Mexico City?

[@davida.4933]

On that day!

[@torunit4620]

@@davida.4933 With a pole.

[@scotthuffman3916]

With the points he had accumulated he wins the gold medal? Gee, I didn't know points were awarded for the pole vault.

[@badgerspvcoach]

I didn’t know you were allowed to use a pole in high jump 🤔

[@mombojom3]

Hey Olympics, fix this title.

[@Tendzino]

Free

[@rockomaniaco97]

Hay alguien en México que tuvo la rara oportunidad de ser filmado en una película de los juegos olímpicos y todo lo que hace es gritar "¡ERES UN INEPTOOOO!" a un árbitro.

[@LEIJONA-vn4vt]

I WISHD IM FINNISH BOB SEAGREN

[@5350nbrookmist]

High Jump gold?

[@TIIKERILILJATIIKERILILJA]

I WISHD IM FINNISH BOB SEAGREN