Fosbury’s new technique for the high jump made a mediocre athlete that was Fosbury into an Olympic champion .

Not possible until rubber was invented hhhh

56 years ago today

Your watching a moment in History that changed the sport

seeing Fosbury jump puts a smile on my face every time. It looks so magical and ahead of it's time when he does his flop

Honestly Gavilrov also had a different technique . He used to bring right leg first and spin , when approaching from the left side.

Brain over braun

Ne büyük bir şampiyon.. Ayrıca müzik seçimi çok iyi , doğal sesleri örtmüyor, tamamlıyor

Amazing how he not only invented jumping that way, his form he invented was basically perfected and not altered since. That’s some pure engineering genius

Other competitors : " Huh - wha' just happened ? "

To jump over 7' using the roll is amazing to me.

Gigi Buffon's mother used to tell us this story at school. She was a PE teacher and she had been an Olympic athlete for Italy at Mexico 68. At the Olympic Village everybody was talking about this guy, and then he won gold and everything changed.

спасибо за это редкое видео

I recebtly watched a,KZbin video showing film footage of High Jump competition over the decades..then Fosbury shows up ..very very cool

Not much take off speed

Sorta like the soccer style field goal kickers dominating over the old straight on kickers beginning in the late 1960s.

Legend. . . . In 1968, in Mexico, Dick Fosbury won Olympic gold by revolutionizing traditional high jump technique with a totally strange a "back-first" technique.

My groin hurts watching the other jumpers.

innovation gets the gold

Conoscevo un cavallerizzo sfigatissimo: il suo cavallo saltava gli ostacoli in stile Fosbury

Fosbury flop.... he revolutionised the high jump event... and changed it forever!!!!!

This is also when Bob Beaman set a world record broad jump.

The changing of the landing surface from sand to a "king size" to a taller/thicker mat had a lot to do with landing on one's back instead of feet or even side. Thankfully Dick's performance encouraged sader landing mats for jumpers and pole vaulters.

I watched this live on television as a 10 year old.

Hell of a missed opportunity calling it the Fosbury Flop, and not the Dick Flop..

В 1961 году Валерий Брумель прыгнул на 2, 28. Разбег по гаревой дорожке шипы сантиметра 4 приземления в песок. Если бы не страшная авария мог бы до 2, 40 дойти. Без всяких там фёсбери.

Reminds me of the first dunk.

Que maravillosa técnica de salto alto. Memorable momento, quizas uno de los mas significativos del deporte.

С Гавриловым , общался, близко - Динамо Москва, один сектор, был многоборцем

worth mentioning that the long jump somersault, which would have revolutionised the event in the same way, was banned.

I was born that year 😊

I think the beauty of executing the jump in Fosbury style deserve credits.

Qué grande... La gente y sus competidores se quedarían flipando

Tous ces commentateurs qui s'extasient sur l'aspect 'révolutionnaire' et 'non-conventionnel' de Dick Fosbury, sans se rendre compte qu'il n'a fait que remplacer une convention par une autre, bien aidé en cela par le Soft Power américain. Et qu'eux-mêmes sont devenus les sectateurs d'une nouvelle bigoterie, avec toute l'intolérance et l'obscurantisme que cela implique. En 1977/78, alors que le flop régnait déjà en maître partout, Vladimir Yashchenko a démontré que le Straddle dit 'plongeant' était potentiellement égal, voire supérieur au Fosbury flop, mais personne n'en a tenu compte car, comme d'habitude, personne n'était prêt à remettre en cause les nouvelles et universelles certitudes. Résultat, depuis 1993 le saut en hauteur stagne, voire régresse. kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqKxoZmhoM9mq5Y

En 1972, je crois qu'un soviétique a gagné avec un saut ventral.

This jump is officially known as fosbury jump..

RIP!! A great man and innovator. Sad he passed away today.

RIP Dick Fosbury, Legendary High Jumper whom technique changed the way of high jumping.

Talk about thinking outside the box. Dick Fosbury came up with an entirely new method, endured extreme ridicule within the sport, had the power of his own convictions, wins Gold, and ended up changing the sport forever. Definition of absolute Genius.

WOW What a technique. R.I.P. Dick

RIP to the man, but the legend lives on forever..

R.I.P., LEGEND!

rest in peace fosbury

What a legacy he have created for himself. A technique that is still used to this day and going strong.

VOTE PEDRO FOR PREZ 🎉

A world record is impressive, but innovation is much greater. 😎

I wanted to hear the announcers

Dick Fosbury shows up looking like he's never been in a weight room. Drives out to the pyramids during the opening ceremony and sleeps in a van. Looks absolutely terrified before every jump. Then sets the Olympic record without touching the bar once with a completely new technique. He's a nerd hero. He won with physics.

Just one word Fosbury Flop.

Acaba nasıl akıllarına geldi bu taktik ve bunu final de denemek büyük cesaret