Dick Fosbury Changes The High Jump Forever - Fosbury Flop- Mexico 1968 Olympics

Dick Fosbury wins the 1968 Olympic gold medal in Mexico City using his revolutionary high jump technique, the Fosbury Flop.

📺 Re-live ALL the incredible #Paris2024 action ➡️ go.olympics.com/watch 📲 Subscribe to @olympics: oly.ch/Subscribe One of the most memorable and historic moments in Olympic history as Dick Fosbury re-invents the high jump competition with the use of his Fosbury flop method instead of the classic scissors technique. High Jump record breakers: youtube.com/watch?v=741zHXo9wi8 Richard Douglas ("Dick") Fosbury was born on 6 March 1947 in Portland, Oregon. He is widely credited with inventing the Fosbury flop, a back-first jumping technique that revolutionised the high jump. He developed the flop aged 16 after finding the standard techniques difficult. At the time, jumpers took off from their inside foot and swung their outside foot up and over the bar. Fosbury's technique was to race up to the bar at great speed and take off from his right (or outside) foot. Then he twisted his body so that he went over the bar head first with his back to the bar. His technique truly changed the sport at the 1968 Mexico City Games. Despite scepticism from judges and coaches, Fosbury cleared every height up to 2.22 metres without a miss and then achieved a personal record of 2.24 metres to win the gold medal. By 1980, 13 of the 16 Olympic finalists were using the Fosbury flop. Find out more about Richard Fosbury: olympic.org/richard-douglas-fosbury _____________________________________________________ 🇨🇳 #Beijing2022 replays: oly.ch/B22Replays 🇯🇵 #Tokyo2020 replays: oly.ch/T20Replays 🗞️ News from the Olympic world: oly.ch/News