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OLYMPIA MEXICO CITY 1968

JAHRHUNDERTRUECKBLICK SPORT === OLYMPIA MEXICO-CITY 1968 LEICHTATHLETIK DICK FOSBURY === Dick Fosbury gewinnt mit der nach ihm benannten neuen Sprungtechnik, dem Fosbury Flop, an den Olympischen Sommerspielen 1968 in Mexico-City die Goldmedaille im Hochsprung. (KEYSTONE/AFP/STR) === ABDRUCK HONORARPFLICHTIG ===

LEICHTATHLETIK HOCJSPRUNG DICK FOSBURY

American athlete Dick Fosbury, who won a gold medal at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City with an unorthodox jumping style, in New York, USA, Jan. 7, 1969, with a photo of himself using the style known as the "Fosbury Flop". (AP Photo)

LEICHTATHLETIK HOCJSPRUNG DICK FOSBURY

Dick Fosbury Olympic high jumper during high altitude training at Echo Summit, July 1968. The site is in the Eldorado National forest at an altitude of 7377 feet. (KEYTONE/AP Photo)

OLYMPIA MEXICO CITY 1968

This is the unconventional style used by Dick Fosbury of the U.S. in the high jump which carried him to an Olympic gold medal in Mexico City at the 1968 Olympics, Oct. 20, 1968. Fosbury twists as he approaches the bar, then sails over it backwards with a technique now known as "the Fosbury Flop." (KESTONE/AP Photo/Str)

1968 OLYMPICS MEXICO CITY

FILE - In this 1968 file photo, Dick Fosbury, of the United States, clears the bar in the high jump competition at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics. Fosbury is celebrated for the "Fosbury Flop," which revolutionized high-jumping. As he clears the bar he twists his body so that he goes over the bar head first which his back to the bar. The Mexico City audience was captivated by Fosbury and shouted, "Ole" as he cleared the bar. (KEYSTONE/AP Photo/File)

"Fosbury, Richard ""Dick"" * 6.3.1947, US Sportler (Hochsprung) bei Sportpressefest i.d.Deutschlandhalle, Berlin 6.12.1969, Sprung ueber d.Latte (Fosbury-Flop)" (KEYSTONE/INTERFOTO/Schinkel)

LEICHTATHLETIK HOCJSPRUNG DICK FOSBURY

Dick Fosbury of Oregon State exhibited this unusual form as he floated over the bar at 6 feet 8 inches in high jump against the University of California on Saturday, March 20, 1967 at Berkeley. Fosbury placed second to OSU's Steve Kelly who cleared the same height, but was awarded first on fewer misses. (KEYTONE/AP Photo)

OLYMPIA MEXICO CITY 1968

Dick Fosbury, who works backward best, goes over the high jump bar with his unique style, that he later called flop, en route to winning an Olympic team berth in the Sept 16, 1968 trials for Mexico City Olympics at South Lake Tahoe, Calif. Fosbury is celebrating his 60th birthday on March 6, 2007. (KEYTONE/AP photo/Sal J. Veder)

OLYMPIA MEXICO CITY 1968

Dick Fosbury (b1947) performing his famous 'fosbury flop' during the Mexico Olympics, 1968. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/Keystone Archives)

OLYMPIA MEXICO CITY 1968

L'athlete americain Dick Fosbury remporte la medaille d'or du saut en hauteur avec un style de saut qu'il a invente le 21 octobre 1968 a Mexico city. --- US athlete Dick Fosbury wins the gold medal in the Olympic high jump event with a brand new style of jumping on October 21, 1968, at the Mexico Olympic Games in Mexico City. His unique style of jumping was named after him the 'Fosbury Flop'. (KEYSTONE/AFP PHOTO/Str)

LEICHTATHLETIK HOCJSPRUNG DICK FOSBURY

Oregon State University's Dick Fosbury sails over the high jump bar using his unique backward style during today's OSU-University track meet on April 22, 1967 in Seattle, Washington. His top jump of 6ft. 8 1/2 in. won the event. Oregon state won the meet. (KEYTONE/AP Photo)

LEICHTATHLETIK HOCJSPRUNG DICK FOSBURY

Dick Fosbury of Oregon State demonstrates his famous 'flop' as he wins the Special University and College High Jump on April 25, 1968 at the Drake Relas in Des Moines, Iowa. His jump was 7'. (KEYTONE/AP Photo/Fred Jewell)

LEICHTATHLETIK HOCJSPRUNG DICK FOSBURY

Oregon State University's pace setting Dick Fosbury rolls over the high jump bar at 7 feet 2 1/4 inches to set a new meet mark at the NCAA track and field championships at University of California's Edwards field in Berkley, Calif., June 15, 1968. (KEYTONE/AP Photo)

LEICHTATHLETIK HOCJSPRUNG DICK FOSBURY

Dick Fosbury of Oregon State, jumping in his unusual style, clears the bar to match the NCAA track championship record of seven feet in Detroit, Mar. 16, 1968. He dethroned former champion Ted Downing of Miami of Ohio. (KEYTONE/AP Photo)

LEICHTATHLETIK HOCJSPRUNG DICK FOSBURY

Dick Fosbury of Oregon State tries a seven foot two inch high jump with his head first style in the New York Athletic club track meet in the New Madison Square Garden in New York, Feb. 17, 1968. He missed this jump, but won the event with a seven with a seven foot effort after an earlier jump off. (KEYTONE/AP Photo)

LEICHTATHLETIK HOCJSPRUNG DICK FOSBURY

Dick Fosbury of Oregon State tries a seven foot two inch high jump with his head first style in the New York Athletic club track meet in the New Madison Square Garden in New York, Feb. 17, 1968. He missed this jump, but won the event with a seven with a seven foot effort after an earlier jump off. (AP Photo)

ATHLETICS HIGH JUMP, X-RAY

Athletics high jump, X-ray. (KEYSTONE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/NICK VEASEY/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY)

OLYMPIA MEXICO CITY 1968

American athlete Dick Fosbury, in this combo, shows the style he used to win the gold medal at the Olympic Games in Mexico City, Oct. 20, 1968. Fosbury set a new Olympic record using the style called the "Fosbury Flop". (KEYTONE/AP Photo)

US high jumper, Richard Fosbury enjoying a joke with a small Mexican boy in the Olympic Village. ..13th October 1968 (KEYSTONE/UNITED ARCHIVES)