The men's long jump event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Tuesday, July 8, 1924. 34 long jumpers from 21 nations competed. The maximum number of athletes per nation was 4. The event was won by DeHart Hubbard of the United States, the nation's sixth title in the event (having not won only at the 1920 Games). Sverre Hansen won Norway's first long jump medal with the bronze.

Background

This was the seventh appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The only returning finalist from the 1920 Games was fifth-place finisher Erling Aastad of Norway. The favorite was DeHart Hubbard of the United States, the 1922–1924 AAU champion and winner of the U.S. Olympic trials.

Bulgaria, Ecuador, Estonia, Haiti, India, Japan, Mexico, and Poland each made their first appearance in the event. The United States appeared for the seventh time, the only nation to have long jumpers at each of the Games thus far.

Competition format

The 1924 format continued to use the two-round format used in 1900 and since 1908, with the six-man finals introduced in 1920 (though a tie for sixth led to seven jumpers advancing this time). Each jumper had three jumps in the qualifying round; finalists received an additional three jumps, with qualifying round jumps still counting if the final jumps were not better.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to this competition. Robert LeGendre, who did not compete in this event, set a new world record in the pentathlon contest one day earlier.

Schedule

Date Time Round Tuesday, 8 July 1924 14:00 QualifyingFinal

Results

The best six long jumpers, all four groups counted together, qualified for the final. In this case seven competitors were allowed to participate in the final, because two jumpers tied in sixth place in the qualification. The jumping order and the jumping series are not available.

Rank Athlete Nation Qualifying Final Best mark Distance Rank DeHart Hubbard 7.120 3 7.445 7.445 Edward Gourdin 7.190 2 7.275 7.275 Sverre Hansen 7.260 1 Unknown 7.260 4 Vilho Tuulos 7.070 4 Unknown 7.070 5 Louis Wilhelme 6.990 5 Unknown 6.990 6 Christopher MacKintosh 6.880 6 6.92 6.920 7 Virgilio Tommasi 6.880 6 6.89 6.890 8 Jaap Boot 6.860 8 Did not advance 6.860 9 Albert Rose 6.855 9 Did not advance 6.855 10 Mikio Oda 6.830 10 Did not advance 6.830 Pauli Sandström 6.830 10 Did not advance 6.830 12 Silvio Cator 6.810 12 Did not advance 6.810 13 Erling Aastad 6.720 13 Did not advance 6.720 14 Richard Honner 6.635 14 Did not advance 6.635 Dalip Singh 6.635 14 Did not advance 6.635 16 Marcel Guillouet 6.620 16 Did not advance 6.620 17 Adolf Meier 6.610 17 Did not advance 6.610 18 Alois Sobotka 6.590 18 Did not advance 6.590 19 Valter Ever 6.585 19 Did not advance 6.585 20 Louis-Henri Albinet 6.550 20 Did not advance 6.550 21 Väinö Rainio 6.540 21 Did not advance 6.540 22 Gaston Médécin 6.510 22 Did not advance 6.510 23 Paul Hammer 6.240 23 Did not advance 6.240 24 Paul Couillaud 6.220 24 Did not advance 6.220 25 Josef Macháň 6.090 25 Did not advance 6.090 26 Kiril Petrunov 6.000 26 Did not advance 6.000 27 Konstantinos Pantelidis 5.940 27 Did not advance 5.940 28 Francisco Contreras 5.735 28 Did not advance 5.735 29 Jos Hilger 5.680 29 Did not advance 5.680 Alberto Jurado 5.680 29 Did not advance 5.680 31 Stanisław Sośnicki 5.670 31 Did not advance 5.670 32 Alfonso Stoopen 5.480 32 Did not advance 5.480 33 William Comins — 33 Did not advance No mark Hannes de Boer — 33 Did not advance No mark

References

Sources Official Report