The men's long jump event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Tuesday, July 31, 1928. Forty-one long jumpers from 23 nations competed. The maximum number of athletes per nation was 4.Official Report, p. 374. The event was won by Ed Hamm of the United States, the nation's second consecutive and seventh overall victory in the event. Silvio Cator earned Haiti's first medal in the event by taking silver.

Background

This was the eighth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1924 Games were the defending champion, DeHart Hubbard of the United States, and fourth-place finisher Vilho Tuulos of Finland. Hubbard had an ankle injury, however. Ed Hamm had set the world record at the 1928 AAU championship and was the "heavy favorite."

Chile, Denmark, Ireland, South Africa, and Spain each made their first appearance in the event. The United States appeared for the eighth time, the only nation to have long jumpers at each of the Games thus far.

Competition format

The 1928 format continued to use the two-round format used in 1900 and since 1908, with the six-man finals introduced in 1920. Instead of having ties all advance (as in 1924), the next-best jump was used to break ties. 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 the 1928 Summer Olympics.

(*) Robert LeGendre set the Olympic record in the 1924 pentathlon contest

Schedule

Date Time Round Tuesday, 21 July 1928 QualifyingFinal

Results

The best six long jumpers qualified for the final. Two jumpers, Hannes de Boer and Ed Gordon, tied for sixth place, but only de Boer advanced to the final as his second best jump (6.96) was better than the second best jump of Gordon (6.57). The jumping order is not available and the jumping series are only available for the best six jumpers. The final was held on the same day and started at 2 p.m. No jumper was able to improve his qualification width.

Rank Group Athlete Nation Qualification Final 1 2 3 Result 4 5 6 Result 1 7.73 7.68 7.73 7.68 7.66 7.73 1 7.50 7.58 7.58 7.20 7.22 7.58 2 7.40 7.40 6.79 6.92 6.75 7.40 4 2 7.35 7.39 7.05 7.39 7.27 7.23 7.39 5 1 7.35 7.16 7.25 7.35 7.05 6.85 7.35 6 4 7.32 / 6.96 7.32 7.32 7 3 7.32 / 6.57 7.32 did not advance 8 3 ? ? ? 7.29 did not advance 9 4 ? ? ? 7.25 did not advance 10 2 ? ? ? 7.18 did not advance 11 4 ? ? ? 7.11 did not advance 3 ? ? ? 7.11 did not advance 4 ? ? ? 7.11 did not advance 14 1 ? ? ? 7.07 did not advance 15 3 ? ? ? 6.99 did not advance 16 4 ? ? ? 6.97 did not advance 17 1 ? ? ? 6.96 did not advance 18 4 ? ? ? 6.91 did not advance 2 ? ? ? 6.91 did not advance 20 3 ? ? ? 6.87 did not advance 21 1 ? ? ? 6.81 did not advance 22 4 ? ? ? 6.80 did not advance 23 3 ? ? ? 6.79 did not advance 24 2 ? ? ? 6.77 did not advance 25 2 ? ? ? 6.76 did not advance 3 ? ? ? 6.76 did not advance 27 4 ? ? ? 6.70 did not advance 28 1 ? ? ? 6.64 did not advance 29 3 ? ? ? 6.63 did not advance 30 4 ? ? ? 6.62 did not advance 31 4 ? ? ? 6.60 did not advance 32 3 ? ? ? 6.58 did not advance 33 2 ? ? ? 6.57 did not advance 34 1 ? ? ? 6.51 did not advance 1 ? ? ? 6.51 did not advance 36 1 ? ? ? 6.45 did not advance 37 2 ? ? ? 6.45 did not advance 38 3 ? ? ? 6.44 did not advance 39 2 ? ? ? 6.39 did not advance 40 1 ? ? ? 6.23 did not advance 41 4 ? ? ? 6.16 did not advance — — Sid Atkinson Stelios Benardis Pierre Dinard Walter Harrison Akilles Järvinen Kalle Järvinen Robert Loiseau Elemér Somfay Nick Winter

References

External links Official Olympic Report