Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump

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Men's long jump
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
L'etudiant William DeHart Hubbard, vainqueur du saut en longueur aux JO 1924.jpg
DeHart Hubbard
Venue Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
DateJuly 8
Competitors34 from 21 nations
Winning distance7.445
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg DeHart Hubbard
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Edward Gourdin
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Sverre Hansen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
  1920
1928  

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. [1] 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. [2]

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. [2]

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.

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Robert LeGendre  (USA)7.765 Paris, France 7 July 1924
Olympic recordUS flag 48 stars.svg  Robert LeGendre  (USA)7.765 Paris, France 7 July 1924

Schedule

DateTimeRound
Tuesday, 8 July 192414:00Qualifying
Final

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.

RankAthleteNationQualifyingFinalBest mark
DistanceRank
Gold medal icon.svg DeHart Hubbard US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 7.12037.4457.445
Silver medal icon.svg Edward Gourdin US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 7.19027.2757.275
Bronze medal icon.svg Sverre Hansen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 7.2601Unknown7.260
4 Vilho Tuulos Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 7.0704Unknown7.070
5 Louis Wilhelme Flag of France.svg  France 6.9905Unknown6.990
6 Christopher MacKintosh Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 6.88066.926.920
7 Virgilio Tommasi Flag of Italy (1861-1946).svg  Italy 6.88066.896.890
8 Jaap Boot Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 6.8608Did not advance6.860
9 Albert Rose US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 6.8559Did not advance6.855
10 Mikio Oda Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 6.83010Did not advance6.830
Pauli Sandström Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 6.83010Did not advance6.830
12 Silvio Cator Flag of Haiti (1859-1964).svg  Haiti 6.81012Did not advance6.810
13 Erling Aastad Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 6.72013Did not advance6.720
14 Richard Honner Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 6.63514Did not advance6.635
Dalip Singh British Raj Red Ensign.svg  India 6.63514Did not advance6.635
16 Marcel Guillouet Flag of France.svg  France 6.62016Did not advance6.620
17 Adolf Meier Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 6.61017Did not advance6.610
18 Alois Sobotka Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 6.59018Did not advance6.590
19 Valter Ever Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 6.58519Did not advance6.585
20 Louis-Henri Albinet Flag of France.svg  France 6.55020Did not advance6.550
21 Väinö Rainio Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 6.54021Did not advance6.540
22 Gaston Médécin Flag of Monaco.svg  Monaco 6.51022Did not advance6.510
23 Paul Hammer Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 6.24023Did not advance6.240
24 Paul Couillaud Flag of France.svg  France 6.22024Did not advance6.220
25 Josef Macháň Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 6.09025Did not advance6.090
26 Kiril Petrunov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 6.00026Did not advance6.000
27 Konstantinos Pantelidis Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 5.94027Did not advance5.940
28 Francisco Contreras Flag of Mexico (1916-1934).svg  Mexico 5.73528Did not advance5.735
29 Jos Hilger Flag of Luxembourg.svg  Luxembourg 5.68029Did not advance5.680
Alberto Jurado Flag of Ecuador (1900-2009).svg  Ecuador 5.68029Did not advance5.680
31 Stanisław Sośnicki Flag of Poland (1919-1928).svg  Poland 5.67031Did not advance5.670
32 Alfonso Stoopen Flag of Mexico (1916-1934).svg  Mexico 5.48032Did not advance5.480
33 William Comins US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 33Did not advanceNo mark
Hannes de Boer Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 33Did not advanceNo mark

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