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

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.

Men's long jump
at the Games of the VIII Olympiad
DeHart Hubbard
VenueStade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir
DateJuly 8
Competitors34 from 21 nations
Winning distance7.445
Medalists
DeHart Hubbard
 United States
Edward Gourdin
 United States
Sverre Hansen
 Norway

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 record Robert LeGendre (USA)7.765Paris, France7 July 1924
Olympic record Robert LeGendre (USA)7.765Paris, France7 July 1924

Schedule

Date Time Round
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
DeHart Hubbard United States7.12037.4457.445
Edward Gourdin United States7.19027.2757.275
Sverre Hansen Norway7.2601Unknown7.260
4Vilho Tuulos Finland7.0704Unknown7.070
5Louis Wilhelme France6.9905Unknown6.990
6Christopher MacKintosh Great Britain6.88066.926.920
7Virgilio Tommasi Italy6.88066.896.890
8Jaap Boot Netherlands6.8608Did not advance6.860
9Albert Rose United States6.8559Did not advance6.855
10Mikio Oda Japan6.83010Did not advance6.830
Pauli Sandström Finland6.83010Did not advance6.830
12Silvio Cator Haiti6.81012Did not advance6.810
13Erling Aastad Norway6.72013Did not advance6.720
14Richard Honner Australia6.63514Did not advance6.635
Dalip Singh India6.63514Did not advance6.635
16Marcel Guillouet France6.62016Did not advance6.620
17Adolf Meier Switzerland6.61017Did not advance6.610
18Alois Sobotka Czechoslovakia6.59018Did not advance6.590
19Valter Ever Estonia6.58519Did not advance6.585
20Louis-Henri Albinet France6.55020Did not advance6.550
21Väinö Rainio Finland6.54021Did not advance6.540
22Gaston Médécin Monaco6.51022Did not advance6.510
23Paul Hammer Luxembourg6.24023Did not advance6.240
24Paul Couillaud France6.22024Did not advance6.220
25Josef Macháň Czechoslovakia6.09025Did not advance6.090
26Kiril Petrunov Bulgaria6.00026Did not advance6.000
27Konstantinos Pantelidis Greece5.94027Did not advance5.940
28Francisco Contreras Mexico5.73528Did not advance5.735
29Jos Hilger Luxembourg5.68029Did not advance5.680
Alberto Jurado Ecuador5.68029Did not advance5.680
31Stanisław Sośnicki Poland5.67031Did not advance5.670
32Alfonso Stoopen Mexico5.48032Did not advance5.480
33William Comins United States33Did not advanceNo mark
Hannes de Boer Netherlands33Did not advanceNo mark

References

  1. "Athletics at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Long Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  2. "Long Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

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