Athletics at the 1932 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump

The men's long jump event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place August 2.[1] Twelve athletes from 9 nations competed.[2] The 1930 Olympic Congress in Berlin had reduced the limit from 4 athletes per NOC to 3 athletes.[3] The event was won by Ed Gordon of the United States, the nation's third consecutive and eighth overall victory in the long jump.

Men's long jump
at the Games of the X Olympiad
Plaque commemorating the 1932 Olympics
VenueLos Angeles Memorial Coliseum
DateAugust 2
Competitors12 from 9 nations
Winning distance7.64
Medalists
Ed Gordon
 United States
Lambert Redd
 United States
Chuhei Nanbu
 Japan
Athletics at the
1932 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmen
400 mmen
800 mmen
1500 mmen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
80 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m steeplemen
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymen
Road events
Marathonmen
50 km walkmen
Field events
Long jumpmen
Triple jumpmen
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Shot putmen
Discus throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Combined events
Decathlonmen

Background

This was the ninth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1928 Games were silver medalist Silvio Cator of Haiti and fifth-place finisher Erich Köchermann of Germany; [[Silvio Cator . Chuhei Nambu of Japan had broken the world record in 1931. Home nation favorites were Dick Barber (Olympic trials winner) and Ed Gordon (AAU champion).[2]

Argentina and Brazil each made their first appearance in the event. The United States appeared for the ninth time, the only nation to have long jumpers at each of the Games thus far.

Competition format

With a small field, the 1932 competition used a single round. All jumpers had six jumps.[2]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

World record Chuhei Nambu (JPN)7.98Tokyo, Japan27 October 1931
Olympic record Robert LeGendre (USA)7.765(*)Paris, France7 July 1924

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

Schedule
Date Time Round
Tuesday, 2 August 193214:30Final

Results
RankAthleteNationFinal
123456Result
Ed Gordon United States7.647.007.43XXX7.64
Lambert Redd United StatesX7.60X7.39X7.497.60
Chuhei Nambu Japan7.45XX7.327.39X7.45
4Eric Svensson Sweden7.277.247.417.06——7.41
5Dick Barber United States??????7.39
6Naoto Tajima Japan??????7.15
7Héctor Berra Argentina??????6.66
8Clóvis Raposo Brazil??????6.43
9Silvio Cator Haiti??????5.93
10Esteban Crespo Mexico??????5.83
11Erich Köchermann Germany??????5.75
12Len Hutton CanadaXXXXXXNo mark
—João da Costa BrazilDNS
Wolrad Eberle GermanyDNS
Kenkichi Oshima JapanDNS
Nikolaos Papanikolaou GreeceDNS
Rafael Pérez CubaDNS
Onni Rajasaari FinlandDNS
Hermenegildo del Rosso ArgentinaDNS
Hans-Heinrich Sievert GermanyDNS
József Szabó HungaryDNS
Carlos Woebcken BrazilDNS

References
  1. "Athletics at the 1932 Los Angeles Summer Games: Men's Long Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  2. "Long Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  3. Official Report, p. 377.
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