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
1st place, gold medalist(s) DeHart Hubbard
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Edward Gourdin
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Sverre Hansen
 Norway
← 1920
1928 →

Background edit

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 edit

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 edit

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) 7.765 Paris, France 7 July 1924
Olympic record   Robert LeGendre (USA) 7.765 Paris, France 7 July 1924

Schedule edit

Date Time Round
Tuesday, 8 July 1924 14:00 Qualifying
Final

Results edit

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

References edit

  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. ^ a b "Long Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

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