Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump

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.[1] The maximum number of athletes per nation was 4.[2] 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.

Men's long jump
at the Games of the IX Olympiad
Ed Hamm in July 1928
VenueOlympic Stadium
DateJuly 31
Competitors41 from 23 nations
Winning distance7.73
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ed Hamm
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Silvio Cator
 Haiti
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Al Bates
 United States
← 1924
1932 →

Background

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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."[3]

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

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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.[3]

Records

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

World record   Ed Hamm (USA) 7.90 Cambridge, United Kingdom 7 July 1928
Olympic record   Robert LeGendre (USA) 7.765(*) Paris, France 7 July 1924

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

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Tuesday, 21 July 1928 Qualifying
Final

Results

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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 Ed Hamm   United States ? 7.73 7.68 7.73 7.68 7.66 7.73
  1 Silvio Cator   Haiti X 7.50 7.58 7.58 7.20 7.22 X 7.58
  2 Al Bates   United States 7.40 X X 7.40 6.79 6.92 6.75 7.40
4 2 Willi Meier   Germany 7.35 7.39 7.05 7.39 X 7.27 7.23 7.39
5 1 Erich Köchermann   Germany 7.35 7.16 7.25 7.35 7.05 X 6.85 7.35
6 4 Hannes de Boer   Netherlands 7.32 / 6.96 7.32 X X X 7.32
7 3 Ed Gordon   United States 7.32 / 6.57 7.32 did not advance
8 3 Eric Svensson   Sweden ? ? ? 7.29 did not advance
9 4 Chūhei Nambu   Japan ? ? ? 7.25 did not advance
10 2 Olle Hallberg   Sweden ? ? ? 7.18 did not advance
11 4 DeHart Hubbard   United States ? ? ? 7.11 did not advance
3 Mikio Oda   Japan ? ? ? 7.11 did not advance
4 Ville Tuulos   Finland ? ? ? 7.11 did not advance
14 1 Erling Aastad   Norway ? ? ? 7.07 did not advance
15 3 Helmut Schlöske   Germany ? ? ? 6.99 did not advance
16 4 Alfonso de Gortari   Mexico ? ? ? 6.97 did not advance
17 1 Toon van Welsenes   Netherlands ? ? ? 6.96 did not advance
18 4 Rudi Dobermann   Germany ? ? ? 6.91 did not advance
2 Toimi Tulikoura   Finland ? ? ? 6.91 did not advance
20 3 Gijs Lamoree   Netherlands ? ? ? 6.87 did not advance
21 1 Paddy Anglim   Ireland ? ? ? 6.81 did not advance
22 4 Adolf Meier   Switzerland ? ? ? 6.80 did not advance
23 3 Lajos Balogh   Hungary ? ? ? 6.79 did not advance
24 2 Imre Fekete   Hungary ? ? ? 6.77 did not advance
25 2 Virgilio Tommasi   Italy ? ? ? 6.76 did not advance
3 Enrico Torre   Italy ? ? ? 6.76 did not advance
27 4 Charles Alzieu   France ? ? ? 6.70 did not advance
28 1 Jacques Flouret   France ? ? ? 6.64 did not advance
29 3 Konstantinos Petridis   Greece ? ? ? 6.63 did not advance
30 4 Hermann Brügmann   Denmark ? ? ? 6.62 did not advance
31 4 Arild Lenth   Norway ? ? ? 6.60 did not advance
32 3 Reg Revans   Great Britain ? ? ? 6.58 did not advance
33 2 Zdzisław Nowak   Poland ? ? ? 6.57 did not advance
34 1 Óscar Alvarado   Chile ? ? ? 6.51 did not advance
1 Gaston Médécin   Monaco ? ? ? 6.51 did not advance
36 1 Tibor Püspöki   Hungary ? ? ? 6.45 did not advance
37 2 Dalip Singh   India ? ? ? 6.45 did not advance
38 3 Johannes Viljoen   South Africa ? ? ? 6.44 did not advance
39 2 James Cohen   Great Britain ? ? ? 6.39 did not advance
40 1 Alfred Sutter   Switzerland ? ? ? 6.23 did not advance
41 4 Fernando Labourdette-Liaresq   Spain ? ? ? 6.16 did not advance
Sid Atkinson   South Africa DNS
Stelios Benardis   Greece DNS
Pierre Dinard   France DNS
Walter Harrison   Australia DNS
Akilles Järvinen   Finland DNS
Kalle Järvinen   Finland DNS
Robert Loiseau   France DNS
Elemér Somfay   Hungary DNS
Nick Winter   Australia DNS

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Long Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  2. ^ Official Report, p. 374.
  3. ^ a b "Long Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
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