Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump

The men's long jump was a track and field athletics event held as part of the athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was held on Friday, July 12, 1912. Thirty long jumpers from 13 nations competed.[1] NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes.[2] The event was won by Albert Gutterson of the United States, the nation's fifth gold medal in the event in five Games. Calvin Bricker of Canada became the second man to win a second medal in the long jump, adding a silver to his 1908 bronze. Sweden won its first long jump medal with Georg Åberg's bronze.

Men's long jump
at the Games of the V Olympiad
Gutterson on the way to win the gold medal.
VenueStockholm Olympic Stadium
DateJuly 12
Competitors30 from 13 nations
Winning distance7.60 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Albert Gutterson
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Calvin Bricker
 Canada
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Georg Åberg
 Sweden
← 1908
1920 →
Silver medalist Calvin Bricker.
And the bronze medalist Georg Åberg in action.

Background

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This was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The 1908 gold and bronze medalists, Frank Irons of the United States and Calvin Bricker of Canada, returned. Irons was a "slight favorite" after winning the 1909 and 1910 AAU championships and the central U.S. Olympic trial.[3]

Austria, Finland, Italy, Luxembourg, and Russia each made their first appearance in the event. The United States appeared for the fifth time, the only nation to have long jumpers at each of the Games so far.

Competition format

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The 1912 format continued to use the two-round format used in 1900 and 1908. Only the top three jumpers in the qualifying round advanced to the final. 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 1912 Summer Olympics.

World record   Peter O'Connor (GBR) 7.61 Dublin, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland 5 August 1901
Olympic record   Frank Irons (USA) 7.48 London, United Kingdom 22 July 1908

Albert Gutterson's first jump broke the Olympic record of 7.48 metres by 12 centimetres. He matched the old record with his second jump, but could not better his first mark.

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Friday, 12 July 1912 14:00 Qualifying
Final

Results

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The top three jumpers after three jumps received another three attempts; only Åberg was able to better his own mark.

Rank Athlete Nation Qualifying Final
1 2 3 Result 4 5 6 Result
  Albert Gutterson   United States 7.60
OR
7.48 7.25 7.60 7.18 7.09 7.09 7.60
  Calvin Bricker   Canada 6.92 7.07 7.21 7.21 7.04 6.85 7.21
  Georg Åberg   Sweden 7.04 6.70 6.99 7.04 6.98 7.18 6.63 7.18
4 Harry Worthington   United States 7.03 6.96 6.65 7.03 Did not advance 7.03
5 Eugene Mercer   United States 6.97 6.84 6.84 6.97 Did not advance 6.97
6 Fred Allen   United States 6.94 6.91 6.94 Did not advance 6.94
7 Jim Thorpe   United States 6.67 6.89 6.62 6.89 Did not advance 6.89
8 Robert Pasemann   Germany 6.82 6.80 6.54 6.82 Did not advance 6.82
9 Frank Irons   United States 6.80 6.72 6.80 Did not advance 6.80
10 Henry Ashington   Great Britain 6.61 6.78 6.78 Did not advance 6.78
11 Ferdinand Bie   Norway 6.75 6.70 6.36 6.75 Did not advance 6.75
12 Sidney Abrahams   Great Britain 6.74 6.54 6.52 6.74 Did not advance 6.74
13 Edward Farrell   United States 6.71 6.36 6.46 6.71 Did not advance 6.71
Nils Fixdal   Norway 6.71 6.65 6.71 Did not advance 6.71
15 Philip Kingsford   Great Britain 6.52 6.65 6.33 6.65 Did not advance 6.65
16 André Campana   France 6.21 6.64 6.55 6.64 Did not advance 6.64
17 Charles Lomberg   Sweden 6.44 6.52 6.62 6.62 Did not advance 6.62
18 Viktor Franzl   Austria 6.57 6.53 6.50 6.57 Did not advance 6.57
19 Angelo Tonini   Italy 6.25 6.44 6.44 Did not advance 6.44
20 Patrik Ohlsson   Sweden 6.06 6.28 6.28 Did not advance 6.28
21 Gustav Betzén   Sweden 6.24 6.24 Did not advance 6.24
22 Aleksandr Schultz   Russia 5.80 5.97 6.15 6.15 Did not advance 6.15
23 Philipp Ehrenreich   Austria 5.95 6.10 6.14 6.14 Did not advance 6.14
24 Emil Kukko   Finland 6.11 5.92 5.98 6.11 Did not advance 6.11
25 Pál Szalay   Hungary 5.98 5.98 Did not advance 5.98
26 Nándor Kovács   Hungary 5.96 5.96 Did not advance 5.96
27 Alfredo Pagani   Italy 5.89 5.95 5.95 Did not advance 5.95
28 Arthur Maranda   Canada 5.87 5.72 5.86 5.87 Did not advance 5.87
29 Manlio Legat   Italy 5.50 5.50 Did not advance 5.50
30 Paul Fournelle   Luxembourg No mark Did not advance No mark

References

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  1. ^ "Athletics at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Long Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
  2. ^ Official report, p. 61.
  3. ^ a b "Long Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

Sources

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  • Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.). (ed.). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 3 January 2007.