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]

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Ed Hamm
 United States		 Silvio Cator
 Haiti		 Al Bates
 United States

Records

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

World Record 7.90 United States Ed Hamm Cambridge (GBR) July 7, 1928
Olympic Record 7.765(*) United States Robert LeGendre Paris (FRA) July 7, 1924

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

Results

Qualification

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.

Group 1

PlaceAthlete1.2.3.DistanceOverall RankQual.
1 Ed Hamm (USA)unk7.737.687.731Q
2 Silvio Cator (HAI)X7.507.587.582Q
3 Erich Köchermann (GER)7.357.167.257.355Q
4 Erling Aastad (NOR)7.0714
5 Toon van Welsenes (NED)6.9617
6 Paddy Anglim (IRL)6.8121
7 Jacques Flouret (FRA)6.6428
8 Óscar Alvarado (CHI)6.51=34
 Gaston Médécin (MON)6.51=34
10 Tibor Püspöki (HUN)6.4536
11 Alfred Sutter (SUI)6.2340

Group 2

PlaceAthlete1.2.3.DistanceOverall RankQual.
1 Al Bates (USA)7.40XX7.403Q
2 Willi Meier (GER)7.357.397.057.394Q
3 Olle Hallberg (SWE)7.1810
4 Toimi Tulikoura (FIN)6.9118
5 Imre Fekete (HUN)6.7724
6 Virgilio Tommasi (ITA)6.76=25
7 Zdzisław Nowak (POL)6.5733
8 Dalip Singh (IND)6.4537
9 James Cohen (GBR)6.3939

Group 3

PlaceAthlete1.2.3.DistanceOverall RankQual.
1 Ed Gordon (USA)7.32 / 6.577.327
2 Eric Svensson (SWE)7.298
3 Mikio Oda (JPN)7.11=11
4 Helmut Schlöske (GER)6.9915
5 Gijs Lamoree (NED)6.8720
6 Lajos Balogh (HUN)6.7923
7 Enrico Torre (ITA)6.7625
8 Konstantinos Petridis (GRE)6.6329
9 Reg Revans (GBR)6.5832
10 Johannes Viljoen (RSA)6.4438

Group 4

PlaceAthlete1.2.3.DistanceOverall RankQual.
1 Hannes de Boer (NED)7.32 / 6.967.326Q
2 Chūhei Nambu (JPN)7.259
3 Ville Tuulos (FIN)7.11=11
 DeHart Hubbard (USA)7.11=11
5 Alfonso de Gortari (MEX)6.9716
6 Rudi Dobermann (GER)6.9118
7 Adolf Meier (SUI)6.8022
8 Charles Alzieu (FRA)6.7027
9 Hermann Brügmann (DEN)6.6230
10 Arild Lenth (NOR)6.6031
11 Fernando Labourdette-Liaresq (ESP)6.1641

Final

The final was held on the same day and started at 2 p.m. No jumper was able to improve his qualification width.

PlaceAthleteQual. Width1.2.3.Distance
1 Ed Hamm (USA)7.737.687.66-7.73
2 Silvio Cator (HAI)7.587.207.22X7.58
3 Al Bates (USA)7.406.796.926.757.40
4 Willi Meier (GER)7.39X7.277.237.39
5 Erich Köchermann (GER)7.357.05X6.857.35
6 Hannes de Boer (NED)7.32XXX7.32

References

  1. ↑ "Athletics at the 1928 Amsterdam Summer Games: Men's Long Jump". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 11 December 2017.
  • Official Olympic Report
  • Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved February 16, 2009.
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