Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump

Men's long jump at the Games of the XI Olympiad
Venue	Olympiastadion: Berlin, Germany
Dates	August 4
Competitors	43 from 27 nations
Medalists
Jesse Owens  United States Luz Long  Germany Naoto Tajima  Japan

Athletics at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men
400 m	men
800 m	men
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeple	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Decathlon	men

The men's long jump event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on August 4, 1936. The final was won by American Jesse Owens.^[1]

Results

Qualifying

Athlete	Nationality	Distance	Notes
Jesse Owens	United States	7.64	Q
Luz Long	Germany		Q
Naoto Tajima	Japan		Q
Wilhelm Leichum	Germany		Q
Arturo Maffei	Italy		Q
Bob Clark	United States		Q
John Brooks	United States		Q
Robert Paul	France		Q
Artur Bäumle	Germany		Q
Åke Stenqvist	Sweden		Q
Otto Berg	Norway		Q
Gianni Caldana	Italy	7.26	Q
Josef Vosolsobě	Czechoslovakia		Q
Sam Richardson	Canada		Q
Márcio de Oliveira	Brazil		Q
Kenshi Togami	Japan		Q
Claude Heim	France	7.10
André Prébolin	France	7.07
Willy Rasmussen	Denmark	6.92
Bondoc Ionescu-Crum	Romania
Carlos de la Guerra	Peru
Edward Boyce	Great Britain
Émile Binet	Belgium
François Mersch	Luxembourg
George Traynor	Great Britain
Grigorios Lambrakis	Greece
Chia Gwechang	Republic of China
Henrik Koltai	Hungary
Ivo Buratović	Yugoslavia
Jiří Hoffmann	Czechoslovakia
Max Berendson	Peru
Marten Klasema	Netherlands
Martti Tolamo	Finland
Masao Harada	Japan
Mohammad Khan	Afghanistan
Niño Ramírez	Philippines
Onni Rajasaari	Finland
Pascual Gutiérrez	Mexico
Rudolf Polame	Czechoslovakia
Ruudi Toomsalu	Estonia	7.00
Hoh Chunde	Republic of China
Situ Guong	Republic of China
Jean Studer	Switzerland	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Round one	Round two	Round three	Round four	Round five	Round six	Result	Notes
	Jesse Owens	United States	7.74	7.87	7.75	foul	7.94	8.06	8.06	OR
	Luz Long	Germany	7.54	7.74	7.84	7.73	7.87	foul	7.87
	Naoto Tajima	Japan	7.65	foul	7.74	7.52	7.60	foul	7.74
4	Wilhelm Leichum	Germany	foul	foul	7.52	7.38	7.25	7.73	7.73
4	Arturo Maffei	Italy	7.50	7.47	7.73	7.22	7.42	7.39	7.73
6	Bob Clark	United States	foul	7.60	7.54	7.60	7.67	7.57	7.67
7	John Brooks	United States	7.34	7.41	7.19				7.41
8	Robert Paul	France	7.34	6.93	7.08				7.34
9	Arthur Bäumle	Germany	7.32	7.21	7.13				7.32
10	Åke Stenqvist	Sweden	7.30	7.13	6.68				7.30
10	Otto Berg	Norway	7.30	foul	6.95				7.30
12	Gianni Caldana	Italy	7.26	7.16	7.26				7.26
13	Josef Vosolsobě	Czechoslovakia	foul	7.03	7.18				7.18
14	Sam Richardson	Canada	7.13	foul	foul				7.13
15	Márcio de Oliveira	Brazil	foul	6.81	7.05				7.05
16	Kenshi Togami	Japan	6.18	foul	foul				6.18

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