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]
Men's long jump at the Games of the IX Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||||||
Dates | July 31 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 41 from 23 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning distance | 7.73 m | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | |
400 m | men | |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4×100 m relay | men | women |
4×400 m relay | men | |
Road events | ||
Marathon | 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 | |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Decathlon | men | |
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.
World Record | 7.90 | Cambridge (GBR) | July 7, 1928 | |
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Olympic Record | 7.765(*) | Paris (FRA) | July 7, 1924 |
(*) Robert LeGendre set the Olympic record in the 1924 pentathlon contest
Results
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 | ||||||
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#1 | #2 | #3 | Result | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | ||||
1 | Ed Hamm | ? | 7.73 | 7.68 | 7.73 | 7.68 | 7.66 | - | 7.73 | ||
1 | Silvio Cator | X | 7.50 | 7.58 | 7.58 | 7.20 | 7.22 | X | 7.58 | ||
2 | Al Bates | 7.40 | X | X | 7.40 | 6.79 | 6.92 | 6.75 | 7.40 | ||
4 | 2 | Willi Meier | 7.35 | 7.39 | 7.05 | 7.39 | X | 7.27 | 7.23 | 7.39 | |
5 | 1 | Erich Köchermann | 7.35 | 7.16 | 7.25 | 7.35 | 7.05 | X | 6.85 | 7.35 | |
6 | 4 | Hannes de Boer | 7.32 / 6.96 | 7.32 | X | X | X | 7.32 | |||
7 | 3 | Ed Gordon | 7.32 / 6.57 | 7.32 | Did not advance | ||||||
8 | 3 | Eric Svensson | 7.29 | Did not advance | |||||||
9 | 4 | Chūhei Nambu | 7.25 | Did not advance | |||||||
10 | 2 | Olle Hallberg | 7.18 | Did not advance | |||||||
11 | 4 | DeHart Hubbard | 7.11 | Did not advance | |||||||
3 | Mikio Oda | 7.11 | Did not advance | ||||||||
4 | Ville Tuulos | 7.11 | Did not advance | ||||||||
14 | 1 | Erling Aastad | 7.07 | Did not advance | |||||||
15 | 3 | Helmut Schlöske | 6.99 | Did not advance | |||||||
16 | 4 | Alfonso de Gortari | 6.97 | Did not advance | |||||||
17 | 1 | Toon van Welsenes | 6.96 | Did not advance | |||||||
18 | 4 | Rudi Dobermann | 6.91 | Did not advance | |||||||
2 | Toimi Tulikoura | 6.91 | Did not advance | ||||||||
20 | 3 | Gijs Lamoree | 6.87 | Did not advance | |||||||
21 | 1 | Paddy Anglim | 6.81 | Did not advance | |||||||
22 | 4 | Adolf Meier | 6.80 | Did not advance | |||||||
23 | 3 | Lajos Balogh | 6.79 | Did not advance | |||||||
24 | 2 | Imre Fekete | 6.77 | Did not advance | |||||||
25 | 2 | Virgilio Tommasi | 6.76 | Did not advance | |||||||
3 | Enrico Torre | 6.76 | Did not advance | ||||||||
27 | 4 | Charles Alzieu | 6.70 | Did not advance | |||||||
28 | 1 | Jacques Flouret | 6.64 | Did not advance | |||||||
29 | 3 | Konstantinos Petridis | 6.63 | Did not advance | |||||||
30 | 4 | Hermann Brügmann | 6.62 | Did not advance | |||||||
31 | 4 | Arild Lenth | 6.60 | Did not advance | |||||||
32 | 3 | Reg Revans | 6.58 | Did not advance | |||||||
33 | 2 | Zdzisław Nowak | 6.57 | Did not advance | |||||||
34 | 1 | Óscar Alvarado | 6.51 | Did not advance | |||||||
1 | Gaston Médécin | 6.51 | Did not advance | ||||||||
36 | 1 | Tibor Püspöki | 6.45 | Did not advance | |||||||
37 | 2 | Dalip Singh | 6.45 | Did not advance | |||||||
38 | 3 | Johannes Viljoen | 6.44 | Did not advance | |||||||
39 | 2 | James Cohen | 6.39 | Did not advance | |||||||
40 | 1 | Alfred Sutter | 6.23 | Did not advance | |||||||
41 | 4 | Fernando Labourdette-Liaresq | 6.16 | Did not advance |
References
- "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.
External links
- Official Olympic Report
- Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 February 2009. Retrieved February 16, 2009.