- Records
- Results Qualification Final
- References
- Sources
{{Infobox Olympic event |event = Men's long jump |games = 1924 Summer |image = |caption = |venue = Stade Olympique Yves-du-Manoir |dates = July 8 |competitors = 34 |nations = 22 |longnames = yes |gold = DeHart Hubbard |goldNOC = USA |silver = Edward Gourdin |silverNOC = USA |bronze = Sverre Hansen |bronzeNOC = NOR |prev=1920 |next=1928 }}{{AthleticsAt1924SummerOlympics}}The men's long jump event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Tuesday, July 8, 1924. 34 long jumpers from 22 nations competed.[1] RecordsThese were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to this competition. World record | 7.765 | {{flagicon|USA}} Robert LeGendre | Paris (FRA) | July 7, 1924 |
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Olympic record | 7.765 | USA}} Robert LeGendre | Paris (FRA) | July 7, 1924 |
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Robert LeGendre, who did not compete in this event, set a new world record in the pentathlon contest one day earlier. He improved the old records: World record | 7.69 | {{flagicon|USA}} Edward Gourdin | Cambridge (GBR) | July 23, 1923 | Olympic record | 7.60 | USA}} Albert Gutterson | Stockholm (SWE) | July 12, 1912 |
ResultsQualificationThe best six long jumpers, all four groups counted together, qualified for the final. In this case seven competitors were allowed to participate in the final, because two jumpers tied in sixth place in the qualification. The jumping order and the jumping series are not available. Group 1Place | Athlete | Distance | Overall rank | Qual. | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|DeHart Hubbard|USA|1924 Summer}} | 7.12 | 3 | Q | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Pauli Sandström|FIN|1924 Summer}} | 6.83 | 10 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Richard Honner|AUS|1924 Summer}} | 6.635 | 14 | {{flagIOCathlete|Dalip Singh|IND|1924 Summer}} | 6.635 | 14 | 5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Alois Sobotka|TCH|1924 Summer}} | 6.59 | 18 | 6 | {{flagIOCathlete|Valter Ever|EST|1924 Summer}} | 6.585 | 19 | 7 | {{flagIOCathlete|Louis-Henri Albinet|FRA|1924 Summer}} | 6.55 | 20 | 8 | {{flagIOCathlete|Gaston Médécin|MON|1924 Summer}} | 6.51 | 22 | 9 | {{flagIOCathlete|Kiril Petrunov|BUL|1924 Summer}} | 6.00 | 26 | 10 | {{flagIOCathlete|Konstantinos Pantelidis|GRE|1924 Summer}} | 5.94 | 27 | 11 | {{flagIOCathlete|Francisco Contreras|MEX|1924 Summer}} | 5.735 | 28 | 12 | {{flagIOCathlete|Stanisław Sośnicki|POL|1924 Summer}} | 5.67 | 31 | Group 2Place | Athlete | Distance | Overall rank | Qual. | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Sverre Hansen|NOR|1924 Summer}} | 7.26 | 1 | Q | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Vilho Tuulos|FIN|1924 Summer}} | 7.07 | 4 | Q | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Christopher MacKintosh|GBR|1924 Summer}} | 6.88 | 6 | Q | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Albert Rose|USA|1924 Summer}} | 6.855 | 9 | 5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Paul Couillaud|FRA|1924 Summer}} | 6.22 | 24 | 6 | {{flagIOCathlete|Josef Macháň|TCH|1924 Summer}} | 6.09 | 25 | 7 | {{flagIOCathlete|Alberto Jurado|ECU|1924 Summer}} | 5.68 | 29 | 8 | {{flagIOCathlete|Alfonso Stoopen|MEX|1924 Summer}} | 5.48 | 32 | Group 3Place | Athlete | Distance | Overall rank | Qual. | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Louis Wilhelme|FRA|1924 Summer}} | 6.99 | 5 | Q | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Jaap Boot|NED|1924 Summer}} | 6.86 | 8 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Mikio Oda|JPN|1924 Summer}} | 6.83 | 10 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Erling Aastad|NOR|1924 Summer}} | 6.72 | 13 | 5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Adolf Meier|SUI|1924 Summer}} | 6.61 | 17 | 6 | {{flagIOCathlete|Väinö Rainio|FIN|1924 Summer}} | 6.54 | 21 | 7 | {{flagIOCathlete|Jos Hilger|LUX|1924 Summer}} | 5.68 | 29 | – | {{flagIOCathlete|William Comins|USA|1924 Summer}} | NM | - | Group 4Place | Athlete | Distance | Overall rank | Qual. | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|Edward Gourdin|USA|1924 Summer}} | 7.19 | 2 | Q | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Virgilio Tommasi|ITA|1924 Summer}} | 6.88 | 6 | Q | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Silvio Cator|HAI|1924 Summer}} | 6.81 | 12 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Marcel Guillouet|FRA|1924 Summer}} | 6.62 | 16 | 5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Paul Hammer|LUX|1924 Summer}} | 6.24 | 23 | – | {{flagIOCathlete|Hannes de Boer|NED|1924 Summer}} | NM | - |
FinalThe final was held on the same day. Place | Athlete | Qual. Width | Final Width | Distance | 1 | {{flagIOCathlete|DeHart Hubbard|USA|1924 Summer}} | 7.12 | 7.445 | 7.445 | 2 | {{flagIOCathlete|Edward Gourdin|USA|1924 Summer}} | 7.19 | 7.275 | 7.275 | 3 | {{flagIOCathlete|Sverre Hansen|NOR|1924 Summer}} | 7.26 | 7.26 | 4 | {{flagIOCathlete|Vilho Tuulos|FIN|1924 Summer}} | 7.07 | 7.07 | 5 | {{flagIOCathlete|Louis Wilhelme|FRA|1924 Summer}} | 6.99 | 6.99 | 6 | {{flagIOCathlete|Christopher MacKintosh|GBR|1924 Summer}} | 6.88 | 6.92 | 6.92 | 7 | {{flagIOCathlete|Virgilio Tommasi|ITA|1924 Summer}} | 6.88 | 6.89 | 6.89 |
References1. ^{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1924/ATH/mens-long-jump.html |title=Athletics at the 1924 Paris Summer Games: Men's Long Jump |accessdate=10 December 2017 |work=sports-reference.com}}
Sources- Official Report
- {{cite web | last = Wudarski | first = Pawel | year = 1999 | url = http://olympic.w.interia.pl/ | title = Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich | accessdate = 29 March 2008|language=pl}}
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