# 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. The maximum number of athletes per nation was 4. The event was won by Ed Hamm of the United States, the nation's second consecutive and seventh overall victory in the event. Silvio Cator earned Haiti's first medal in the event by taking silver.

## Background

This was the eighth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The returning finalists from the 1924 Games were the defending champion, DeHart Hubbard of the United States, and fourth-place finisher Vilho Tuulos of Finland. Hubbard had an ankle injury, however. Ed Hamm had set the world record at the 1928 AAU championship and was the "heavy favorite."
Chile, Denmark, Ireland, South Africa, and Spain each made their first appearance in the event. The United States appeared for the eighth time, the only nation to have long jumpers at each of the Games thus far.

## Competition format

The 1928 format continued to use the two-round format used in 1900 and since 1908, with the six-man finals introduced in 1920. Instead of having ties all advance (as in 1924), the next-best jump was used to break ties. 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.

## Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.
| World record | Ed Hamm (USA) | 7.90 | Cambridge, United Kingdom | 7 July 1928 |
| Olympic record | Robert LeGendre (USA) | 7.765(*) | Paris, France | 7 July 1924 |
(*) Robert LeGendre set the Olympic record in the 1924 pentathlon contest

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| Tuesday, 21 July 1928 | | Qualifying Final |

## 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 | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nation | 1 | 2 | 3 | Result | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result |
| | 1 | Ed Hamm | United States | ? | 7.73 | 7.68 | 7.73 | 7.68 | 7.66 | — | 7.73 |
| | 1 | Silvio Cator | Haiti | X | 7.50 | 7.58 | 7.58 | 7.20 | 7.22 | X | 7.58 |
| | 2 | Al Bates | United States | 7.40 | X | X | 7.40 | 6.79 | 6.92 | 6.75 | 7.40 |
| 4 | 2 | Willi Meier | Germany | 7.35 | 7.39 | 7.05 | 7.39 | X | 7.27 | 7.23 | 7.39 |
| 5 | 1 | Erich Köchermann | Germany | 7.35 | 7.16 | 7.25 | 7.35 | 7.05 | X | 6.85 | 7.35 |
| 6 | 4 | Hannes de Boer | Netherlands | 7.32 / 6.96 | 7.32 / 6.96 | 7.32 / 6.96 | 7.32 | X | X | X | 7.32 |
| 7 | 3 | Ed Gordon | United States | 7.32 / 6.57 | 7.32 / 6.57 | 7.32 / 6.57 | 7.32 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 8 | 3 | Eric Svensson | Sweden | ? | ? | ? | 7.29 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 9 | 4 | Chūhei Nambu | Japan | ? | ? | ? | 7.25 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 10 | 2 | Olle Hallberg | Sweden | ? | ? | ? | 7.18 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 11 | 4 | DeHart Hubbard | United States | ? | ? | ? | 7.11 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 11 | 3 | Mikio Oda | Japan | ? | ? | ? | 7.11 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 11 | 4 | Ville Tuulos | Finland | ? | ? | ? | 7.11 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 14 | 1 | Erling Aastad | Norway | ? | ? | ? | 7.07 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 15 | 3 | Helmut Schlöske | Germany | ? | ? | ? | 6.99 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 16 | 4 | Alfonso de Gortari | Mexico | ? | ? | ? | 6.97 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 17 | 1 | Toon van Welsenes | Netherlands | ? | ? | ? | 6.96 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 18 | 4 | Rudi Dobermann | Germany | ? | ? | ? | 6.91 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 18 | 2 | Toimi Tulikoura | Finland | ? | ? | ? | 6.91 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 20 | 3 | Gijs Lamoree | Netherlands | ? | ? | ? | 6.87 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 21 | 1 | Paddy Anglim | Ireland | ? | ? | ? | 6.81 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 22 | 4 | Adolf Meier | Switzerland | ? | ? | ? | 6.80 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 23 | 3 | Lajos Balogh | Hungary | ? | ? | ? | 6.79 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 24 | 2 | Imre Fekete | Hungary | ? | ? | ? | 6.77 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 25 | 2 | Virgilio Tommasi | Italy | ? | ? | ? | 6.76 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 25 | 3 | Enrico Torre | Italy | ? | ? | ? | 6.76 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 27 | 4 | Charles Alzieu | France | ? | ? | ? | 6.70 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 28 | 1 | Jacques Flouret | France | ? | ? | ? | 6.64 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 29 | 3 | Konstantinos Petridis | Greece | ? | ? | ? | 6.63 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 30 | 4 | Hermann Brügmann | Denmark | ? | ? | ? | 6.62 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 31 | 4 | Arild Lenth | Norway | ? | ? | ? | 6.60 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 32 | 3 | Reg Revans | Great Britain | ? | ? | ? | 6.58 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 33 | 2 | Zdzisław Nowak | Poland | ? | ? | ? | 6.57 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 34 | 1 | Óscar Alvarado | Chile | ? | ? | ? | 6.51 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 34 | 1 | Gaston Médécin | Monaco | ? | ? | ? | 6.51 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 36 | 1 | Tibor Püspöki | Hungary | ? | ? | ? | 6.45 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 37 | 2 | Dalip Singh | India | ? | ? | ? | 6.45 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 38 | 3 | Johannes Viljoen | South Africa | ? | ? | ? | 6.44 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 39 | 2 | James Cohen | Great Britain | ? | ? | ? | 6.39 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 40 | 1 | Alfred Sutter | Switzerland | ? | ? | ? | 6.23 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| 41 | 4 | Fernando Labourdette-Liaresq | Spain | ? | ? | ? | 6.16 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
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