The men's long jump

Long jump

The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...

event was part of the track and field athletics programme

Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics

At the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam, 27 athletics events were contested. The competition was held on a 400 meter track and would become the standard for athletics tracks in the future. For the first time, women's events in athletics were included in the Olympic Games program...

 at the 1928 Summer Olympics

1928 Summer Olympics

The 1928 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the IX Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1928 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam had bid for the 1920 and 1924 Olympic Games, but had to give way to war-victim Antwerp, Belgium, and Pierre de...

. The competition was held on Tuesday, July 31, 1928.

Forty-one long jumpers from 23 nations competed.

Medalists

Records

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

World Record	7.90	Ed Hamm Ed Hamm Edward Barton Hamm was an American athlete, who won the gold medal in the long jump at the 1928 Summer Olympics held in Amsterdam, Netherlands. There he set a world record in the long jump, becoming the first Arkansan to win a gold medal...	Cambridge Cambridge The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...  (GBR Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles... )	July 7, 1928
Olympic Record	7.765(*)	Robert LeGendre Robert LeGendre This article is about the athlete named Robert LeGendre. For the inmate who escaped from prison, see Iowa State PenitentiaryRobert "Bob" Lucien LeGendre is an American athlete and Olympics competitor who competed mainly in the Pentathlon.He competed for the United States in the 1924 Summer...	Paris Paris Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...  (FRA France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France... )	July 7, 1924

(*) Robert LeGendre

Robert LeGendre

This article is about the athlete named Robert LeGendre. For the inmate who escaped from prison, see Iowa State PenitentiaryRobert "Bob" Lucien LeGendre is an American athlete and Olympics competitor who competed mainly in the Pentathlon.He competed for the United States in the 1924 Summer...

 set the Olympic record in the 1924 pentathlon contest

Athletics at the 1924 Summer Olympics - Men's pentathlon

The men's pentathlon event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics. It was the third and last appearance of a pentathlon at the Olympics. The competition was held on Monday, July 7, 1924....

Qualification

The best six long jumpers qualified for the final. Two jumpers, Hannes de Boer

Hannes de Boer

Hannes de Boer was a Dutch long jumper. He took part in the Olympic Games of 1924 and 1928. He finished in sixth place in 1928, jumping a distance of 6.32m....

 and Ed Gordon, tied for sixth place, but only de Boer

Hannes de Boer

Hannes de Boer was a Dutch long jumper. He took part in the Olympic Games of 1924 and 1928. He finished in sixth place in 1928, jumping a distance of 6.32m....

 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

Place	Athlete	1.	2.	3.	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1		unk	7.73	7.68	7.73	1	Q
2		X	7.50	7.58	7.58	4	Q
3		7.35	7.16	7.25	7.35	=5	Q
4					7.07	14
5					6.96	17
6					6.81	21
7					6.64	28
8					6.51	=34
					6.51	=34
10					6.45	36
11					6.23	40

Group 2

Place	Athlete	1.	2.	3.	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1		7.40	X	X	7.40	3	Q
2		7.35	7.39	7.05	7.39	4	Q
3					7.18	10
4					6.91	18
5					6.77	24
6					6.76	=25
7					6.57	33
8					6.45	37
9					6.39	39

Group 3

Place	Athlete	1.	2.	3.	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1		7.32 / 6.57			7.32	7
2					7.29	8
3					7.11	=11
4					6.99	15
5					6.87	20
6					6.79	23
7					6.76	25
8					6.63	29
9					6.58	32
10					6.44	38

Group 4

Place	Athlete	1.	2.	3.	Distance	Overall Rank	Qual.
1		7.32 / 6.96			7.32	6	Q
2					7.25	9
3					7.11	=11
					7.11	=11
5					6.97	16
6					6.91	18
7					6.80	22
8					6.70	27
9					6.62	30
10					6.60	31
11					6.16	41

Final

The final was held on the same day and started at 2 p.m.

12-hour clock

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No jumper was able to improve his qualification width.

Place	Athlete	Qual. Width	1.	2.	3.	Distance
1		7.73	7.68	7.66	-	7.73
2		7.58	7.20	7.22	X	7.58
3		7.40	6.79	6.92	6.75	7.40
4		7.39	X	7.27	7.23	7.39
5		7.35	7.05	X	6.85	7.35
6		7.32	X	X	X	7.32