Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump

Men's long jump
at the Games of the XV Olympiad
DateJuly 21
Competitors27 from 19 nations
Medalists
   United States
   United States
   Hungary
Athletics at the
1952 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
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
steeplechase
men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon men
10 km walk men
50 km walk men
Field events
Long jump men women
Triple jump men
High jump men women
Pole vault men
Shot put men women
Discus throw men women
Javelin throw men women
Hammer throw men
Combined events
Decathlon men

The Men's long jump at the 1952 Olympic Games took place on July 21 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. American athlete Jerome Biffle won the gold medal.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record United States Jesse Owens (United States) 8.13 m Ann Arbor, United States 25 May 1935
Olympic record  Jesse Owens (USA) 8.06 m Berlin, Germany 4 August 1936

No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

Results

Qualifying round

Qualifying Performance 7.20 (Q) or at least 13 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank Group Name Nationality Mark Remarks
1 AMeredith Gourdine United States 7.41 Q
2 AJerome Biffle United States 7.40 Q
3 BNeville Price South Africa 7.36 Q
4 AGeorge Brown United States 7.32 Q
5 AÖdön Földessy Hungary 7.25 Q
6 AAry de Sá Brazil 7.24 Q
7 BHenk Visser Netherlands 7.21 Q
8 BMasaji Tajima Japan 7.13 q
9 BKarl-Erik Israelsson Sweden 7.10 q
10 APaul Faucher France 7.10 q
11 BPentti Snellman Finland 7.09 q
=12 ALeonid Grigoryev Soviet Union 7.09 q
=12 BJorma Valtonen Finland 7.09 q
14 BCarlos Vera Chile 7.07
15 BFelix Würth Austria 6.99
16 BSylvanus Williams Nigeria 6.98
17 BJorma Valkama Finland 6.97
18 BKarim Olowu Nigeria 6.96
19 AToni Breder Saar 6.88
20 ABrígido Iriarte Venezuela 6.82
21 AHenryk Grabowski Poland 6.77
22 ANikolay Anryushchenko Soviet Union 6.74
23 BGeraldo de Oliveira Brazil 6.71
24 BPat Leane Australia 6.40
25 BKamtorn Snidvongs Thailand 5.31
AAvni Akgün Turkey NM
BBaldadash Madatov Soviet Union NM

Final

RankAthleteNationality123456ResultNotes
1st, gold medalist(s) Jerome Biffle United States 7.21 x 7.57 x x x 7.57
2nd, silver medalist(s)Meredith Gourdine United States 7.38 6.58 7.53 7.49 7.36 7.51 7.53
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Ödön Földessy Hungary 7.04 7.23 x 7.17 7.30 7.12 7.30
4Ary de Sá Brazil 7.15 6.77 7.06 7.22 7.20 7.23 7.23
5Jorma Valtonen Finland x 7.06 7.16 x x 6.97 7.16
6Leonid Grigoryev Soviet Union x 7.14 6.92 5.55 x 6.67 7.14
7Karl-Erik Israelsson Sweden x x 7.10 7.10
8Paul Faucher France x 6.96 7.02 7.02
9Pentti Snellman Finland x6.88 7.02 7.02
10 Masaji Tajima Japan x7.00x 7.00
11Neville Price South Africa 6.40xx 6.40
George Brown United States xx x NM
Henk Visser Netherlands xx x NM

NM No Mark

References

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