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

Men's long jump

at the Games of the XV Olympiad

Date

July 21

Competitors

27 from 19 nations

Medalists

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	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.

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

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Mark	Remarks
1	A	Meredith Gourdine	United States	7.41	Q
2	A	Jerome Biffle	United States	7.40	Q
3	B	Neville Price	South Africa	7.36	Q
4	A	George Brown	United States	7.32	Q
5	A	Ödön Földessy	Hungary	7.25	Q
6	A	Ary de Sá	Brazil	7.24	Q
7	B	Henk Visser	Netherlands	7.21	Q
8	B	Masaji Tajima	Japan	7.13	q
9	B	Karl-Erik Israelsson	Sweden	7.10	q
10	A	Paul Faucher	France	7.10	q
11	B	Pentti Snellman	Finland	7.09	q
=12	A	Leonid Grigoryev	Soviet Union	7.09	q
=12	B	Jorma Valtonen	Finland	7.09	q
14	B	Carlos Vera	Chile	7.07
15	B	Felix Würth	Austria	6.99
16	B	Sylvanus Williams	Nigeria	6.98
17	B	Jorma Valkama	Finland	6.97
18	B	Karim Olowu	Nigeria	6.96
19	A	Toni Breder	Saar	6.88
20	A	Brígido Iriarte	Venezuela	6.82
21	A	Henryk Grabowski	Poland	6.77
22	A	Nikolay Anryushchenko	Soviet Union	6.74
23	B	Geraldo de Oliveira	Brazil	6.71
24	B	Pat Leane	Australia	6.40
25	B	Kamtorn Snidvongs	Thailand	5.31
	A	Avni Akgün	Turkey	0.00 !NM
	B	Baldadash Madatov	Soviet Union	0.00 !NM

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result
01 !	Jerome Biffle	United States	7.21	0.00 !x	7.57	0.00 !x	0.00 !x	0.00 !x	7.57
02 !	Meredith Gourdine	United States	7.38	6.58	7.53	7.49	7.36	7.51	7.53
03 !	Ödön Földessy	Hungary	7.04	7.23	0.00 !x	7.17	7.30	7.12	7.30
4	Ary de Sá	Brazil	7.15	6.77	7.06	7.22	7.20	7.23	7.23
5	Jorma Valtonen	Finland	0.00 !x	7.06	7.16	0.00 !x	0.00 !x	6.97	7.16
6	Leonid Grigoryev	Soviet Union	0.00 !x	7.14	6.92	5.55	0.00 !x	6.67	7.14

7	Karl-Erik Israelsson	Sweden	0.00 !x	0.00 !x	7.10				7.10
8	Paul Faucher	France	0.00 !x	6.96	7.02				7.02
9	Pentti Snellman	Finland	0.00 !x	6.88	7.02				7.02
10	Masaji Tajima	Japan	0.00 !x	7.00	0.00 !x				7.00
11	Neville Price	South Africa	6.40	0.00 !x	0.00 !x				6.40
99 !	George Brown	United States	0.00 !x	0.00 !x	0.00 !x				0.00 !NM
99 !	Henk Visser	Netherlands	0.00 !x	0.00 !x	0.00 !x				0.00 !NM

NM — No Mark

Long jump at the Olympic Games

Summary

Men	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

Women	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

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