Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump
Men's long jump at the Games of the XV Olympiad | ||||||||||
Date | July 21 | |||||||||
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Competitors | 27 from 19 nations | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics ![]() | ||||
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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 | ![]() | 8.13 m | Ann Arbor, United States | 25 May 1935 |
Olympic record | ![]() | 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 |
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1 | A | Meredith Gourdine | ![]() |
7.41 | Q |
2 | A | Jerome Biffle | ![]() |
7.40 | Q |
3 | B | Neville Price | ![]() |
7.36 | Q |
4 | A | George Brown | ![]() |
7.32 | Q |
5 | A | Ödön Földessy | ![]() |
7.25 | Q |
6 | A | Ary de Sá | ![]() |
7.24 | Q |
7 | B | Henk Visser | ![]() |
7.21 | Q |
8 | B | Masaji Tajima | ![]() |
7.13 | q |
9 | B | Karl-Erik Israelsson | ![]() |
7.10 | q |
10 | A | Paul Faucher | ![]() |
7.10 | q |
11 | B | Pentti Snellman | ![]() |
7.09 | q |
=12 | A | Leonid Grigoryev | ![]() |
7.09 | q |
=12 | B | Jorma Valtonen | ![]() |
7.09 | q |
14 | B | Carlos Vera | ![]() |
7.07 | |
15 | B | Felix Würth | ![]() |
6.99 | |
16 | B | Sylvanus Williams | ![]() |
6.98 | |
17 | B | Jorma Valkama | ![]() |
6.97 | |
18 | B | Karim Olowu | ![]() |
6.96 | |
19 | A | Toni Breder | ![]() |
6.88 | |
20 | A | Brígido Iriarte | ![]() |
6.82 | |
21 | A | Henryk Grabowski | ![]() |
6.77 | |
22 | A | Nikolay Anryushchenko | ![]() |
6.74 | |
23 | B | Geraldo de Oliveira | ![]() |
6.71 | |
24 | B | Pat Leane | ![]() |
6.40 | |
25 | B | Kamtorn Snidvongs | ![]() |
5.31 | |
A | Avni Akgün | ![]() |
NM | ||
B | Baldadash Madatov | ![]() |
NM |
Final
Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Result | Notes |
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![]() | Jerome Biffle | ![]() |
7.21 | x | 7.57 | x | x | x | 7.57 | |
![]() | Meredith Gourdine | ![]() |
7.38 | 6.58 | 7.53 | 7.49 | 7.36 | 7.51 | 7.53 | |
![]() | Ödön Földessy | ![]() |
7.04 | 7.23 | x | 7.17 | 7.30 | 7.12 | 7.30 | |
4 | Ary de Sá | ![]() |
7.15 | 6.77 | 7.06 | 7.22 | 7.20 | 7.23 | 7.23 | |
5 | Jorma Valtonen | ![]() |
x | 7.06 | 7.16 | x | x | 6.97 | 7.16 | |
6 | Leonid Grigoryev | ![]() |
x | 7.14 | 6.92 | 5.55 | x | 6.67 | 7.14 | |
7 | Karl-Erik Israelsson | ![]() |
x | x | 7.10 | 7.10 | ||||
8 | Paul Faucher | ![]() |
x | 6.96 | 7.02 | 7.02 | ||||
9 | Pentti Snellman | ![]() |
x | 6.88 | 7.02 | 7.02 | ||||
10 | Masaji Tajima | ![]() |
x | 7.00 | x | 7.00 | ||||
11 | Neville Price | ![]() |
6.40 | x | x | 6.40 | ||||
George Brown | ![]() |
x | x | x | NM | |||||
Henk Visser | ![]() |
x | x | x | NM |
NM — No Mark
References
- Official Olympic Report, la84.org.
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