1912 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Long Jump (Men)
sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | Long jump | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 30 athletes from 13 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Stockholm Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
Competition phase | July 12, 1912 (qualification / final) | ||||||||
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The men's long jump at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm was held on July 12, 1912 in the Stockholm Olympic Stadium. 30 athletes took part.
The US athlete Albert Gutterson became Olympic champion . Calvin Bricker from Canada won the silver medal, while the bronze went to Georg Åberg from Sweden .
Existing records
World record | Peter O'Connor ( Great Britain ) | 7.61 m | Dublin | August 5, 1901 |
Olympic record | Frank Irons ( USA ) | 7.48 m | London | July 22, 1908 |
O'Connor's world record was retrospectively recognized after the founding of the IAAF World Athletics Federation in 1912. Born Irish O'Connor started for the United Kingdom, which was also part of Ireland.
Conducting the competition
All 30 jumpers had three attempts, which were completed in three different groups. The best three jumpers then completed another three jumps, taking into account the widths of the first three rounds.
Note: The best widths are shown in bold.
Result
space | Surname | nation | result | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | 4th attempt | 5th attempt | 6th attempt |
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1 | Albert Gutterson | United States | 7.60 m OR | 7.60 | 7.48 | 7.25 | 7.18 | 7.09 | 7.09 |
2 | Calvin Bricker | Canada | 7.21 m | 6.92 | 7.07 | 7.21 | 7.04 | 6.85 | - |
3 | Georg Åberg | Sweden | 7.18 m | 7.04 | 6.70 | 6.99 | 6.98 | 7.18 | 6.63 |
4th | Harry Worthington | United States | 7.03 m | 7.03 | 6.96 | 6.65 | |||
5 | Eugene Mercer | United States | 6.97 m | 6.97 | 6.84 | 6.84 | |||
6th | Fred Allen | United States | 6.94 m | - | 6.94 | 6.91 | |||
7th | Jim Thorpe | United States | 6.89 m | 6.89 | 6.89 | 6.62 | |||
8th | Robert Pasemann | German Empire | 6.82 m | 6.82 | 6.80 | 6.54 | |||
9 | Frank Irons | United States | 6.80 m | - | 6.80 | 6.72 | |||
10 | Henry Ashington | Great Britain | 6.78 m | 6.61 | 6.78 | - | |||
11 | Ferdinand Bie | Norway | 6.75 m | 6.75 | 6.70 | 6.36 | |||
12 | Sidney Abrahams | Great Britain | 6.74 m | 6.74 | 6.54 | 6.52 | |||
13 | Edward Farrell | United States | 6.71 m | 6.71 | 6.36 | 6.46 | |||
Nils Fixdal | Norway | 6.71 | - | 6.65 | |||||
15th | Philip Kingsford | Great Britain | 6.65 m | 6.52 | 6.65 | 6.33 | |||
16 | André Campana | France | 6.64 m | 6.64 | 6.55 | ||||
17th | Charles Lomberg | Sweden | 6.62 m | 6.44 | 6.52 | 6.62 | |||
18th | Viktor Franzl | Austria | 6.57 m | 6.57 | 6.53 | 6.50 | |||
19th | Angelo Tonini | Italy | 6.44 m | 6.25 | 6.44 | - | |||
20th | Patrik Ohlsson | Sweden | 6.28 m | 6.28 | 6.28 | - | |||
21st | Gustav Betzén | Sweden | 6.24 m | 6.24 | - | - | |||
22nd | Aleksandr Schultz | Russia | 6.15 m | 5.80 | 5.97 | 6.15 | |||
23 | Philipp Ehrenreich | Austria | 6.14 m | 5.95 | 6.10 | 6.14 | |||
24 | Emil Kukko | Grand Duchy of Finland | 6.11 m | 6.11 | 5.92 | 5.98 | |||
25th | Pál Szalay | Hungary | 5.98 m | 5.98 | - | - | |||
26th | Nándor Kovács | Hungary | 5.96 m | - | - | 5.96 | |||
27 | Alfredo Pagani | Italy | 5.95 m | 5.89 | 5.95 | - | |||
28 | Arthur Maranda | Canada | 5.87 m | 5.87 | 5.72 | 5.86 | |||
29 | Manlio's legacy | Italy | 5.50 m | - | 5.50 | - | |||
ogV | Paul Fournelle | Luxembourg | - | - | - | - |
Date: July 12, 1912
Nine of the 15 best placed jumpers jumped their best distance in the first attempt. In the second attempt, the Canadian Calvin Bricker, previously in fifth place, made it into the final with 7.07 meters. In the third attempt he improved to 7.21 meters. Albert Gutterson managed 7.60 meters in the first attempt. This width, only one centimeter below the world record, meant a new Olympic record.
The seventh place in the long jump Jim Thorpe was disqualified by the IOC as in the 1913 decathlon for violating the amateur rules at a baseball game. This disqualification was annulled by the IOC in 1982 and Thorpe's results were recognized.
Picture gallery
literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, pp. 117f
Web links
- SportsReference Long Jump , accessed August 27, 2017
- Official report , engl. (PDF), accessed on August 27, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009, page 556 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Description of the preliminary round in the official report ( Memento of the original dated February 7, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Pp. 395-396, engl. (PDF)