1932 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Long Jump (Men)
sport | athletics | ||||||||
discipline | Long jump | ||||||||
gender | Men | ||||||||
Attendees | 12 athletes from 9 countries | ||||||||
Competition location | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum | ||||||||
Competition phase | August 2, 1932 | ||||||||
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The men's long jump at the 1932 Olympic Games in Los Angeles was held on August 2, 1932 at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum . Twelve athletes took part.
The American Ed Gordon was Olympic champion ahead of his compatriot Lambert Redd . The Japanese Nambu Chūhei won the bronze medal.
Existing records
- World record : 7.98 m - Nambu Chūhei ( Japan ), Tokyo , October 27, 1931
- Olympic record : 7.765 m - Robert LeGendre ( USA ), as part of the Olympic pentathlon in Paris , July 7, 1924
Conducting the competition
The athletes started their competition on August 2nd. Each jumper initially had three attempts in a qualification. The best four jumpers jumped three more attempts in a final on the same day. The result of the qualification was included in the final result.
Note: The qualified jumpers are highlighted in light blue.
qualification
The test series are only known from the best four jumpers, from the other athletes only the final results are known.
space | Surname | nation | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | result | annotation |
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1 | Ed Gordon | United States | 7.64 m | 7.00 m | 7.43 m | 7.64 m | |
2 | Lambert Redd | United States | X | 7.60 m | X | 7.60 m | |
3 | Nambu Chuhei | Japan | 7.45 m | X | X | 7.45 m | |
4th | Eric Svensson | Sweden | 7.27 m | 7.24 m | 7.41 m | 7.41 m | |
5 | Dick Barber | United States | Trial series not known |
7.39 m | |||
6th | Tajima Naoto | Japan | 7.15 m | ||||
7th | Héctor Berra | Argentina | 6.66 m | ||||
8th | Clóvis Raposo | Brazil | 6.43 m | ||||
9 | Silvio Cator | Haiti | 5.93 m | ||||
10 | Esteban Crespo | Mexico | 5.83 m | ||||
11 | Erich Kochermann | German Empire | 5.75 m | ||||
ogV | Len Hutton | Canada | X | Injury on the 1st attempt |
Bottom line
final | ||||||||
space | Surname | nation | Qualification range | 1st attempt | Second attempt | 3. Attempt | Bottom line | annotation |
1 | Ed Gordon | United States | 7.64 m | X | X | X | 7.64 m | |
2 | Lambert Redd | United States | 7.60 m | 7.39 m | X | 7.49 m | 7.60 m | |
3 | Nambu Chuhei | Japan | 7.45 m | 7.32 m | 7.39 m | X | 7.45 m | |
4th | Eric Svensson | Sweden | 7.41 m | 7.06 m | waived | 7.41 m | ||
5 | Dick Barber | United States | 7.41 m | not in the final | 7.39 m | |||
6th | Tajima Naoto | Japan | 7.15 m | 7.15 m | ||||
7th | Héctor Berra | Argentina | 6.66 m | 6.66 m | ||||
8th | Clóvis Raposo | Brazil | 6.43 m | 6.43 m |
Date: August 1, 1932
In contrast to most other competitions, the long jump was a little lacking in class. The Japanese Nambu Chūhei held the world record with almost eight meters - exactly 7.98 m. But he had to be content with 7.45 m, which was enough for a bronze medal. Two US jumpers lay in front of him. Ed Gordon became Olympic champion with a rather meager 7,64 m. In second place came four centimeters behind Lambert Redd. Robert LeGendre's Olympic record , which he had set in 1924 as part of his pentathlon with 7.765 m, was not in danger.
Nambu Chūhei won the first Japanese long jump medal.
literature
- Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 1: 1896-1936, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 2nd edition 1970, p. 239f
Web links
- SportsReference Long Jump , accessed September 18, 2017
- Official report pp. 445–446, engl. (PDF), accessed on September 18, 2017
Individual evidence
- ↑ IAAF Statistics Handbook, Berlin 2009, page 556 ( Memento from June 29, 2011 in the Internet Archive )