Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump

Men's long jump
at the Games of the V Olympiad

Gutterson on the way to win the gold medal.
VenueStockholm Olympic Stadium
DateJuly 12
Competitors30 from 13 nations
Medalists
 Albert Gutterson  United States
 Calvin Bricker  Canada
 Georg Åberg  Sweden
Athletics at the
1912 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m   men
200 m men
400 m men
800 m men
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men
110 m hurdles men
4×100 m relay men
4×400 m relay men
3000 m team race men
10 km walk men
Road events
Marathon men
Field events
Long jump men
Triple jump men
High jump men
Pole vault men
Standing long jump men
Standing high jump men
Shot put men
Discus throw men
Hammer throw men
Javelin throw men
2-hand shot put men
2-hand discus men
2-hand javelin men
Combined events
Pentathlon men
Decathlon men
Cross-country events
Individual men
Team men
Silver medalist Calvin Bricker.
And the bronze medalist Georg Åberg in action.

The men's long jump was a track and field athletics event held as part of the athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Friday, July 12, 1912.

Thirty long jumpers from 13 nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.

World Record 7.61 United Kingdom Peter O'Connor Dublin (GBR) August 5, 1901
Olympic Record 7.48 United States Frank Irons London (GBR) July 22, 1908

Gutterson's first jump broke the Olympic record of 7.48 metres by 12 centimetres. He matched the old record with his second jump, but could not better his first mark.

Results

The top three jumpers after three jumps received another three attempts; only Åberg was able to better his own mark. He wasn't able to match the preliminary marks of Gutterson or Bricker, however, and no change in standings was made in the final three jumps.

Place Athlete Preliminary Final Best mark
1 2 3 Rank 4 5 6
 Albert Gutterson (USA) 7.60
OR 		7.48 7.25 1st 7.18 7.09 7.09 7.60
 Calvin Bricker (CAN) 6.92 7.07 7.21 2nd 7.04 6.85 — 7.21
 Georg Åberg (SWE) 7.04 6.70 6.99 3rd 6.98 7.18 6.63 7.18
4  Harry Worthington (USA) 7.03 6.96 6.65 4th 7.03
5  Eugene Mercer (USA) 6.97 6.84 6.84 5th 6.97
6  Fred Allen (USA) — 6.94 6.91 6th 6.94
7  Jim Thorpe (USA) 6.67 6.89 6.62 7th 6.89
8  Robert Pasemann (GER) 6.82 6.80 6.54 8th 6.82
9  Frank Irons (USA) — 6.80 6.72 9th 6.80
10  Henry Ashington (GBR) 6.61 6.78 — 10th 6.78
11  Ferdinand Bie (NOR) 6.75 6.70 6.36 11th 6.75
12  Sidney Abrahams (GBR) 6.74 6.54 6.52 12th 6.74
13  Edward Farrell (USA) 6.71 6.36 6.46 13th 6.71
 Nils Fixdal (NOR) 6.71 — 6.65 13th 6.71
15  Philip Kingsford (GBR) 6.52 6.65 6.33 15th 6.65
16  André Campana (FRA) 6.21 6.64 6.55 16th 6.64
17  Charles Lomberg (SWE) 6.44 6.52 6.62 17th 6.62
18  Viktor Franzl (AUT) 6.57 6.53 6.50 18th 6.57
19  Angelo Tonini (ITA) 6.25 6.44 — 19th 6.44
20  Patrik Ohlsson (SWE) 6.06 6.28 — 20th 6.28
21  Gustav Betzén (SWE) 6.24 — — 21st 6.24
22  Aleksandr Schultz (RUS) 5.80 5.97 6.15 22nd 6.15
23  Philipp Ehrenreich (AUT) 5.95 6.10 6.14 23rd 6.14
24  Emil Kukko (FIN) 6.11 5.92 5.98 24th 6.11
25  Pál Szalay (HUN) 5.98 — — 25th 5.98
26  Nándor Kovács (HUN) — — 5.96 26th 5.96
27  Alfredo Pagani (ITA) 5.89 5.95 — 27th 5.95
28  Arthur Maranda (CAN) 5.87 5.72 5.86 28th 5.87
29  Manlio Legat (ITA) — 5.50 — 29th 5.50
30  Paul Fournelle (LUX) — — — 30th None

References

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