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.
Venue	Stockholm Olympic Stadium
Date	July 12
Competitors	30 from 13 nations
Medalists
Albert Gutterson  United States Calvin Bricker  Canada Georg Åberg  Sweden

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. NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes.

Records

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

World Record	7.61	Peter O'Connor	Dublin (GBR)	August 5, 1901
Olympic Record	7.48	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.

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

Sources

• Bergvall, Erik (ed.) (1913). Adams-Ray, Edward (trans.). (ed.). The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912. Stockholm: Wahlström & Widstrand. {{cite book}}: |first= has generic name (help)
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