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

The men's long jump was a track and field athletics event held as part of the athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. The competition was held on Friday, July 12, 1912. Thirty long jumpers from 13 nations competed.^[1] NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes.^[2] The event was won by Albert Gutterson of the United States, the nation's fifth gold medal in the event in five Games. Calvin Bricker of Canada became the second man to win a second medal in the long jump, adding a silver to his 1908 bronze. Sweden won its first long jump medal with Georg Åberg's bronze.

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
Winning distance	7.60 OR
Medalists
Albert Gutterson  United States Calvin Bricker  Canada Georg Åberg  Sweden
← 1908 1920 →

Silver medalist Calvin Bricker.

And the bronze medalist Georg Åberg in action.

Background

This was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The 1908 gold and bronze medalists, Frank Irons of the United States and Calvin Bricker of Canada, returned. Irons was a "slight favorite" after winning the 1909 and 1910 AAU championships and the central U.S. Olympic trial.^[3]

Austria, Finland, Italy, Luxembourg, and Russia each made their first appearance in the event. The United States appeared for the fifth time, the only nation to have long jumpers at each of the Games so far.

Competition format

The 1912 format continued to use the two-round format used in 1900 and 1908. Only the top three jumpers in the qualifying round advanced to the final. Each jumper had three jumps in the qualifying round; finalists received an additional three jumps, with qualifying round jumps still counting if the final jumps were not better.^[3]

Records

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

World record	Peter O'Connor (GBR)	7.61	Dublin, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	5 August 1901
Olympic record	Frank Irons (USA)	7.48	London, United Kingdom	22 July 1908

Albert 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.

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
Friday, 12 July 1912	14:00	Qualifying Final

Results

The top three jumpers after three jumps received another three attempts; only Åberg was able to better his own mark.

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Qualifying				Final
			1	2	3	Result	4	5	6	Result
	Albert Gutterson	United States	7.60 OR	7.48	7.25	7.60	7.18	7.09	7.09	7.60
	Calvin Bricker	Canada	6.92	7.07	7.21	7.21	7.04	6.85	—	7.21
	Georg Åberg	Sweden	7.04	6.70	6.99	7.04	6.98	7.18	6.63	7.18
4	Harry Worthington	United States	7.03	6.96	6.65	7.03	Did not advance			7.03
5	Eugene Mercer	United States	6.97	6.84	6.84	6.97	Did not advance			6.97
6	Fred Allen	United States	—	6.94	6.91	6.94	Did not advance			6.94
7	Jim Thorpe	United States	6.67	6.89	6.62	6.89	Did not advance			6.89
8	Robert Pasemann	Germany	6.82	6.80	6.54	6.82	Did not advance			6.82
9	Frank Irons	United States	—	6.80	6.72	6.80	Did not advance			6.80
10	Henry Ashington	Great Britain	6.61	6.78	—	6.78	Did not advance			6.78
11	Ferdinand Bie	Norway	6.75	6.70	6.36	6.75	Did not advance			6.75
12	Sidney Abrahams	Great Britain	6.74	6.54	6.52	6.74	Did not advance			6.74
13	Edward Farrell	United States	6.71	6.36	6.46	6.71	Did not advance			6.71
	Nils Fixdal	Norway	6.71	—	6.65	6.71	Did not advance			6.71
15	Philip Kingsford	Great Britain	6.52	6.65	6.33	6.65	Did not advance			6.65
16	André Campana	France	6.21	6.64	6.55	6.64	Did not advance			6.64
17	Charles Lomberg	Sweden	6.44	6.52	6.62	6.62	Did not advance			6.62
18	Viktor Franzl	Austria	6.57	6.53	6.50	6.57	Did not advance			6.57
19	Angelo Tonini	Italy	6.25	6.44	—	6.44	Did not advance			6.44
20	Patrik Ohlsson	Sweden	6.06	6.28	—	6.28	Did not advance			6.28
21	Gustav Betzén	Sweden	6.24	—	—	6.24	Did not advance			6.24
22	Aleksandr Schultz	Russia	5.80	5.97	6.15	6.15	Did not advance			6.15
23	Philipp Ehrenreich	Austria	5.95	6.10	6.14	6.14	Did not advance			6.14
24	Emil Kukko	Finland	6.11	5.92	5.98	6.11	Did not advance			6.11
25	Pál Szalay	Hungary	5.98	—	—	5.98	Did not advance			5.98
26	Nándor Kovács	Hungary	—	—	5.96	5.96	Did not advance			5.96
27	Alfredo Pagani	Italy	5.89	5.95	—	5.95	Did not advance			5.95
28	Arthur Maranda	Canada	5.87	5.72	5.86	5.87	Did not advance			5.87
29	Manlio Legat	Italy	—	5.50	—	5.50	Did not advance			5.50
30	Paul Fournelle	Luxembourg	—	—	—	No mark	Did not advance			No mark

References

1. "Athletics at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Long Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
2. Official report, p. 61.
3. "Long Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

Sources

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