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

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{{Infobox Olympic event

|event = Men's long jump

|games = 1912 Summer

|image = 1912 Albert Gutterson2.JPG

|image_size = 200px

|caption = Gutterson on the way to win the gold medal.

|venue = Stockholm Olympic Stadium

|date = July 12, 1912

|competitors = 30

|nations = 13

|win_value = 7.60 {{OlyR|athletics}}

|win_label = Winning distance

|longnames = yes

|gold = Albert Gutterson

|goldNOC = USA

|silver = Calvin Bricker

|silverNOC = CAN

|bronze = Georg Åberg

|bronzeNOC = SWE

|prev = 1908

|next = 1920

}}

{{AthleticsAt1912SummerOlympics}}

Image:1912 Calvin Bricker.JPG.]]

Image:1912 Georg Åberg.JPG 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. The competition was held on Friday, July 12, 1912. Thirty long jumpers from 13 nations competed.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1912/ATH/mens-long-jump.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417174725/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1912/ATH/mens-long-jump.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Athletics at the 1912 Stockholm Summer Games: Men's Long Jump |access-date=10 December 2017 |work=sports-reference.com}} NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes.Official report, p. 61. 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.

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/56789 |work=Olympedia |title=Long Jump, Men |access-date=1 September 2020}}

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.

Records

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

{{World Olympic Record

| world_athlete = {{flagathlete|Peter O'Connor|GBR}}

| world_mark = 7.61

| world_place = Dublin, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland

| world_date = 5 August 1901

| olympic_athlete = {{flagIOCathlete|Frank Irons|USA|1908 Summer}}

| olympic_mark = 7.48

| olympic_place = London, United Kingdom

| olympic_date = 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

class="wikitable"

! Date

! Time

! Round

style=background:lemonchiffon

| Friday, 12 July 1912

14:00Qualifying
Final

Results

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

class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

!rowspan=2| Rank

rowspan=2| Athleterowspan=2| Nationcolspan=4| Qualifyingcolspan=4| Final
1 || 2 || 3 || Result || 4 || 5 || 6 || Result
{{gold01}}align=left| Albert Guttersonalign=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1912 Summer}}

| 7.60
{{OlyR|athletics}}

7.487.257.607.187.097.097.60
{{silver02}}align=left| Calvin Brickeralign=left| {{flagIOC|CAN|1912 Summer}}

| 6.92

7.077.217.217.046.85—7.21
{{bronze03}}align=left| Georg Åbergalign=left| {{flagIOC|SWE|1912 Summer}}

| 7.04

6.706.997.046.987.186.637.18
4align=left| Harry Worthingtonalign=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1912 Summer}}

| 7.03

6.966.657.03colspan=3 data-sort-value=1.00| Did not advance7.03
5align=left| Eugene Merceralign=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1912 Summer}}

| 6.97

6.846.846.97colspan=3 data-sort-value=1.00| Did not advance6.97
6align=left| Fred Allenalign=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1912 Summer}}

| —

6.946.916.94colspan=3 data-sort-value=1.00| Did not advance6.94
7align=left| Jim Thorpealign=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1912 Summer}}

| 6.67

6.896.626.89colspan=3 data-sort-value=1.00| Did not advance6.89
8align=left| Robert Pasemannalign=left| {{flagIOC|GER|1912 Summer}}

| 6.82

6.806.546.82colspan=3 data-sort-value=1.00| Did not advance6.82
9align=left| Frank Ironsalign=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1912 Summer}}

| —

6.806.726.80colspan=3 data-sort-value=1.00| Did not advance6.80
10align=left| Henry Ashingtonalign=left| {{flagIOC|GBR|1912 Summer}}

| 6.61

6.78—6.78colspan=3 data-sort-value=1.00| Did not advance6.78
11align=left| Ferdinand Biealign=left| {{flagIOC|NOR|1912 Summer}}

| 6.75

6.706.366.75colspan=3 data-sort-value=1.00| Did not advance6.75
12align=left| Sidney Abrahamsalign=left| {{flagIOC|GBR|1912 Summer}}

| 6.74

6.546.526.74colspan=3 data-sort-value=1.00| Did not advance6.74
rowspan=2| 13align=left| Edward Farrellalign=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1912 Summer}}

| 6.71

6.366.466.71colspan=3 data-sort-value=1.00| Did not advance6.71
align=left| Nils Fixdalalign=left| {{flagIOC|NOR|1912 Summer}}

| 6.71

—6.656.71colspan=3 data-sort-value=1.00| Did not advance6.71
15align=left| Philip Kingsfordalign=left| {{flagIOC|GBR|1912 Summer}}

| 6.52

6.656.336.65colspan=3 data-sort-value=1.00| Did not advance6.65
16align=left| André Campanaalign=left| {{flagIOC|FRA|1912 Summer}}

| 6.21

6.646.556.64colspan=3 data-sort-value=1.00| Did not advance6.64
17align=left| Charles Lombergalign=left| {{flagIOC|SWE|1912 Summer}}

| 6.44

6.526.626.62colspan=3 data-sort-value=1.00| Did not advance6.62
18align=left| Viktor Franzlalign=left| {{flagIOC|AUT|1912 Summer}}

| 6.57

6.536.506.57colspan=3 data-sort-value=1.00| Did not advance6.57
19align=left| Angelo Toninialign=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|1912 Summer}}

| 6.25

6.44—6.44colspan=3 data-sort-value=1.00| Did not advance6.44
20align=left| Patrik Ohlssonalign=left| {{flagIOC|SWE|1912 Summer}}

| 6.06

6.28—6.28colspan=3 data-sort-value=1.00| Did not advance6.28
21align=left| Gustav Betzénalign=left| {{flagIOC|SWE|1912 Summer}}

| 6.24

——6.24colspan=3 data-sort-value=1.00| Did not advance6.24
22align=left| Aleksandr Schultzalign=left| {{flagIOC|RUS|1912 Summer}}

| 5.80

5.976.156.15colspan=3 data-sort-value=1.00| Did not advance6.15
23align=left| Philipp Ehrenreichalign=left| {{flagIOC|AUT|1912 Summer}}

| 5.95

6.106.146.14colspan=3 data-sort-value=1.00| Did not advance6.14
24align=left| Emil Kukkoalign=left| {{flagIOC|FIN|1912 Summer}}

| 6.11

5.925.986.11colspan=3 data-sort-value=1.00| Did not advance6.11
25align=left| Pál Szalayalign=left| {{flagIOC|HUN|1912 Summer}}

| 5.98

——5.98colspan=3 data-sort-value=1.00| Did not advance5.98
26align=left| Nándor Kovácsalign=left| {{flagIOC|HUN|1912 Summer}}

| —

—5.965.96colspan=3 data-sort-value=1.00| Did not advance5.96
27align=left| Alfredo Paganialign=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|1912 Summer}}

| 5.89

5.95—5.95colspan=3 data-sort-value=1.00| Did not advance5.95
28align=left| Arthur Marandaalign=left| {{flagIOC|CAN|1912 Summer}}

| 5.87

5.725.865.87colspan=3 data-sort-value=1.00| Did not advance5.87
29align=left| Manlio Legatalign=left| {{flagIOC|ITA|1912 Summer}}

| —

5.50—5.50colspan=3 data-sort-value=1.00| Did not advance5.50
30align=left| Paul Fournellealign=left| {{flagIOC|LUX|1912 Summer}}

| —

——No markcolspan=3 data-sort-value=1.00| Did not advanceNo mark

References

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Sources

  • {{cite book |title=The Official Report of the Olympic Games of Stockholm 1912 |publisher=Wahlström & Widstrand |year=1913 |editor=Bergvall |editor-first=Erik |location=Stockholm |translator-last=Adams-Ray |translator-first=Edward |trans-title=}}
  • {{cite web | last = Wudarski | first = Pawel | year = 1999 | url = http://olympic.w.interia.pl/ | title = Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich | access-date = 3 January 2007|language=pl}}

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