Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump

Men's long jump at the Games of the XV Olympiad
Date	July 21
Competitors	27 from 19 nations
Medalists
Jerome Biffle  United States Meredith Gourdine  United States Ödön Földessy  Hungary

Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
80 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
Road events
Marathon		men
10 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Combined events
Decathlon		men

The Men's long jump at the 1952 Olympic Games took place on July 21 at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium. American athlete Jerome Biffle won the gold medal.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Jesse Owens (USA)	8.13 m	Ann Arbor, United States	25 May 1935
Olympic record	Jesse Owens (USA)	8.06 m	Berlin, Germany	4 August 1936

No new world or Olympic records were set for this event.

Results

Qualifying round

Qualifying Performance 7.20 (Q) or at least 13 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	Mark	Remarks
1	A	Meredith Gourdine	United States	7.41	Q
2	A	Jerome Biffle	United States	7.40	Q
3	B	Neville Price	23x15px South Africa	7.36	Q
4	A	George Brown	United States	7.32	Q
5	A	Ödön Földessy	Hungary	7.25	Q
6	A	Ary de Sá	Brazil	7.24	Q
7	B	Henk Visser	Netherlands	7.21	Q
8	B	Masaji Tajima	Japan	7.13	q
9	B	Karl-Erik Israelsson	Sweden	7.10	q
10	A	Paul Faucher	France	7.10	q
11	B	Pentti Snellman	Finland	7.09	q
=12	A	Leonid Grigoryev	23x15px Soviet Union	7.09	q
=12	B	Jorma Valtonen	Finland	7.09	q
14	B	Carlos Vera	Chile	7.07
15	B	Felix Würth	Austria	6.99
16	B	Sylvanus Williams	23x15px Nigeria	6.98
17	B	Jorma Valkama	Finland	6.97
18	B	Karim Olowu	23x15px Nigeria	6.96
19	A	Toni Breder	Saar	6.88
20	A	Brígido Iriarte	23x15px Venezuela	6.82
21	A	Henryk Grabowski	Poland	6.77
22	A	Nikolay Anryushchenko	23x15px Soviet Union	6.74
23	B	Geraldo de Oliveira	Brazil	6.71
24	B	Pat Leane	Australia	6.40
25	B	Kamtorn Snidvongs	Thailand	5.31
	A	Avni Akgün	Turkey	NM
	B	Baldadash Madatov	23x15px Soviet Union	NM

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
	Jerome Biffle	United States	7.21	x	7.57	x	x	x	7.57
	Meredith Gourdine	United States	7.38	6.58	7.53	7.49	7.36	7.51	7.53
	Ödön Földessy	Hungary	7.04	7.23	x	7.17	7.30	7.12	7.30
4	Ary de Sá	Brazil	7.15	6.77	7.06	7.22	7.20	7.23	7.23
5	Jorma Valtonen	Finland	x	7.06	7.16	x	x	6.97	7.16
6	Leonid Grigoryev	23x15px Soviet Union	x	7.14	6.92	5.55	x	6.67	7.14
7	Karl-Erik Israelsson	Sweden	x	x	7.10				7.10
8	Paul Faucher	France	x	6.96	7.02				7.02
9	Pentti Snellman	Finland	x	6.88	7.02				7.02
10	Masaji Tajima	Japan	x	7.00	x				7.00
11	Neville Price	23x15px South Africa	6.40	x	x				6.40
	George Brown	United States	x	x	x				NM
	Henk Visser	Netherlands	x	x	x				NM

NM — No Mark

References

• Official Olympic Report, la84.org.