Athletics at the 1928 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump

The men's long jump event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1928 Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Tuesday, July 31, 1928.

Forty-one long jumpers from 23 nations competed.

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1928 Summer Olympics.

(*) Robert LeGendre set the Olympic record in the 1924 pentathlon contest

The best six long jumpers qualified for the final. Two jumpers, Hannes de Boer and Ed Gordon, tied for sixth place, but only de Boer advanced to the final as his second best jump (6.96) was better than the second best jump of Gordon (6.57). The jumping order is not available and the jumping series are only available for the best six jumpers.

Group 1

Group 2

Group 3

Group 4

The final was held on the same day and started at 2 p.m. No jumper was able to improve his qualification width.

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