Men's Olympic Track & Field: Men's Olympic Long Jump Through the Years

Updated August 28, 2020 | Infoplease Staff

Long Jump

Find the Olympic gold-medal times for the men's long jump competition from 1896 to the present.

Year   Distance Record
1896 Ellery Clark, USA 20-10  
1900 Alvin Kraenzlein, USA 23- 63/4 OR
1904 Meyer Prinstein, USA 24- 1 OR
1906 Meyer Prinstein, USA 23- 71/2  
1908 Frank Irons, USA 24- 61/2 OR
1912 Albert Gutterson, USA 24-111/4 OR
1920 William Petersson, SWE 23- 51/2  
1924 De Hart Hubbard, USA 24- 5  
1928 Ed Hamm, USA 25- 41/2 OR
1932 Ed Gordon, USA 25- 03/4  
1936 Jesse Owens, USA 26- 51/2 OR
1948 Willie Steele, USA 25- 8  
1952 Jerome Biffle, USA 24-10  
1956 Greg Bell, USA 25- 81/4  
1960 Ralph Boston, USA 26- 73/4 OR
1964 Lynn Davies, GBR 26- 53/4  
1968 Bob Beamon, USA 29- 21/2 WR
1972 Randy Williams, USA 27- 01/2  
1976 Arnie Robinson, USA 27- 43/4  
1980 Lutz Dombrowski, E. Ger 28- 01/4  
1984 Carl Lewis, USA 28- 01/4  
1988 Carl Lewis, USA 28- 71/4  
1992 Carl Lewis, USA 28- 51/2  
1996 Carl Lewis, USA 27- 103/4  
2000 Ivan Pedroso, CUB 28- 03/4  
2004 Dwight Phillips, USA 28- 213/4  
2008 Irving Jahir Saladino Aranda, PAN 27- 41/4  
2012 Greg Rutherford, GBR 27-31/4  

 

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