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Long Jump, Men

Date	21 July 1952
Status	Olympic
Location	Helsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Participants	27 from 19 countries
Olympic Record	7.825 / Willie Steele USA / 31 July 1948 / Details

The best jumper of the era was George Brown, ranked #1 in the world in 1951-53. In Helsinki, he qualified for the final, but then fouled on his first three attempts and was out of the competition. The leading qualifiers were Americans Meredith Gourdine and Jerome Biffle, and South Africa’s Neville Price, with Brown fourth. Price injured himself in the qualifying and opened with only 6.40 (21-0) in the final, and he could do no better. Biffle and Gourdine fought it out for the gold and silver medal. They both had their best jumps in round three, with Biffle defeating Gourdine by four centimetres.

Bronze medalist Ödön Földessy (HUN) would win the 1954 European Championship.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	1020	Jerome Biffle	USA	7.40 (2)	7.57 (1)	Gold
2	1018	Meredith Gourdine	USA	7.41 (1)	7.53 (2)	Silver
3	951	Ödön Földessy	HUN	7.25 (5)	7.30 (3)	Bronze
4	64	Ary Façanha	BRA	7.24 (6)	7.23 (4)
5	805	Jorma Valtonen	FIN	7.09 (=12)	7.16 (5)
6	449	Leonid Grigoryev	URS	7.09 (=12)	7.14 (6)
7	698	Karl-Erik Israelsson	SWE	7.10 (10)	7.10 (7)
8	627	Paul Faucher	FRA	7.10 (9)	7.02 (8)
9	804	Pentti Snellman	FIN	7.09 (11)	7.02 (9)
10	301	Masaji Tajima	JPN	7.13 (8)	7.00 (10)
11	104	Neville Price	RSA	7.36 (3)	6.40 (11)
AC r2/2	130	Henk Visser	NED	7.21 (7)	– (NM)
AC r2/2	1019	George Brown	USA	7.32 (4)	– (NM)
14 r1/2	82	Carlos Vera	CHI	7.07 (14)	–
15 r1/2	280	Felix Würth	AUT	6.99 (15)	–
16 r1/2	503	Sylvanus Williams	NGR	6.98 (16)	–
17 r1/2	803	Jorma Valkama	FIN	6.97 (17)	–
18 r1/2	497	Karim Olowu	NGR	6.96 (18)	–
19 r1/2	721	Toni Breder	SAA	6.88 (19)	–
20 r1/2	977	Brígido Iriarte	VEN	6.82 (20)	–
21 r1/2	574	Henryk Grabowski	POL	6.77 (21)	–
22 r1/2	448	Nikolay Andryushchenko	URS	6.74 (22)	–
23 r1/2	61	Geraldo de Oliveira	BRA	6.71 (23)	–
24 r1/2	28	Pat Leane	AUS	6.40 (24)	–
25 r1/2	892	Kamtorn Sanidwong	THA	5.31 (25)	–
AC r1/2	924	Avni Akgün	TUR	– (NM)	–
AC r1/2	450	Khandadash Madatov	URS	– (NM)	–
DNS	333	Boris Brnad	YUG	– (DNS)	–
DNS	119	Roy Fearon	GUA	– (DNS)	–
DNS	747	Günther Jobst	GER	– (DNS)	–
DNS	100	Sebastián Junqueras	ESP	– (DNS)	–
DNS	378	Michail Michail	GRE	– (DNS)	–
DNS	380	Vasilios Sakellarakis	GRE	– (DNS)	–
DNS	118	José Julio Barillas	GUA	– (DNS)	–
DNS	559	Álvaro Dias	POR	– (DNS)	–
DNS	547	Francisco Castro	PUR	– (DNS)	–
DNS	978	Asnoldo Devonish	VEN	– (DNS)	–
DNS	976	Paulino Ferrer	VEN	– (DNS)	–

Qualifying Round

Date	21 July 1952 — 10:00
Format	Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 7.20 metres advanced to the final round.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	Distance	2nd-Best Mark Distance
1	1018	Meredith Gourdine	USA	7.41	–	Q
2	1020	Jerome Biffle	USA	7.40	–	Q
3	104	Neville Price	RSA	7.36	–	Q
4	1019	George Brown	USA	7.32	–	Q
5	951	Ödön Földessy	HUN	7.25	–	Q
6	64	Ary Façanha	BRA	7.24	–	Q
7	130	Henk Visser	NED	7.21	–	Q
8	301	Masaji Tajima	JPN	7.13	–	q
9	627	Paul Faucher	FRA	7.10	7.00	q
10	698	Karl-Erik Israelsson	SWE	7.10	6.98	q
11	804	Pentti Snellman	FIN	7.09	6.89	q
=12	449	Leonid Grigoryev	URS	7.09	–	q
=12	805	Jorma Valtonen	FIN	7.09	–	q
14	82	Carlos Vera	CHI	7.07	–
15	280	Felix Würth	AUT	6.99	–
16	503	Sylvanus Williams	NGR	6.98	–
17	803	Jorma Valkama	FIN	6.97	–
18	497	Karim Olowu	NGR	6.96	–
19	721	Toni Breder	SAA	6.88	–
20	977	Brígido Iriarte	VEN	6.82	–
21	574	Henryk Grabowski	POL	6.77	–
22	448	Nikolay Andryushchenko	URS	6.74	–
23	61	Geraldo de Oliveira	BRA	6.71	–
24	28	Pat Leane	AUS	6.40	–
25	892	Kamtorn Sanidwong	THA	5.31	–
NM	924	Avni Akgün	TUR	–	–
NM	450	Khandadash Madatov	URS	–	–
DNS	333	Boris Brnad	YUG	–	–
DNS	119	Roy Fearon	GUA	–	–
DNS	118	José Julio Barillas	GUA	–	–
DNS	559	Álvaro Dias	POR	–	–
DNS	547	Francisco Castro	PUR	–	–
DNS	978	Asnoldo Devonish	VEN	–	–
DNS	976	Paulino Ferrer	VEN	–	–
DNS	747	Günther Jobst	GER	–	–
DNS	100	Sebastián Junqueras	ESP	–	–
DNS	378	Michail Michail	GRE	–	–
DNS	380	Vasilios Sakellarakis	GRE	–	–

Group A

Date	21 July 1952

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance
1	16	Meredith Gourdine	USA	7.41
2	4	Jerome Biffle	USA	7.40
3	7	George Brown	USA	7.32
4	15	Ödön Földessy	HUN	7.25
5	11	Ary Façanha	BRA	7.24
6	12	Paul Faucher	FRA	7.10
7	18	Leonid Grigoryev	URS	7.09
8	5	Toni Breder	SAA	6.88
9	19	Brígido Iriarte	VEN	6.82
10	17	Henryk Grabowski	POL	6.77
11	2	Nikolay Andryushchenko	URS	6.74
NM	1	Avni Akgün	TUR	–
DNS	6	Boris Brnad	YUG	–
DNS	13	Roy Fearon	GUA	–
DNS	3	José Julio Barillas	GUA	–
DNS	10	Álvaro Dias	POR	–
DNS	8	Francisco Castro	PUR	–
DNS	9	Asnoldo Devonish	VEN	–
DNS	14	Paulino Ferrer	VEN	–

Group B

Date	21 July 1952

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	2nd-Best Mark Distance
1	9	Neville Price	RSA	7.36	–
2	17	Henk Visser	NED	7.21	–
3	13	Masaji Tajima	JPN	7.13	–
4	1	Karl-Erik Israelsson	SWE	7.10	–
5	11	Pentti Snellman	FIN	7.09	6.89
6	15	Jorma Valtonen	FIN	7.09	x
7	16	Carlos Vera	CHI	7.07	–
8	19	Felix Würth	AUT	6.99	–
9	18	Sylvanus Williams	NGR	6.98	–
10	14	Jorma Valkama	FIN	6.97	–
11	8	Karim Olowu	NGR	6.96	–
12	7	Geraldo de Oliveira	BRA	6.71	–
13	4	Pat Leane	AUS	6.40	–
14	12	Kamtorn Sanidwong	THA	5.31	–
NM	5	Khandadash Madatov	URS	–	–
DNS	2	Günther Jobst	GER	–	–
DNS	3	Sebastián Junqueras	ESP	–	–
DNS	6	Michail Michail	GRE	–	–
DNS	10	Vasilios Sakellarakis	GRE	–	–

Final Round

Date	21 July 1952 — 16:10

Pos	Start Order	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Round #1 Distance	Round #2 Distance	Round #3 Distance	Round #4 Distance	Round #5 Distance	Round #6 Distance
1	12	Jerome Biffle	USA	7.57	7.21	x	7.57	x	x	x
2	9	Meredith Gourdine	USA	7.53	7.38	6.58	7.53	7.49	7.36	7.51
3	5	Ödön Földessy	HUN	7.30	7.04	7.23	x	7.17	7.30	7.12
4	3	Ary Façanha	BRA	7.23	7.15	6.77	7.06	7.22	7.20	7.23
5	1	Jorma Valtonen	FIN	7.16	x	7.06	7.16	x	x	6.97
6	8	Leonid Grigoryev	URS	7.14	x	7.14	6.92	5.55	x	6.67
7	11	Karl-Erik Israelsson	SWE	7.10	x	x	7.10	–	–	–
8	13	Paul Faucher	FRA	7.02	x	6.96	7.02	–	–	–
9	2	Pentti Snellman	FIN	7.02	x	6.88	7.02	–	–	–
10	10	Masaji Tajima	JPN	7.00	x	7.00	x	–	–	–
11	7	Neville Price	RSA	6.40	6.40	x	x	–	–	–
NM	6	George Brown	USA	–	x	x	x	–	–	–
NM	4	Henk Visser	NED	–	x	x	x	–	–	–