| | Event type
Long Jump, Men
| Date | 2 August 1932 — 14:30 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum, Los Angeles, California | |
| Participants | 12 from 9 countries | |
| Format | Final only. | |
Dick Barber had won the US Olympic Trials, while Ed Gordon was declared winner of the concurrently held AAU Meet. The world record holder was Chuhei Nanbu (JPN), who had jumped 7.98 (26-2¼) in 1931. Gordon won the gold medal in round one with 7.64 (25-0¾), while Redd posted his 7.60 (24-11¼) in round two, good enough for the silver medal. Nambu posted 7.45 (24-5½) in round one and could do no better but that earned him the bronze.
| Pos | Nr | Athlete | NOC | Distance | R1 | R2 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R6 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 424 | Ed Gordon |  USA | 7.64 | 7.64 (NP) | 7.00 (NP) | 7.43 (NP) | x (NP) | x (NP) | x (NP) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 452 | Lambert Redd | USA | 7.60 | x (NP) | 7.60 (NP) | x (NP) | 7.39 (NP) | x (NP) | 7.49 (NP) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 289 | Chuhei Nanbu |  JPN | 7.45 | 7.45 (NP) | x (NP) | x (NP) | 7.32 (NP) | 7.39 (NP) | x (NP) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 388 | Eric Svensson |  SWE | 7.41 | 7.27 (NP) | 7.24 (NP) | 7.41 (NP) | 7.06 (NP) | - (NP) | - (NP) | |||
| 5 | 403 | Dick Barber | USA | 7.39 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 6 | 302 | Naoto Tajima | JPN | 7.15 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 7 | 1 | Héctor Berra |  ARG | 6.66 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 8 | 53 | Clovis Raposo |  BRA | 6.43 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 9 | 225 | Sylvio Cator |  HAI | 5.93 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 10 | 326 | Esteban Crespo |  MEX | 5.83 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 11 | 170 | Erich Köchermann |  GER | 5.75 | – | – | – | – | – | – | |||
| 70 | Len Hutton |  CAN | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 35 | João da Costa | BRA | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 243 | József Szabó |  HUN | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 103 | Rafael Pérez |  CUB | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 58 | Carlos Wöbcken | BRA | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 4 | Hermenegildo de Rosso | ARG | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 132 | Onni Rajasaari |  FIN | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 163 | Wolrad Eberle | GER | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 175 | Hans-Heinrich Sievert | GER | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 222 | Nikolaos Papanikolaou |  GRE | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| 297 | Kenkichi Oshima | JPN | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |