 |
VOOZH | about |
|
VOOZH | about |
| Date | 21 July 1952 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Helsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki |
| Participants | 27 from 19 countries |
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.
| Date | 21 July 1952 — 10:00 |
|---|---|
| Format | Top 12 and ties and all those reaching 7.20 metres advanced to the final. |
| Date | 21 July 1952 |
|---|
| Pos | Start Order | Competitor | NOC | Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1018 | Meredith Gourdine | 👁 Image USA | 7.41 | ||
| 2 | 1020 | Jerome Biffle | 👁 Image USA | 7.40 | ||
| 3 | 1019 | George Brown | 👁 Image USA | 7.32 | ||
| 4 | 951 | Ödön Földessy | 👁 Image HUN | 7.25 | ||
| 5 | 64 | Ary Façanha | 👁 Image BRA | 7.24 | ||
| 6 | 627 | Paul Faucher | 👁 Image FRA | 7.10 | ||
| 7 | 449 | Leonid Grigoryev | 👁 Image URS | 7.09 | ||
| 8 | 721 | Toni Breder | 👁 Image SAA | 6.88 | ||
| 9 | 977 | Brígido Iriarte | 👁 Image VEN | 6.82 | ||
| 10 | 574 | Henryk Grabowski | 👁 Image POL | 6.77 | ||
| 11 | 448 | Nikolay Andryushchenko | 👁 Image URS | 6.74 | ||
| 924 | Avni Akgün | 👁 Image TUR | – | |||
| 333 | Boris Brnad | 👁 Image YUG | – | |||
| 119 | Roy Fearon | 👁 Image GUA | – | |||
| 118 | José Julio Barillas | 👁 Image GUA | – | |||
| 559 | Álvaro Dias | 👁 Image POR | – | |||
| 547 | Francisco Castro | 👁 Image PUR | – | |||
| 978 | Asnoldo Devonish | 👁 Image VEN | – | |||
| 976 | Paulino Ferrer | 👁 Image VEN | – |
| Date | 21 July 1952 |
|---|
| Pos | Start Order | Competitor | NOC | Distance | 2nd-Best Mark Distance | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 104 | Neville Price | 👁 Image RSA | 7.36 | – | ||
| 2 | 130 | Henk Visser | 👁 Image NED | 7.21 | – | ||
| 3 | 301 | Masaji Tajima | 👁 Image JPN | 7.13 | – | ||
| 4 | 698 | Karl-Erik Israelsson | 👁 Image SWE | 7.10 | – | ||
| 5 | 804 | Pentti Snellman | 👁 Image FIN | 7.09 | 6.89 | ||
| 6 | 805 | Jorma Valtonen | 👁 Image FIN | 7.09 | x | ||
| 7 | 82 | Carlos Vera | 👁 Image CHI | 7.07 | – | ||
| 8 | 280 | Felix Würth | 👁 Image AUT | 6.99 | – | ||
| 9 | 503 | Sylvanus Williams | 👁 Image NGR | 6.98 | – | ||
| 10 | 803 | Jorma Valkama | 👁 Image FIN | 6.97 | – | ||
| 11 | 497 | Karim Olowu | 👁 Image NGR | 6.96 | – | ||
| 12 | 61 | Geraldo de Oliveira | 👁 Image BRA | 6.71 | – | ||
| 13 | 28 | Pat Leane | 👁 Image AUS | 6.40 | – | ||
| 14 | 892 | Kamtorn Sanidwong | 👁 Image THA | 5.31 | – | ||
| 450 | Khandadash Madatov | 👁 Image URS | – | – | |||
| 747 | Günther Jobst | 👁 Image GER | – | – | |||
| 100 | Sebastián Junqueras | 👁 Image ESP | – | – | |||
| 378 | Michail Michail | 👁 Image GRE | – | – | |||
| 380 | Vasilios Sakellarakis | 👁 Image GRE | – | – |
| 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 | 1020 | Jerome Biffle | 👁 Image USA | 7.57 | 7.21 | x | 7.57 | x | x | x | ||
| 2 | 1018 | Meredith Gourdine | 👁 Image USA | 7.53 | 7.38 | 6.58 | 7.53 | 7.49 | 7.36 | 7.51 | ||
| 3 | 951 | Ödön Földessy | 👁 Image HUN | 7.30 | 7.04 | 7.23 | x | 7.17 | 7.30 | 7.12 | ||
| 4 | 64 | Ary Façanha | 👁 Image BRA | 7.23 | 7.15 | 6.77 | 7.06 | 7.22 | 7.20 | 7.23 | ||
| 5 | 805 | Jorma Valtonen | 👁 Image FIN | 7.16 | x | 7.06 | 7.16 | x | x | 6.97 | ||
| 6 | 449 | Leonid Grigoryev | 👁 Image URS | 7.14 | x | 7.14 | 6.92 | 5.55 | x | 6.67 | ||
| 7 | 698 | Karl-Erik Israelsson | 👁 Image SWE | 7.10 | x | x | 7.10 | – | – | – | ||
| 8 | 627 | Paul Faucher | 👁 Image FRA | 7.02 | x | 6.96 | 7.02 | – | – | – | ||
| 9 | 804 | Pentti Snellman | 👁 Image FIN | 7.02 | x | 6.88 | 7.02 | – | – | – | ||
| 10 | 301 | Masaji Tajima | 👁 Image JPN | 7.00 | x | 7.00 | x | – | – | – | ||
| 11 | 104 | Neville Price | 👁 Image RSA | 6.40 | 6.40 | x | x | – | – | – | ||
| 1019 | George Brown | 👁 Image USA | – | x | x | x | – | – | – | |||
| 130 | Henk Visser | 👁 Image NED | – | x | x | x | – | – | – |
