The men's long jump was a track and field athletics

Track and field

Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

 event held as part of the athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics

These are the results of athletics competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics. 30 events were contested, all for men only.The athletics programme grew by 4 events since the 1908 Summer Olympics. The 5000 and 10000 metre races were introduced for the first time, as the 5 mile event was eliminated...

 programme. It was the fifth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 to have been held at every Summer Olympics. The competition was held on Friday, July 12, 1912.

Thirty long jumpers from 13 nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.

World Record	7.61	Peter O'Connor Peter O'Connor Peter O'Connor was an Irish athlete who set a long-standing world record for the long jump and won two Olympic medals in the 1906 Games.-Early career:...	Dublin (GBR United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland was the formal name of the United Kingdom during the period when what is now the Republic of Ireland formed a part of it.... )	August 5, 1901
Olympic Record	7.48	Frank Irons Frank Irons Francis "Frank" Cleveland Irons was an American athlete who competed in the 1908 Summer Olympics and in the 1912 Summer Olympics.He was born in Des Moines, Iowa and died in Palatine, Illinois....	London London London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...  (GBR Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles... )	July 22, 1908

Gutterson's first jump broke the Olympic record of 7.48 metres by 12 centimetres. He matched the old record with his second jump, but could not better his first mark.

Results

The top three jumpers after three jumps received another three attempts; only Åberg was able to better his own mark. He wasn't able to match the preliminary marks of Gutterson or Bricker, however, and no change in standings was made in the final three jumps.

Place	Athlete	Preliminary				Final			Best mark
		1	2	3	Rank	4	5	6
		7.60 OR	7.48	7.25	1st	7.18	7.09	7.09	7.60
		6.92	7.07	7.21	2nd	7.04	6.85	—	7.21
		7.04	6.70	6.99	3rd	6.98	7.18	6.63	7.18
4		7.03	6.96	6.65	4th				7.03
5		6.97	6.84	6.84	5th				6.97
6		—	6.94	6.91	6th				6.94
7		6.67	6.89	6.62	7th				6.89
8		6.82	6.80	6.54	8th				6.82
9		—	6.80	6.72	9th				6.80
10		6.61	6.78	—	10th				6.78
11		6.75	6.70	6.36	11th				6.75
12		6.74	6.54	6.52	12th				6.74
13		6.71	6.36	6.46	13th				6.71
		6.71	—	6.65	13th				6.71
15		6.52	6.65	6.33	15th				6.65
16		6.21	6.64	6.55	16th				6.64
17		6.44	6.52	6.62	17th				6.62
18		6.57	6.53	6.50	18th				6.57
19		6.25	6.44	—	19th				6.44
20		6.06	6.28	—	20th				6.28
21		6.24	—	—	21st				6.24
22		5.80	5.97	6.15	22nd				6.15
23		5.95	6.10	6.14	23rd				6.14
24		6.11	5.92	5.98	24th				6.11
25		5.98	—	—	25th				5.98
26		—	—	5.96	26th				5.96
27		5.89	5.95	—	27th				5.95
28		5.87	5.72	5.86	28th				5.87
29		—	5.50	—	29th				5.50
30		—	—	—	30th				None