The men's long jump event was part of the track and field athletics programme

Athletics at the 1920 Summer Olympics

At the 1920 Summer Olympics held in Antwerp, 29 athletics events were contested, all for men only. The competitions were held from August 15, 1920 to August 23, 1920.-Medal table:-Medal summary:-Participating nations:...

 at the 1920 Summer Olympics

1920 Summer Olympics

The 1920 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the VII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium....

. The competition was held on Tuesday, August 17, 1920 and on Wednesday, August 18, 1920.

29 long jumpers from eleven nations competed.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1920 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	7.60	Albert Gutterson Albert Gutterson Albert Lovejoy Gutterson was an American athlete who competed mainly in the long jump.He competed for the United States in the 1912 Summer Olympics held in Stockholm, Sweden in the long jump where he won the gold medal....	Stockholm Stockholm Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...  (SWE Sweden Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund.... )	July 12, 1912

Results

The best six long jumpers qualified for the final.

Place	Athlete	Qual.		Final
		Distance	Rank
1		6.94	1	7.15
2		6.82	3	7.095
3		6.86	2	7.08
4		6.67	5	6.95
5		6.62	6	6.885
6		6.73	4	6.73
7		6.60
8		6.585
9		6.57
10		6.565
11		6.50
		6.50
13		6.42
14		6.39
15		6.34
16		6.285
17		6.23
18		6.20
19		6.19
20		6.05
21		6.035
22		5.87
23		5.815
24		5.79
25		5.76
26		5.55
27		5.485
28		5.45
29		5.415