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Men’s Long jump
Held at 30 Games, 1896–2024. Most golds: United States (22). Most medals: Carl Lewis (4). The event as the lists name it each year; names that changed are joined here.
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Medals90
Delegations22on the podium
Games by Games gold, silver, bronze
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 Paris | Miltiadis Tentoglou Greece | Wayne Pinnock Jamaica | Mattia Furlani Italy |
| 2020 Tokyo | Miltiadis Tentoglou Greece | Juan Miguel Echevarría Cuba | Maykel Massó Cuba |
| 2016 Rio de Janeiro | Jeff Henderson United States | Luvo Manyonga South Africa | Greg Rutherford Great Britain |
| 2012 London | Greg Rutherford Great Britain | Mitchell Watt Australia | Will Claye United States |
| 2008 Beijing | Irving Saladino Panama | Godfrey Khotso Mokoena South Africa | Ibrahim Camejo Cuba |
| 2004 Athens | Dwight Phillips United States | John Moffitt United States | Joan Lino Martínez Spain |
| 2000 Sydney | Iván Pedroso Cuba | Jai Taurima Australia | Roman Shchurenko Ukraine |
| 1996 Atlanta | Carl Lewis United States | James Beckford Jamaica | Joe Greene United States |
| 1992 Barcelona | Carl Lewis United States | Mike Powell United States | Joe Greene United States |
| 1988 Seoul | Carl Lewis United States | Mike Powell United States | Larry Myricks United States |
| 1984 Los Angeles | Carl Lewis United States | Gary Honey Australia | Giovanni Evangelisti Italy |
| 1980 Moscow | Lutz Dombrowski East Germany | Frank Paschek East Germany | Valeriy Pidluzhny Soviet Union |
| 1976 Montreal | Arnie Robinson United States | Randy Williams United States | Frank Wartenberg East Germany |
| 1972 Munich | Randy Williams United States | Hans Baumgartner West Germany | Arnie Robinson United States |
| 1968 Mexico City | Bob Beamon United States | Klaus Beer East Germany | Ralph Boston United States |
| 1964 Tokyo | Lynn Davies Great Britain | Ralph Boston United States | Igor Ter-Ovanesyan Soviet Union |
| 1960 Rome | Ralph Boston United States | Irvin Roberson United States | Igor Ter-Ovanesyan Soviet Union |
| 1956 Melbourne & Stockholm | Greg Bell United States | John Bennett United States | Jorma Valkama Finland |
| 1952 Helsinki | Jerome Biffle United States | Meredith Gourdine United States | Ödön Földessy Hungary |
| 1948 London | Willie Steele United States | Theodore Bruce Australia | Herb Douglas United States |
| 1936 Berlin | Jesse Owens United States | Luz Long Germany | Naoto Tajima Japan |
| 1932 Los Angeles | Ed Gordon United States | Lambert Redd United States | Chuhei Nambu Japan |
| 1928 Amsterdam | Edward Hamm United States | Silvio Cator Haiti | Alfred Bates United States |
| 1924 Paris | DeHart Hubbard United States | Edward Gourdin United States | Sverre Hansen Norway |
| 1920 Antwerp | William Petersson Sweden | Carl Johnson United States | Erik Abrahamsson Sweden |
| 1912 Stockholm | Albert Gutterson United States | Calvin Bricker Canada | Georg Åberg Sweden |
| 1908 London | Frank Irons United States | Daniel Kelly United States | Calvin Bricker Canada |
| 1904 St. Louis | Myer Prinstein United States | Daniel Frank United States | Robert Stangland United States |
| 1900 Paris | Alvin Kraenzlein United States | Myer Prinstein United States | Patrick Leahy Great Britain |
| 1896 Athens | Ellery Clark United States | Robert Garrett United States | James Connolly United States |
Most golds
| Place | Delegation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 22 | 15 | 10 | 47 |
| 2 | Great Britain | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 3 | Greece | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 4 | East Germany | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Cuba | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Sweden | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Panama | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Australia | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Jamaica | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | South Africa | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Canada | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 | Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |