The Men's Long Jump has been held at all Summer Olympics since the inaugural games in 1896. Athletes from the United States have, by far, been the most successful in this event; winning 22 out of a possible 29 gold medals (79 percent), and 47 overall medals (56 percent). The most successful athlete in this event is Carl Lewis, who won four back-to-back golds between 1984 and 1996. No athlete has ever been stripped of a medal won in this event.
Medal count by country in the Men's Long Jump at the Summer Olympics from 1896 to 2020
*No longer exists/competes at the Olympics.
This data was collected using the official Olympic.org site, as well as a spreadsheet from the Guardian that includes data from 1896-2008 (available here), 2012 and 2016 data was compared with that from Encyclopaedia Britannica, and several news outlets were used to update the table when medals were reassigned (i.e. for doping offenses).
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olympic.org, & The Guardian. (August 4, 2021). Medal count by country in the Men's Long Jump at the Summer Olympics from 1896 to 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117973/olympics-mens-long-jump-medal-table-since-1896/
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olympic.org, The Guardian. (2021). Medal count by country in the Men's Long Jump at the Summer Olympics from 1896 to 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117973/olympics-mens-long-jump-medal-table-since-1896/
olympic.org, and The Guardian. "Medal Count by Country in The Men's Long Jump at The Summer Olympics from 1896 to 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 4 Aug 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117973/olympics-mens-long-jump-medal-table-since-1896/
olympic.org & The Guardian, Medal count by country in the Men's Long Jump at the Summer Olympics from 1896 to 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117973/olympics-mens-long-jump-medal-table-since-1896/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Medal count by country in the Men's Long Jump at the Summer Olympics from 1896 to 2020 [Graph], olympic.org, & The Guardian, August 4, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1117973/olympics-mens-long-jump-medal-table-since-1896/
