The Sports Almanac

Summer Olympics
Athletics - Long Jump

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

UNITED STATES - 59 Medals

SOVIET UNION - 12 Medals

GREAT BRITAIN - 8 Medals

Medal Table
Long Jump 100 Meters
200 Meters
400 Meters
800 Meters
1500 Meters
5000 Meters
10000 Meters
100 Meter Hurdles
110 Meter Hurdles 400 Meter Hurdles 3000 Meter Steeplechase
4X100 Relay 4X400 Relay Marathon
20 KM Walk 50 KM Walk High Jump
Pole Vault Triple Jump Shot Put
Discus Hammer Throw Javelin
Decathlon Heptathlon Mixed Marathon Walk Relay

Men's  Women's  Medal Total
Through 2024 Paris Games

YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1896
Ellery Clark - United States
Robert Garrett - United States
James Connolly - United States
1900
Alvin Kraenzlein - United States
Myer Prinstein -United States
Patrick Leahy - Great Britain
1904
Myer Prinstein - United States
Daniel Frank - United States
Robert Stangland - United States
1908
Frank Irons - United States
Daniel Kelly - United States
Calvin Bricker - Canada
1912
Albert Gutterson - United States
Calvin Bricker - Canada
Georg Aberg - Sweden
1920
William Petersson - Sweden
Carl Johnson - United States
Erik Abrahamsson - Sweden
1924
DeHart Hubbard - United States
Edward Gourdin - United States
Sverre Hansen - Norway
1928
Edward Hamm - United States
Silvio Cator - Haiti
Alfred Bates - United States
1932
Ed Gordon - United States
Lambert Redd - United States
Chuhei Nambu - Japan
1936
Jesse Owens - United States
Luz Long - Germany
Naoto Tajima - Japan
1948
Willie Steele - United States
Theo Bruce - Australia
Herbert Douglas - United States
1952
Jerome Biffle - United States
Meredith Gourdine - United States
Odon Foldessy - Hungary
1956
Greg Bell - United States
John Bennett - United States
Jorma Valkama - Finland
1960
Ralph Boston - United States
Irvin Roberson - United States
Igor Ter-Ovanesyan - Soviet Union
1964
Lynn Davies - Great Britain
Ralph Boston - United States
Igor Ter-Ovanesyan - Soviet Union
1968
Bob Beamon - United States
Klaus Beer - East Germany
Ralph Boston - United States
1972
Randy Williams - United States
Hans Baumgartner - West Germany
Arnie Robinson - United States
1976
Arnie Robinson - United States
Randy Williams - United States
Frank Wartenberg - East Germany
1980
Lutz Dombrowski - East Germany
Frank Paschek - East Germany
Valeriy Podluzhniy - Soviet Union
1984
Carl Lewis - United States
Gary Honey - Australia
Giovanni Evangelisti - Italy
1988
Carl Lewis - United States
Mike Powell - United States
Larry Myricks - United States
1992
Carl Lewis - United States
Mike Powell - United States
Joe Greene - United States
1996
Carl Lewis - United States
James Beckford - Jamaica
Joe Greene - United States
2000
Ivan Pedroso - Cuba
Jai Taurima - Australia
Roman Shchurenko - Ukraine
2004
Dwight Phillips - United States
John Moffitt - United States
Joan Lino Martinez - Spain
2008
Irving Saladino - Panama
Khotso Mokoena - South Africa
Ibrahim Camejo - Cuba
2012
Greg Rutherford - Great Britain
Mitchell Watt - Australia
Will Claye - United States
2016
Jeff Henderson - United States
Luvo Manyonga - South Africa
Greg Rutherford - Great Britain
2020
Miltiadis Tentoglou - Greece Juan Miguel Echevarría - Cuba Maykel Massó - Cuba
2024
Miltiadis Tentoglou - Greece Wayne Pinnock - Jamaica
Mattia Furlani - Italy

Women's  Men's  Medal Total
Through 2024 Paris Games

YEAR
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
1948
Olga Gyarmati - Hungary
Noemi Simonetto de Portela - Argentina
Ann-Britt Leyman - Sweden
1952
Yvette Williams - New Zealand
Aleksandra Chudina - Soviet Union
Shirley Cawley - Great Britain
1956
Elzbieta Krezsinska - Poland
Willye White - United States
Nadezhda Khnykina-Dvalishvili - Soviet Union
1960
Vera Kolashnikova - Soviet Union
Elzbieta Krezsinska - Poland
Hildrun Claus - United Team of Germany
1964
Mary Rand - Great Britain
Irena Kirszenstein - Poland
Tatyana Schelkanova - Soviet Union
1968
Viorica Viscopoleanu - Romania
Sheila Sherwood - Great Britain
Tatyana Talysheva - Soviet Union
1972
Heide Rosendahl - West Germany
Diana Torgova - Bulgaria
Eva Suranova - Czechoslovakia
1976
Angela Voigt - East Germany
Kathy McMillan - United States
Lidiya Alfeyeva - Soviet Union
1980
Tatyana Kolpakova - Soviet Union
Brigitte Wujak - East Germany
Tatyana Skachko - Soviet Union
1984
Anisoara Cusmir-Stanciu - Romania
Vali Ionescu - Romania
Susan Hearnshaw - Great Britain
1988
Jackie Joyner-Kersee - United States
Heike Daute-Drechsler - East Germany
Galina Chistyakova - Soviet Union
1992
Heike Drechsler - Germany
Inessa Kravets - Unified Team
Jackie Joyner-Kersee - United States
1996
Chioma Ajunwa - Nigeria
Fiona May - Italy
Jackie Joyner-Kersee - United States
2000
Heike Drechsler - Germany
Fiona May - Italy
Tatyana Kotova - Russia
2004
Tatyana Lebedeva - Russia
Irina Simigina - Russia
Tatyana Kotova - Russia
2008
Maurren Maggi - Brazil
Blessing Okagbare - Nigeria
Chelsea Hammond - Jamaica
2012
Brittney Reese - United States
Elena Sokolova - Russia
Janay DeLoach - United States
2016
Tianna Bartoletta - United States
Brittney Reese - United States Ivana Španović - Serbia
2020
Malaika Mihambo - Germany Brittney Reese - United States Ese Brume - Nigeria
2024
Tara Davis-Woodhall - United States
Malaika Mihambo - Germany
Jasmine Moore - United States

Medal Total  Women's  Men's
RANK
COUNTRY
GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE
TOTAL
1
United States
26
19
14
59
2
Soviet Union
2
1
9
12
3
Great Britain
3
1
4
8
4
East Germany
2
4
1
7
5
Germany 3
2
0
5
6
Russia
1
2
2
5
7
Cuba 1
1
2
4
8
Sweden
1
0
3
4
9
Australia
0
4
0
4
10
Italy 0
2
2
4
11
Romania
2
1
0
3
12
Poland
1
2
0
3
13
Nigeria 1
1
1
3
14
Jamaica 0
2
1
3
15
Greece 2
0
0
2
16
West Germany
1 1
0
2
17
Hungary
1
0
1
2
18
South Africa
0
2
0
2
19
Canada
0
1
1
2
20
Japan
0
0
2
2
21
New Zealand
1
0
0
1
22
Panama
1
0
0
1
23
Brazil
1
0
0
1
24
Haiti
0
1
0
1
25
Argentina
0
1
0
1
26
Bulgaria
0
1
0
1
27
Unified Team
0
1
0
1
28
Norway
0
0
1
1
29
Finland
0
0
1
1
30
Ukraine
0
0
1
1
31
Spain
0
0
1
1
32
Serbia
0
0
1
1
33
Czechoslovakia
0
0
1
1
34
United Team of Germany
0
0
1
1