Ed Gordon
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| Olympic medal record | |||
| Men's Athletics | |||
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| Gold | 1932 Los Angeles | Long jump | |
Edward ("Ed") Lansing Gordon (b. July 1, 1906, Jackson, Mississippi – d. September 1971, Detroit) was an American athlete, who competed mainly in the long jump.
He competed for the United States in the 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, United States, where he won the gold medal in the long jump.
| Olympic champions in men's long jump |
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| 1896: Ellery Clark | 1900: Alvin Kraenzlein | 1904: Myer Prinstein | 1906: Myer Prinstein | 1908: Frank Irons | 1912: Albert Gutterson | 1920: William Pettersson | 1924: William DeHart Hubbard | 1928: Ed Hamm | 1932: Ed Gordon | 1936: Jesse Owens | 1948: Willie Steele | 1952: Jerome Biffle | 1956: Greg Bell | 1960: Ralph Boston | 1964: Lynn Davies | 1968: Bob Beamon | 1972: Randy Williams | 1976: Arnie Robinson | 1980: Lutz Dombrowski | 1984: Carl Lewis | 1988: Carl Lewis | 1992: Carl Lewis | 1996: Carl Lewis | 2000: Iván Pedroso | 2004: Dwight Phillips |
Categories: United States track and field athletics biography stubs | 1906 births | 1971 deaths | American track and field athletes | Athletes at the 1932 Summer Olympics | Long jumpers | Olympic gold medalists for the United States | Olympic competitors for the United States | People from Detroit | People from Jackson, Mississippi
