The men's long jump event was part of the track and field athletics programme at the 1924 Summer Olympics.

The favorite was DeHart Hubbard of the United States, the 1922–1924 AAU champion and winner of the U.S. Olympic trials.

[2] Bulgaria, Ecuador, Estonia, Haiti, India, Japan, Mexico, and Poland each made their first appearance in the event.

Robert LeGendre, who did not compete in this event, set a new world record in the pentathlon contest one day earlier.

In this case seven competitors were allowed to participate in the final, because two jumpers tied in sixth place in the qualification.