The men's long jump event at the 1932 Olympic Games took place August 2.

[3] The event was won by Ed Gordon of the United States, the nation's third consecutive and eighth overall victory in the long jump.

The returning finalists from the 1928 Games were silver medalist Silvio Cator of Haiti and fifth-place finisher Erich Köchermann of Germany.

Home nation favorites were Dick Barber (Olympic trials winner) and Ed Gordon (AAU champion).

The United States appeared for the ninth time, the only nation to have long jumpers at each of the Games thus far.