Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's standing long jump
The men's standing long jump was one of six jumping events on the athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London. The competition was held on Monday, July 20, 1908.
| Men's standing long jump at the Games of the IV Olympiad | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | White City Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Date | July 20 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 25 from 11 nations | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Twenty-five long jumpers from eleven nations competed. NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes.[1]
RecordsEdit
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1908 Summer Olympics.
| World Record | 3.47 |  Ray Ewry
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St. Louis (USA) | September 3, 1904 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Record | 3.47 | Ray Ewry
|
St. Louis (USA) | September 3, 1904 |
ResultsEdit
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
 |
Ray Ewry |  United States |
3.33 |
 |
Konstantinos Tsiklitiras |  Greece |
3.235 |
 |
Martin Sheridan | United States |
3.23 |
| 4 | John Biller | United States |
3.21 |
| 5 | Ragnar Ekberg |  Sweden |
3.19 |
| 6 | Platt Adams | United States |
3.11 |
| Frank Holmes | United States |
3.11 | |
| 8–25 | Tim Ahearne |  Great Britain |
Unknown |
| George Barber |  Canada |
Unknown | |
| Wilfred Bleaden | Great Britain |
Unknown | |
| Lionel Cornish | Great Britain |
Unknown | |
| Léon Dupont |  Belgium |
Unknown | |
| Bram Evers |  Netherlands |
Unknown | |
| Walter Henderson | Great Britain |
Unknown | |
| Jacobus Hoogveld | Netherlands |
Unknown | |
| Frank Irons | United States |
Unknown | |
| Jarl Jakobsson |  Finland |
Unknown | |
| Henri Jardin |  France |
Unknown | |
| Frederick Kitching | Great Britain |
Unknown | |
| Evert Koops | Netherlands |
Unknown | |
| Svend Langkjær |  Denmark |
Unknown | |
| Arthur Mallwitz |  Germany |
Unknown | |
| Alfred Motte | France |
Unknown | |
| Sigmund Muenz | United States |
Unknown | |
| Lancelot Stafford | Great Britain |
Unknown |
SourcesEdit
- ^ Official report, p. 32.
- Official Report of the Games of the IV Olympiad (1908).
- De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Athletics 1908". Accessed 7 April 2006. Available electronically at [1].