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. Twenty-five long jumpers from eleven nations competed. NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes.[1] The event was won by Ray Ewry of the United States, his third consecutive victory in the event. Ewry won all eight standing jump events from 1900 to 1908 as well as both events at the 1906 Intercalated Games. Konstantinos Tsiklitiras of Greece took silver. American Martin Sheridan earned bronze.

Men's standing long jump
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Ray Ewry
VenueWhite City Stadium
DateJuly 20
Competitors25 from 11 nations
Winning distance3.33
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ray Ewry
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Konstantinos Tsiklitiras
 Greece
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Martin Sheridan
 United States
← 1904
1912 →

Background

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This was the third appearance of the event, which was held four times from 1900 to 1912. American Ray Ewry returned as the two-time defending Olympic champion and world record holder; he was heavily favored in this as well as all the standing jumps. Also returning from the 1904 competition was fellow American and bronze medalist John Biller.[2]

Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, the Netherlands, and Sweden each made their debut in the event. The United States made its third appearance, the only nation to have competed in all three editions of the standing long jump to that point.

Competition format

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The 1908 format introduced the two-round format. Only the top three jumpers in the qualifying round advanced to the final. Each jumper had three jumps in the qualifying round; finalists received an additional three jumps, with qualifying round jumps still counting if the final jumps were not better.[2]

Records

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These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1908 Summer Olympics.

World record   Ray Ewry (USA) 3.47 St. Louis, United States 3 September 1904
Olympic record   Ray Ewry (USA) 3.47 St. Louis, United States 3 September 1904

Schedule

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Date Time Round
Wednesday, 22 July 1908 Qualifying
Final

Results

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Rank Athlete Nation Distance
Qualifying Final Best
  Ray Ewry   United States 3.32 3.33 3.33
  Konstantinos Tsiklitiras   Greece 3.235 3.22 3.235
  Martin Sheridan   United States 3.23 3.22 3.23
4 John Biller   United States 3.21 Did not advance 3.21
5 Ragnar Ekberg   Sweden 3.19 Did not advance 3.19
6 Platt Adams   United States 3.11 Did not advance 3.11
Frank Holmes   United States 3.11 Did not advance 3.11
8–25 Tim Ahearne   Great Britain Unknown Did not advance Unknown
George Barber   Canada Unknown Did not advance Unknown
Wilfred Bleaden   Great Britain Unknown Did not advance Unknown
Lionel Cornish   Great Britain Unknown Did not advance Unknown
Léon Dupont   Belgium Unknown Did not advance Unknown
Bram Evers   Netherlands Unknown Did not advance Unknown
Walter Henderson   Great Britain Unknown Did not advance Unknown
Jacobus Hoogveld   Netherlands Unknown Did not advance Unknown
Frank Irons   United States Unknown Did not advance Unknown
Jarl Jakobsson   Finland Unknown Did not advance Unknown
Henri Jardin   France Unknown Did not advance Unknown
Frederick Kitching   Great Britain Unknown Did not advance Unknown
Evert Koops   Netherlands Unknown Did not advance Unknown
Svend Langkjær   Denmark Unknown Did not advance Unknown
Arthur Mallwitz   Germany Unknown Did not advance Unknown
Alfred Motté   France Unknown Did not advance Unknown
Sigmund Muenz   United States Unknown Did not advance Unknown
Lancelot Stafford   Great Britain Unknown Did not advance Unknown

Sources

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  1. ^ Official report, p. 32.
  2. ^ a b "Standing Long Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  • 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] Archived 27 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine.