Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's standing triple jump

The men's standing triple jump was a track & field athletics event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. It was held on July 16, 1900. 10 athletes from four nations competed in the standing triple jump. The event was won by Ray Ewry of the United States, who took gold in all three of the standing jumps in 1900 (and in all three in 1900 and in both that remained on the programme in each of the 1904, 1906 Intercalated, and 1908 Games). His teammate Irving Baxter earned silver in all three 1900 standing jumps. The American sweep was completed with Robert Garrett taking bronze.

Men's standing triple jump
at the Games of the II Olympiad
Ray Ewry
VenueBois de Boulogne
DateJuly 16
Competitors10 from 4 nations
Winning distance10.58 OR
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ray Ewry
 United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Irving Baxter
 United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Robert Garrett
 United States
1904 →

Background edit

This was the first appearance of the event, which was held twice in 1900 and 1904 (in contrast to the other standing jumps, which continued to be held in 1908 and 1912).[1]

Competition format edit

There was a single round of jumping. The rules for the jump are not known; the event was called the "hop, step, and jump" at the time but it appears that jumpers could use three standing long jumps rather than a continuous movement.[1]

Records edit

There were no standing world or Olympic records at the time. Ray Ewry set the first Olympic record in this event with 10.58 metres.

Schedule edit

Date Time Round
Monday, 16 July 1900 Final

Results edit

Ewry won all three of the standing jumps, with Baxter in second each time. The standing triple jump was the most international of the three, with four countries competing. All of the competitors in the standing triple jump except the medallists also competed in the regular triple jump.

Rank Athlete Nation Distance Notes
  Ray Ewry   United States 10.58 OR
  Irving Baxter   United States 9.95
  Robert Garrett   United States 9.50
4 Lewis Sheldon   United States 9.45
5–10 Daniel Horton   United States Unknown
Frank Jarvis   United States Unknown
Pál Koppán   Hungary Unknown
John McLean   United States Unknown
Karl Staaf   Sweden Unknown
Waldemar Steffen   Germany Unknown
James Brendan Connolly   United States DNS
Arpád Danos   Hungary DNS
Eric Lemming   Sweden DNS
Václav Nový   Bohemia DNS
Myer Prinstein   United States DNS

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Standing Triple Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 January 2021.

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