Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's standing long jump
{{short description|Olympic athletics event}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}
{{Infobox Olympic event
|event = Men's standing long jump
|games = 1904 Summer
|image = File:Ray Ewry of the New York Athletic Club competing in the standing broad jump at the 1904 Olympics. Ewry won the event.jpg
|caption = Ray Ewry competing
|venue = Francis Field
|date = August 29, 1904
|competitors = 4
|nations = 1
|longnames = yes
|win_value = 3.47 {{WR|athletics}}
|win_label = Winning distance
|gold = Ray Ewry
|goldNOC = USA
|silver = Charles King
|silverNOC = USA
|bronze = John Biller
|bronzeNOC = USA
|prev = 1900
|next = 1908
}}
{{AthleticsAt1904SummerOlympics}}
The men's standing long jump was a track and field athletics event held as part of the athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second time the event was held. The competition was held on Monday, August 29, 1904. Four athletes, all from the United States, competed. Ray Ewry continued his dominance of the standing jumps at the Olympics, successfully defending his championships in this one as well as the other two. He also set a new world record. Charles King took silver, with John Biller receiving bronze.
The winning margin was 20 cm which was the only time the men's standing long jump was won by more than 17 cm at the Olympics.
Background
This was the second appearance of the event, which was held four times from 1900 to 1912. American Ray Ewry returned as the defending Olympic champion and world record holder; he was heavily favored in this as well as all the standing jumps.{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/results/56145 |work=Olympedia |title=Standing Long Jump, Men |accessdate=22 January 2021}}
Competition format
There was a single round of jumping. Jumpers each had four jumps.
Records
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1904 Summer Olympics.
{{World Olympic Record
| world_athlete = {{flagathlete|Ray Ewry|USA}}
| world_mark = 3.45
| world_place =
| world_date =
| olympic_athlete = {{flagIOCathlete|Ray Ewry|USA|1900 Summer}}
| olympic_mark = 3.21
| olympic_place = Paris, France
| olympic_date = 16 July 1900
}}
Ray Ewry set a new world record with 3.47 metres.
Schedule
| class="wikitable"
! Date ! Time ! Round | ||
| style=background:lemonchiffon
| Monday, 29 August 1904 | Final |
Results
| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center"
! Rank | Athlete | Nation | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Distance | Notes |
| {{gold01}} | align=left| Ray Ewry | align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1904 Summer}} | 3.40 | 3.41 | 3.46 | 3.47 | 3.47 | {{WR|athletics}} |
| {{silver02}} | align=left| Charles King | align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1904 Summer}} | colspan=4 data-sort-value=3.27| Unknown | 3.27 | ||||
| {{bronze03}} | align=left| John Biller | align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1904 Summer}} | colspan=4 data-sort-value=3.25| Unknown | 3.25 | ||||
| 4 | align=left| Henry Field | align=left| {{flagIOC|USA|1904 Summer}} | colspan=4 data-sort-value=3.18| Unknown | 3.18 |
References
{{Reflist}}
Sources
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20200417171706/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1904/ATH/mens-standing-long-jump.html sports-reference.com]
- {{cite web | last = Wudarski | first = Pawel | year = 1999 | url = http://olympic.w.interia.pl/ | title = Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich | accessdate = 14 December 2006|language=pl}}
{{Footer Olympic Champions Standing Jumps Men}}
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