Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump

Men's long jump
at the Games of the III Olympiad
Myer Prinstein during the jump on the way to finish in first place.
VenueFrancis Field
DatesSeptember 1
Competitors10 from 3 nations
Medalists
   United States
   United States
   United States
Athletics at the
1904 Summer Olympics
Track events
60 m   men
100 m men
200 m men
400 m men
800 m men
1500 m men
110 m hurdles men
200 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
2590 m steeplechase men
4 mile team race men
Road events
Marathon men
Field events
Long jump men
Triple jump men
High jump men
Pole vault men
Standing long jump men
Standing triple jump men
Standing high jump men
Shot put men
Discus throw men
Hammer throw men
56 pound weight throw men
Combined events
Triathlon men
All-around men

The men's long jump was a track and field athletics event held as part of the athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third time the event was held. Ten athletes from three nations participated. The competition was held on Thursday, September 1, 1904.

Myer Prinstein, who had taken second place in 1900 after leading in the first round of jumping but declining to compete in the second due to it being held on a Sunday, won the contest and set a new Olympic record for distance.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1904 Summer Olympics.

World Record 7.61 United Kingdom Peter O'Connor Dublin (GBR) August 5, 1901
Olympic Record 7.185 United States Alvin Kraenzlein Paris (FRA) July 15, 1900

Myer Prinstein set a new Olympic record with 7.34 metres.

Results

Final

Place Athlete Distance
1 Myer Prinstein (USA) 7.34 OR
2 Daniel Frank (USA) 6.89
3 Robert Stangland (USA) 6.88
4 Fred Englehardt (USA) 6.63
5 George Van Cleaf (USA)
6 John Hagerman (USA)
7-10 Corrie Gardner (AUS)
 Leslie McPherson (AUS)
 Béla Mező (HUN)
 John Oxley (USA)

Sources

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