Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump

Men's triple jump at the Games of the I Olympiad
James B. Connolly won the triple jump and became the first Olympic Champion since the 4th century AD
Venue	Panathinaiko Stadium
Dates	April 6
Competitors	7 from 5 nations
Medalists
James Connolly United States   Alexandre Tuffèri France   Ioannis Persakis Greece

Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
110 m hurdles		men
Road events
Marathon		men
Field events
Long jump		men
Triple jump		men
High jump		men
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men
Discus throw		men

The men's triple jump was one of four jumping events on the Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. There were 7 competitors in the triple jump, then known as the "hop, skip, and jump" despite the wide range of techniques used by the competitors. The event was held on 6 April, immediately after the first heats of the 100 metre race. Since there was only one round of the triple jump, the winner was crowned as the first modern Olympic champion.

Results

Place	Athlete	Distance
1	James Connolly (USA)	13.71 m
2	Alexandre Tuffèri (FRA)	12.70 m
3	Ioannis Persakis (GRE)	12.52 m
4	Alajos Szokolyi (HUN)	11.26 m
5	Carl Schuhmann (GER)	Unknown
6-7	Fritz Hofmann (GER)	Unknown
	Khristos Zoumis (GRE)	Unknown

References

• Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J. & Anninos, C. (1897). The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896. Athens: Charles Beck.  (Digitally available at la84foundation.org)
• Mallon, Bill & Widlund, Ture (1998). The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0379-9.  (Excerpt available at la84foundation.org)
• Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.