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

Men's standing triple jump
at the Games of the II Olympiad
VenueBois de Boulogne
DateJuly 16
Competitors10 from 4 nations
Medalists
 
 
 
Athletics at the
1900 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
2500 m steeplechase men
4000 m steeplechase men
5000 m 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

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.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1900 Summer Olympics.

World Record ?
Olympic Record none

Ray Ewry set the first Olympic record in this event with 10.58 metres.

Results

Place Athlete Distance
1  Ray Ewry (USA) 10.58 m
2  Irving Baxter (USA) 9.95 m
3  Robert Garrett (USA) 9.50 m
4  Lewis Sheldon (USA) 9.45 m
5-10  Daniel Horton (USA) Unknown
 Frank Jarvis (USA) Unknown
 Pál Koppán (HUN) Unknown
 John McLean (USA) Unknown
 Karl Staaf (SWE) Unknown
 Waldemar Steffen (GER) Unknown

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.

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