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

The men's standing long jump was a track & field athletics event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. It was held on July 16, 1900. Four athletes from two nations competed in the standing long jump.

Records

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



Ray Ewry set the first Olympic record in this event with 3.21 metres.

Results

Ewry won all three of the standing jumps in 1900. Just as in the others, he had little difficulty winning the standing long jump.

Sources

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• De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Athletics 1900". Accessed 18 March 2006. Available electronically at .

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