Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics - Men's long jump

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The men's long jump was one of four jumping events on the Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. There were nine contestants in the long jump, held on 7 April. The American jumpers proved themselves dominant in taking the top three spots. Curtis's first two jumps were invalid, but his third was far the best of the field.

[edit] Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Ellery Clark United States	Robert Garrett United States	James Connolly United States

[edit] Results

Place	Athlete	Nation	Distance
1	Ellery Clark	United States	6.35 metres
2	Robert Garrett	United States	6.00 metres
3	James Connolly	United States	5.84 metres
4	Alexandros Khalkokondilis	Greece	5.74 metres
5-9	Alphonse Grisel	France	Unknown
	Carl Schuhmann	Germany	Unknown
	Henrik Sjöberg	Sweden	Unknown
	Athanasios Skaltsogiannis	Greece	Unknown
	Alexandre Tuffèri	France	Unknown

The individual ranking of the fifth through ninth place contestants is unclear.

[edit] 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 AAFLA.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 AAFLA.org)
Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.