Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics - Men's triple jump

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The men's triple was a track & field athletics event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. It was held on 16 July 1900. 13 athletes from six nations competed in the triple jump.

[edit] Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Meyer Prinstein United States	James Connolly United States	Lewis Sheldon United States

[edit] Results

Place	Athlete	Nation	Distance
1	Meyer Prinstein	United States	14.47 metres
2	James Connolly	United States	13.97 metres
3	Lewis Sheldon	United States	13.64 metres
4	Patrick Leahy	Great Britain	Unknown
5	Albert Delannoy	France	Unknown
6	Alexandre Tuffèri	France	Unknown
7-13	Daniel Horton	United States	Unknown
	Frank Jarvis	United States	Unknown
	Pál Koppán	Hungary	Unknown
	Erik Lemming	Sweden	Unknown
	John McLean	United States	Unknown
	Karl Staaf	Sweden	Unknown
	Waldemar Steffen	Germany	Unknown

Prinstein defeated the defending champion Connolly to win the second Olympic triple jump competition. Distances for most of the competitors are unknown, as are placings after sixth.

[edit] Sources

International Olympic Committee.
De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Athletics 1900". Accessed 18 March 2006. Available electronically at [1].
Mallon, Bill (1998). The 1900 Olympic Games, Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers. ISBN 0-7864-0378-0.