Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's standing triple jump
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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. The event was won by Ray Ewry of the United States, who took gold in all three of the standing jumps in 1900 (and in all three in 1900 and in both that remained on the programme in each of the 1904, 1906 Intercalated, and 1908 Games). His teammate Irving Baxter earned silver in all three 1900 standing jumps. The American sweep was completed with Robert Garrett taking bronze.
| Men's standing triple jump at the Games of the II Olympiad | ||||||||||
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Ray Ewry | ||||||||||
| Venue | Bois de Boulogne | |||||||||
| Date | July 16, 1900 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 10 from 4 nations | |||||||||
| Winning distance | 10.58 OR | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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Background
This was the first appearance of the event, which was held twice in 1900 and 1904 (in contrast to the other standing jumps, which continued to be held in 1908 and 1912).[1]
Competition format
There was a single round of jumping. The rules for the jump are not known; the event was called the "hop, step, and jump" at the time but it appears that jumpers could use three standing long jumps rather than a continuous movement.[1]
Records
There were no standing world or Olympic records at the time. Ray Ewry set the first Olympic record in this event with 10.58 metres.
Schedule
| Date | Time | Round |
|---|---|---|
| Monday, 16 July 1900 | Final |
Results
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.
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Distance | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Ray Ewry |  United States | 10.58 | OR |
 | Irving Baxter | United States | 9.95 | |
 | Robert Garrett | United States | 9.50 | |
| 4 | Lewis Sheldon | United States | 9.45 | |
| 5–10 | Daniel Horton | United States | Unknown | |
| Frank Jarvis | United States | Unknown | ||
| Pál Koppán |  Hungary | Unknown | ||
| John McLean | United States | Unknown | ||
| Karl Staaf |  Sweden | Unknown | ||
| Waldemar Steffen |  Germany | Unknown | ||
| — | James Brendan Connolly | United States | DNS | |
| Arpád Danos | Hungary | DNS | ||
| Eric Lemming | Sweden | DNS | ||
| Václav Nový |  Bohemia | DNS | ||
| Myer Prinstein | United States | DNS |