Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's standing long jump

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Men's standing long jump
at the Games of the V Olympiad
1912 Konstantinos Tsiklitiras3.JPG
Tsiklitiras on the way to win the gold medal.
Venue Stockholm Olympic Stadium
DateJuly 8
Competitors19 from 8 nations
Winning distance3.37
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Konstantinos Tsiklitiras
Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece
Silver medal icon.svg Platt Adams
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
Bronze medal icon.svg Benjamin Adams
US flag 48 stars.svg  United States
  1908

The men's standing long jump was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth and final appearance of the event. The competition was held on Monday, July 8, 1912. Nineteen long jumpers from eight nations competed. NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes. [1] Ray Ewry, who was the three-time defending champion in the event, did not compete in 1912. The silver medalist from 1908, Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, won the event. Platt Adams, the sixth-place finisher four years earlier, took second. Benjamin Adams finished third. Each of the three standing long jump medalists also medaled in the standing high jump, though in a different order.

The winning margin was 1 cm which was the only time the men's standing long jump was won by less than 9 cm at the Olympics.

Background

This was the fourth and final appearance of the event, which was held four times from 1900 to 1912. Three of the top seven finishers (places behind that are not known) from the 1908 Games returned: silver medalist Konstantinos Tsiklitiras of Greece, fifth-place finisher Ragnar Ekberg of Sweden, and sixth-place finisher Platt Adams of the United States. The man who had won all three of the previous competitions (four if the 1906 Intercalated Games are counted), American Ray Ewry, did not compete. [2]

Hungary and Norway each made their debut in the event. The United States made its fourth appearance, the only nation to have competed in all three editions of the standing long jump to that point.

Competition format

The competition was described as two rounds at the time, but was more similar to the modern divided final. All athletes received three jumps initially. The top three after that received an additional three jumps to improve their distance, but the initial jumps would still count if no improvement was made. [2] [3]

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  Ray Ewry  (USA)3.47 St. Louis, United States 3 September 1904
Olympic recordUS flag 45 stars.svg  Ray Ewry  (USA)3.47 St. Louis, United States 3 September 1904

No new world or Olympic records were set during the competition.

Schedule

DateTimeRound
Monday, 8 July 191210:30Qualifying
Final

Results

RankAthleteNation123456Distance
Gold medal icon.svg Konstantinos Tsiklitiras Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 3.143.263.373.303.243.343.37
Silver medal icon.svg Platt Adams US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 3.233.183.323.363.343.243.36
Bronze medal icon.svg Benjamin Adams US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 3.283.213.243.183.233.283.28
4 Gustaf Malmsten Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3.113.203.12Did not advance3.20
5 Leo Goehring US flag 48 stars.svg  United States X3.143.13Did not advance3.14
Edvard Möller Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3.133.143.09Did not advance3.14
7 András Baronyi Flag of Hungary (1867-1918).svg  Hungary 3.123.133.02Did not advance3.13
8 Richard Byrd US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 3.123.113.05Did not advance3.12
9 Forest Fletcher US flag 48 stars.svg  United States 3.053.113.09Did not advance3.11
10 Alfred Motté Flag of France.svg  France 3.103.103.09Did not advance3.10
11 Gustaf Ljunggren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3.013.043.09Did not advance3.09
12 Birger Brodtkorb Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 3.003.053.03Did not advance3.05
13 Ragnar Ekberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3.003.023.03Did not advance3.03
14 Géo André Flag of France.svg  France 3.022.96XDid not advance3.02
Henry Ashington Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2.952.793.02Did not advance3.02
Douglas Melin Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 3.023.012.99Did not advance3.02
17 Arthur Maranda Flag of Canada (1868-1921).svg  Canada 2.802.832.98Did not advance2.98
18 Karl Bergh Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2.862.952.91Did not advance2.95
19 Philip Kingsford Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2.602.752.72Did not advance2.75
Platt Adams winning the silver medal. 1912 Platt Adams3.JPG
Platt Adams winning the silver medal.
Platt Adams in action. 1912 Platt Adams4.JPG
Platt Adams in action.
Bronze medalist Benjamin Adams. 1912 Benjamin Adams.JPG
Bronze medalist Benjamin Adams.
Gustaf Malmsten finishing fourth. 1912 Gustaf Malmsten.JPG
Gustaf Malmsten finishing fourth.

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References

  1. Official report, p. 61.
  2. 1 2 "Standing Long Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 23 January 2021.
  3. Official Report, p. 396.