The men's

standing long jump The standing long jump, also known as the standing broad jump, is an athletics event. It was an Olympic event until 1912. It is one of three standing variants of track and field jumping events, which also include the standing high jump and ...

was a track and field athletics event held as part of the athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the second time the event was held. The competition was held on Monday, August 29, 1904. Four athletes, all from the

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, competed.

Ray Ewry Raymond "Ray" Clarence Ewry (October 14, 1873 – September 29, 1937) was an American track and field athlete who won eight gold medals at the Olympic Games and two gold medals at the Intercalated Games (1906 in Athens). This puts him among the ...

continued his dominance of the standing jumps at the Olympics, successfully defending his championships in this one as well as the other two. He also set a new world record. Charles King took silver, with

John Biller John Arthur Biller (November 14, 1877 in Newark, New Jersey – March 26, 1934 in Manhattan, New York) was an American athlete who competed mainly in standing jumps. He competed for the United States in the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St L ...

receiving bronze.

Background

This was the second appearance of the event, which was held four times from 1900 to 1912. American

returned as the defending Olympic champion and world record holder; he was heavily favored in this as well as all the standing jumps.

Competition format

There was a single round of jumping. Jumpers each had four jumps.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1904 Summer Olympics.

set a new world record with 3.47 metres.

Schedule

Results

References

Sources

sports-reference.com
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