Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump

Men's long jump
at the Games of the IV Olympiad
Men's long jump; at the Games of the IV Olympiad
	Frank Irons
Venue	White City Stadium
Date	July 22
Competitors	32 from 9 nations
Winning distance	7.48 OR
Medalists
	← 1904 1912 →

The men's long jump was one of six jumping events on the Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London. The competition was held on July 22, 1908.^[1] Thirty-two athletes from 9 nations competed. NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes.^[2] The event was won by Frank Irons of the United States, the nation's fourth consecutive victory in the first four Olympic Games. Calvin Bricker of Canada took bronze to break up the Americans' attempt at another sweep (which they had accomplished in 1896 and 1904).

Background[]

This was the fourth appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. None of the jumpers from 1904 returned. The world's best jumpers, American Myer Prinstein and Irishman Peter O'Connor, had retired; there was no favorite coming into the event.^[3]

Canada, the Netherlands, and Norway each made their first appearance in the event. The United States appeared for the fourth time, the only nation to have long jumpers at each of the Games so far.

Competition format[]

The 1908 format returned to the two-round format used in 1900. Only the top three jumpers in the qualifying round advanced to the final. Each jumper had three jumps in the qualifying round; finalists received an additional three jumps, with qualifying round jumps still counting if the final jumps were not better.^[3]

Records[]

These are the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1908 Summer Olympics.

World record	Peter O'Connor (GBR)	7.61	Dublin, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	5 August 1901
Olympic record	Myer Prinstein (USA)	7.34	St. Louis, United States	1 September 1904

Frank Irons set two Olympic records. At first he jumped 7.44 metres and finally he set the new Olympic record with 7.48 metres.

Schedule[]

Date	Time	Round
Wednesday, 22 July 1908	10:30	Qualifying Final

Results[]

All jumpers performed three jumps. The best three made another three attempts to improve their marks. Best marks are known for the top twenty jumpers, but no information about marks or placement for the bottom twelve.

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Distance			Notes
Rank	Athlete	Nation	Qualifier	Final	Best	Notes
	Frank Irons	United States	7.44	7.48	7.48	OR
	Daniel Kelly	United States	7.09	Unknown	7.09
	Calvin Bricker	Canada	7.08	Unknown	7.08
4	Edward Cook	United States	6.97	Did not advance	6.97
5	John Brennan	United States	6.86	Did not advance	6.86
6	Frank Mount Pleasant^[4]	United States	6.82	Did not advance	6.82
7	Albert Weinstein^[4]	Germany	6.77	Did not advance	6.77
8	Tim Ahearne	Great Britain	6.72	Did not advance	6.72
9	Denis Murray	Great Britain	6.71	Did not advance	6.71
10	Gunnar Rönström	Sweden	6.66	Did not advance	6.66
11	Charles Williams	Great Britain	6.65	Did not advance	6.65
12	Sam Bellah	United States	6.64	Did not advance	6.64
13	Frank Lukeman	Canada	6.59	Did not advance	6.59
14	Ödön Holits	Hungary	6.54	Did not advance	6.54
15	Arthur Hoffmann	Germany	6.50	Did not advance	6.50
16	Alfred Bellerby	Great Britain	6.44	Did not advance	6.44
17	Wilfred Bleaden	Great Britain	6.43	Did not advance	6.43
18	William Watt	Great Britain	6.42	Did not advance	6.42
19	George Barber	Canada	6.41	Did not advance	6.41
20	Carl Silfverstrand	Sweden	6.34	Did not advance	6.34
21–32	Hermann von Bönninghausen	Germany	Unknown	Did not advance	Unknown
	Lionel Cornish	Great Britain	Unknown	Did not advance	Unknown
	Géza Kövesdi	Hungary	Unknown	Did not advance	Unknown
	Bram Evers	Netherlands	Unknown	Did not advance	Unknown
	Henri Guttierez	France	Unknown	Did not advance	Unknown
	Jacobus Hoogveld	Netherlands	Unknown	Did not advance	Unknown
	Garfield MacDonald	Canada	Unknown	Did not advance	Unknown
	James O'Connell	United States	Unknown	Did not advance	Unknown
	Henry Olsen	Norway	Unknown	Did not advance	Unknown
	Arvid Ringstrand	Sweden	Unknown	Did not advance	Unknown
	Ludwig Uettwiller	Germany	6.05	Did not advance	6.05
	Hugo Wieslander	Sweden	Unknown	Did not advance	Unknown
—	Platt Adams	United States	DNS
	Géo André	France	DNS
	Carl Bechler	Germany	DNS
	Martin Brustmann	Germany	DNS
	István Czurgay	Hungary	DNS
	Cyril Dugmore	Great Britain	DNS
	Karl Fryksdahl	Sweden	DNS
	A. Gordon	Great Britain	DNS
	Oswald Groenings	Great Britain	DNS
	Juho Halme	Finland	DNS
	Ernest Hutcheon	Australasia	DNS
	Evert Koops	Netherlands	DNS
	Nándor Kovács	Hungary	DNS
	Gustav Krojer	Austria	DNS
	Sven Låftman	Sweden	DNS
	Karl Lampelmayer	Austria	DNS
	Edvard Larsen	Norway	DNS
	Con Leahy	Great Britain	DNS
	Jeremiah Mahoney	United States	DNS
	Erik Majunko	Hungary	DNS
	Gaston Martens	Belgium	DNS
	Henri Meslot	France	DNS
	Robert Pascarel	France	DNS
	Armas Pesonen	Finland	DNS
	Uuno Railo	Finland	DNS
	Ede Rökk	Hungary	DNS
	Ted Savage	Canada	DNS
	Nate Sherman	United States	DNS
	István Somodi	Hungary	DNS
	E. Steiner	France	DNS
	Ragnar Stenberg	Finland	DNS
	Knut Stenborg	Sweden	DNS
	Ben Stephenson	United States	DNS
	Doug Stupart	South Africa	DNS
	Kálmán Szathmáry	Hungary	DNS
	Andor Szende	Hungary	DNS
	Gaspare Torretta	Italy	DNS
	Sandór Veres	Hungary	DNS
	Julius Wagner	Switzerland	DNS
	F. Young	United States	DNS

References[]

^ "Athletics at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Long Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2017.
^ Official report, p. 32.
^ ^a ^b "Long Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
^ ^a ^b De Wael gives Mount Pleasant as 6th and Weinstein as 7th. The Official Report gives Weinstein's place as 6th.

Sources[]

Official Report of the Games of the IV Olympiad (1908).
De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Athletics 1908". Accessed 7 April 2006. Available electronically at [1].

[SR-1] "Athletics at the 1908 London Summer Games: Men's Long Jump". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2017.

[OR32-2] Official report, p. 32.

[Olympedia-3] "Long Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

[Sixth-4] De Wael gives Mount Pleasant as 6th and Weinstein as 7th. The Official Report gives Weinstein's place as 6th.

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