Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump

Men's long jump at the Games of the III Olympiad
Myer Prinstein during the jump on the way to finish in first place.
Venue	Francis Field
Dates	September 1
Competitors	9 from 3 nations
Winning distance	7.34 OR
Medalists
Myer Prinstein  United States Daniel Frank  United States Robert Stangland  United States

The men's long jump was a track and field athletics event held as part of the athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third time the event was held. Nine athletes from three nations participated. The competition was held on Thursday, September 1, 1904.

Myer Prinstein, who had taken second place in 1900 after leading in the first round of jumping but declining to compete in the second due to it being held on a Sunday, won the contest and set a new Olympic record for distance. It was the third straight victory for the United States and the second time (after 1896) the Americans had swept the medals in the event. Prinstein became the first man to win two medals in the event.

Background

This was the third appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Myer Prinstein of the United States, who took silver in 1900, was the only jumper from Paris to return in 1904. Peter O'Connor would have been the favorite, but again did not appear. That left Prinstein as the favorite, though Daniel Frank had beaten him at the AAU meet.

Australia made its first appearance in the event. The United States appeared for the third time, the only nation to have long jumpers at each of the first three Games.

Competition format

After having two rounds in 1900, the 1904 format returned to the single-round format used in 1896.

Records

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

World record	Peter O'Connor (GBR)	7.61	Dublin, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland	5 August 1901
Olympic record	Alvin Kraenzlein (USA)	7.185	Paris, France	15 July 1900

Myer Prinstein set a new Olympic record with 7.34 metres.

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
Thursday, 1 September 1904		Final

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nation	Distance	Notes
	Myer Prinstein	United States	7.34	OR
	Daniel Frank	United States	6.89
	Robert Stangland	United States	6.88
4	Fred Englehardt	United States	6.63
5	Gilbert Van Cleve	United States	Unknown
6	John Hagerman	United States	Unknown
7–9	Corrie Gardner	Australia	Unknown
	Béla Mező	Hungary	Unknown
	John Oxley	United States	Unknown
—	Ervin Barker	United States	DNS
	Edward French	United States	DNS
	William Hunter	United States	DNS
	Leslie McPherson	Australia	DNS
	Louis Mertz	United States	DNS
	Percival Molson	Canada	DNS
	Frederick Schule	United States	DNS
	Garrett Serviss	United States	DNS
	George Smith	United States	DNS
	Ollie Snedigar	United States	DNS
	William Thompson	United States	DNS

Sources

• Wudarski, Pawel (1999). "Wyniki Igrzysk Olimpijskich" (in Polish). Retrieved 14 December 2006.