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Standing Long Jump, Men

Date16 July 1900
StatusOlympic
LocationCroix Catelan, Bois de Boulogne, Paris
Participants4 from 2 countries
FormatFinal only.

Ray Ewry won the first of his four consecutive gold medals in the standing long jump, with a mark of 3.30 metres (10-10). Ewry also won standing jump gold medals in Paris in the standing high jump and standing triple jump. He would finish his Olympic career with 10 gold medals, including the 1906 Intercalated Olympics in Athinai, and was never defeated at the Olympics. His Paris mark of 3.30 would not be bettered by another jumper at the Olympics until 1912. American Irv Baxter won the silver medal as he had done in the standing high jump and triple jump.

PosNrAthleteNOCDistance
1Ray EwryUSA3.300GoldOR
2Irv BaxterUSA3.135Silver
3Émile TorchebœufFRA3.030Bronze
4Lewis SheldonUSA3.020
DNSFrank JarvisUSA
DNSBob GarrettUSA
DNSWilliam RemingtonUSA