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Standing Long Jump, Men

Date	20 July 1908
Status	Olympic
Location	White City Stadium, London
Participants	26 from 11 countries

In winning the first leg of his “double” in the standing jumps, Ray Ewry defeated Kostas Tsiklitiras (GRE), who was to succeed Ewry as Olympic champion in this event in 1912. It was Ewry’s fourth successive Olympic title in this event.

Pos	Nr	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Distance (Imp.)	Qualifying	Final
1	–	Ray Ewry	USA	–	–	3.32 (1)	3.33 (1)	Gold
2	–	Kostas Tsiklitiras	GRE	–	–	3.23 (2)	3.22 (2)	Silver
3	–	Martin Sheridan	USA	–	–	3.22 (3)	3.22 (3)	Bronze
4	–	John Biller	USA	–	–	3.21 (4)	–
5	–	Ragnar Ekberg	SWE	–	–	3.19 (5)	–
=6	–	Platt Adams	USA	–	–	3.11 (=6)	–
=6	–	Frank Holmes	USA	–	–	3.11 (=6)	–
AC	–	Frank Irons	USA	–	–	– (AC)	–
AC	–	Evert Koops	NED	–	–	– (AC)	–
AC	–	Jacobus Hoogveld	NED	–	–	– (AC)	–
AC	–	Bram Evers	NED	–	–	– (AC)	–
AC	–	Lionel Cornish	GBR	–	–	– (AC)	–
AC	–	Lancelot Stafford	GBR	–	–	– (AC)	–
AC	–	Walter Henderson	GBR	–	–	– (AC)	–
AC	–	Frederick Kitching	GBR	–	–	– (AC)	–
AC	–	Tim Ahearne	GBR	–	–	– (AC)	–
AC	–	Wilf Bleaden	GBR	–	–	– (AC)	–
AC	–	Jarl Jakobsson	FIN	–	–	– (AC)	–
AC	–	George Barber	CAN	–	–	– (AC)	–
AC	–	Svend Langkjær	DEN	–	–	– (AC)	–
AC	–	Henri Jardin	FRA	–	–	– (AC)	–
AC	–	Alfred Motté	FRA	–	–	– (AC)	–
AC	–	Léon Dupont	BEL	–	–	– (AC)	–
AC	–	Arthur Mallwitz	GER	–	–	– (AC)	–
AC	–	Sigmund Muenz	USA	–	–	– (AC)	–
AC	–	Ludwig Uettwiller	GER	–	–	– (AC)	–		1
DNS	–	Boldizsár Horvath	HUN	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Andor Horner	HUN	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	František Vyskocil	BOH	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	John Schommer	USA	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Sandy Quinn	CAN	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Arthur Rado	HUN	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Andor Szende	HUN	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Pierre Durand	FRA	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Ernest Hutcheon	ANZ	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Georges Dubois	FRA	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Pierre Failliot	FRA	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Pat Leahy	GBR	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Con Leahy	GBR	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Hermann von Bönninghausen	GER	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Nándor Kovács	HUN	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Imre Mudin	HUN	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Wilhelm Blystad	NOR	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Doug Stupart	RSA	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	John Brennan	USA	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Lawson Robertson	USA	–	–	–	–
DNS	–	Karl Lampelmayer	AUT	–	–	–	–

Qualifying Round (20 July 1908 — 14:30)

Each competitor was allowed three jumps, after which the leading eight were allowed a further three trials. The eight scheduled qualifying sections were consolidated into four pools.

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Distance (Imp.)
1	Ray Ewry	USA	3.32	10-11	Q
2	Kostas Tsiklitiras	GRE	3.23	10-7¼	Q
3	Martin Sheridan	USA	3.22	10-7	Q
4	John Biller	USA	3.21	10-6½
5	Ragnar Ekberg	SWE	3.19	10-5¾
=6	Platt Adams	USA	3.11	10-2½
=6	Frank Holmes	USA	3.11	10-2½
AC	Frank Irons	USA	–	–
AC	Evert Koops	NED	–	–
AC	Jacobus Hoogveld	NED	–	–
AC	Bram Evers	NED	–	–
AC	Lionel Cornish	GBR	–	–
AC	Lancelot Stafford	GBR	–	–
AC	Walter Henderson	GBR	–	–
AC	Frederick Kitching	GBR	–	–
AC	Tim Ahearne	GBR	–	–
AC	Wilf Bleaden	GBR	–	–
AC	Jarl Jakobsson	FIN	–	–
AC	George Barber	CAN	–	–
AC	Svend Langkjær	DEN	–	–
AC	Henri Jardin	FRA	–	–
AC	Alfred Motté	FRA	–	–
AC	Léon Dupont	BEL	–	–
AC	Arthur Mallwitz	GER	–	–
AC	Sigmund Muenz	USA	–	–
AC	Ludwig Uettwiller	GER	–	–		2

Qualifying Round, Group A (20 July 1908)

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Distance (Imp.)
1	Kostas Tsiklitiras	GRE	3.23	10-7¼
2	Martin Sheridan	USA	3.22	10-7
3	Platt Adams	USA	3.11	10-2½

Qualifying Round, Group B (20 July 1908)

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Distance (Imp.)
1	Ray Ewry	USA	3.32	10-11
2	Frank Holmes	USA	3.11	10-2½
AC	Sigmund Muenz	USA	–	–

Qualifying Round, Group C3 (20 July 1908)

Qualifying Round, Group D4 (20 July 1908)

Final Round (20 July 1908 — 17:45)

Pos	Athlete	NOC	Distance	Distance (Imp.)
1	Ray Ewry	USA	3.33	10-11¼
2	Kostas Tsiklitiras	GRE	3.22	10-7
3	Martin Sheridan	USA	3.22	10-7