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	10 from 3 nations
Medalists
Myer Prinstein   United States   Daniel Frank   United States   Robert Stangland   United States

Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Track events
60 m		men
100 m		men
200 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
110 m hurdles		men
200 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
2590 m steeplechase		men
4 mile team race		men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
High jump	men
Pole vault	men
Standing long jump	men
Standing triple jump	men
Standing high jump	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men
Hammer throw	men
56 pound weight throw	men
Combined events
Triathlon	men
All-around	men

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. Ten 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.

Records

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

World Record	7.61	Peter O'Connor	Dublin (GBR)	August 5, 1901
Olympic Record	7.185	Alvin Kraenzlein	Paris (FRA)	July 15, 1900

Myer Prinstein set a new Olympic record with 7.34 metres.

Results

Final

Place	Athlete	Distance
1	Myer Prinstein (USA)	7.34 OR
2	Daniel Frank (USA)	6.89
3	Robert Stangland (USA)	6.88
4	Fred Englehardt (USA)	6.63
5	George Van Cleaf (USA)
6	John Hagerman (USA)
7-10	Corrie Gardner (AUS)
	Leslie McPherson (AUS)
	Béla Mező (HUN)
	John Oxley (USA)

Sources

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