Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump

Men's long jump at the Games of the I Olympiad
Venue	Panathinaiko Stadium
Dates	April 7
Competitors	9 from 7 nations
Medalists
Ellery Clark United States   Robert Garrett United States   James Connolly United States

Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
110 m hurdles		men
Road events
Marathon		men
Field events
Long jump		men
Triple jump		men
High jump		men
Pole vault		men
Shot put		men
Discus throw		men

The men's long jump was one of four jumping events on the Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. There were nine contestants in the long jump, held on 7 April. The American jumpers proved themselves dominant in taking the top three spots. Clark's first two jumps were fouls, but his third was by far the best of the field.

Place	Athlete	Distance
1	Ellery Clark (USA)	6.35 m
2	Robert Garrett (USA)	6.00 m
3	James Connolly (USA)	5.84 m
4	Alexandros Chalkokondylis (GRE)	5.74 m
5-9	Alphonse Grisel (FRA)	Unknown
	Carl Schuhmann (GER)	Unknown
	Henrik Sjöberg (SWE)	Unknown
	Athanasios Skaltsogiannis (GRE)	Unknown
	Alexandre Tuffèri (FRA)	Unknown

The individual ranking of the fifth through ninth place contestants is unclear.

References

• Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J. & Anninos, C. (1897). The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896. Athens: Charles Beck.  (Digitally available at la84foundation.org)
• Mallon, Bill & Widlund, Ture (1998). The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 978-0-7864-0379-0.  (Excerpt available at la84foundation.org)
• Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 978-1-86197-342-9.