[DOC] [TLE] James Brendan Connolly - Wikipedia [PAR] James Brendan Bennet "Jamie" Connolly was an American athlete and author. In 
1896, he was the first modern Olympic champion. ... The first final on the opening 
day was the triple jump (then known as the hop, skip and jump), one of ... With 
this performance, he became the first Olympic champion since AD 385, when the
... [DOC] [TLE] Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics  Men's triple jump - Wikipedia [PAR] Field events. Long jump, men. Triple jump, men. High jump, men. Pole vault, men
. Shot put, men. Discus throw, men. The men's triple jump was one of four 
jumping events on the Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. There 
were 7 competitors in the triple jump, then known as the "hop, skip, ... The event 
was held on 6 April, immediately after the first heats of the 100... [DOC] [TLE] Connolly takes a leap into the history books - Olympic News [PAR] The track-and-field programme in Athens was dominated by athletes from the ... 
1896, American James Connolly earned the distinction of becoming the very first 
... The triple jump  or hop, skip and jump as it was then known  was the first ... 
of his nearest opponent and become the first Olympic champion since AD385. [DOC] [TLE] The Original Orange Olympic Champ - SUrface - Syracuse University [PAR] Prinstein first leaped into the world ... the running broad jump and the hop, step, 
... where Prinstein collected a gold in the hop, step, and jump ... Games, where 
Prinst ein nabbed his fourth Olympic ... track and field world for coming up big in 
the big events. .... ning the gold, he defeated American teammate James 
Connolly,. [DOC] [TLE] Timeline Olympics - Timelines of History [PAR] Connolly's event, the triple jump, which was then called the hop, step, and jump, 
was ... He went on to become a successful author of 25 novels. ... 1912 James 
Francis Thorpe (b.1888), American athlete, won an Olympic gold medal. .... 1948 
Jul 29, Britain's King George VI opened the first Olympics since 1936 in London. [DOC] [TLE] Olympic Summer Games - The Canadian Encyclopedia [PAR] Oct 26, 2016 ... James B. Connolly of the United States became the first modern Olympic 
champion, winning the triple jump (then known as the hop, step, and .... were 
notable for the debut of women's track-and-field events. ... Vancouver's Percy 
Williams stunned everyone by becoming the first non-American to sweep the... [DOC] [TLE] the history of the united states olympic trials ... - USA Track & Field [PAR] The structure of the U.S. Olympic Trials has changed and developed since the 
first ... vidual entry - James Connolly of Harvard, the first gold medallist of the 
modern .... The AAU 10000m event served as the Trials event, and the ...... don, 
and tied for gold with Gilbert, after placing 4th in the Olympic long jump. ...... Andy 
Hop-. [DOC] [TLE] The Evolution of the Early Olympics | International Society of ... [PAR] After the success of the inaugural Modern Olympic Games in Athens in 1896 
there ... The 1904 Summer Games were the first Olympics held in the United 
States and .... Olympic champion went to James Connolly of the USA in the triple 
jump. .... (the hop, step and jump) were all part of the Olympic track and field 
program... [DOC] [TLE] James B. Connolly (United States), winner of the hop, step, and ... [PAR] James B. Connolly (United States), winner of the hop, step, and jump (the first 
final event in the 1896 Olympics), was the first Olympic champion of the modern... [DOC] [TLE] A Timeline of Tradition - Harvard [PAR] Harvard and Yale meet in America's first intercollegiate athletic event-a crew .... 
By 1894, all of Harvard's outdoor athletics teams are playing at Soldiers Field ... 
James B. Connolly '99 captures the hop, step,

Question: Becoming the 1st Olympic champion since the 4th C. was a hop, step & jump for American James Connolly in this field event
Answer: the triple jump