# Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's standing long jump

The men's standing long jump was one of six jumping events on the athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London. The competition was held on Monday, July 20, 1908. Twenty-five long jumpers from eleven nations competed. NOCs could enter up to 12 athletes. The event was won by Ray Ewry of the United States, his third consecutive victory in the event. Ewry won all eight standing jump events from 1900 to 1908 as well as both events at the 1906 Intercalated Games. Konstantinos Tsiklitiras of Greece took silver. American Martin Sheridan earned bronze.

## Background

This was the third appearance of the event, which was held four times from 1900 to 1912. American Ray Ewry returned as the two-time defending Olympic champion and world record holder; he was heavily favored in this as well as all the standing jumps. Also returning from the 1904 competition was fellow American and bronze medalist John Biller.
Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, the Netherlands, and Sweden each made their debut in the event. The United States made its third appearance, the only nation to have competed in all three editions of the standing long jump to that point.

## Competition format

The 1908 format introduced the two-round format. Only the top three jumpers in the qualifying round advanced to the final. Each jumper had three jumps in the qualifying round; finalists received an additional three jumps, with qualifying round jumps still counting if the final jumps were not better.

## Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1908 Summer Olympics.
| World record | Ray Ewry (USA) | 3.47 | St. Louis, United States | 3 September 1904 |
| Olympic record | Ray Ewry (USA) | 3.47 | St. Louis, United States | 3 September 1904 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| Wednesday, 22 July 1908 | | Qualifying Final |

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Distance | Distance | Distance |
| Rank | Athlete | Nation | Qualifying | Final | Best |
| | Ray Ewry | United States | 3.32 | 3.33 | 3.33 |
| | Konstantinos Tsiklitiras | Greece | 3.235 | 3.22 | 3.235 |
| | Martin Sheridan | United States | 3.23 | 3.22 | 3.23 |
| 4 | John Biller | United States | 3.21 | Did not advance | 3.21 |
| 5 | Ragnar Ekberg | Sweden | 3.19 | Did not advance | 3.19 |
| 6 | Platt Adams | United States | 3.11 | Did not advance | 3.11 |
| 6 | Frank Holmes | United States | 3.11 | Did not advance | 3.11 |
| 8–25 | Tim Ahearne | Great Britain | Unknown | Did not advance | Unknown |
| 8–25 | George Barber | Canada | Unknown | Did not advance | Unknown |
| 8–25 | Wilfred Bleaden | Great Britain | Unknown | Did not advance | Unknown |
| 8–25 | Lionel Cornish | Great Britain | Unknown | Did not advance | Unknown |
| 8–25 | Léon Dupont | Belgium | Unknown | Did not advance | Unknown |
| 8–25 | Bram Evers | Netherlands | Unknown | Did not advance | Unknown |
| 8–25 | Walter Henderson | Great Britain | Unknown | Did not advance | Unknown |
| 8–25 | Jacobus Hoogveld | Netherlands | Unknown | Did not advance | Unknown |
| 8–25 | Frank Irons | United States | Unknown | Did not advance | Unknown |
| 8–25 | Jarl Jakobsson | Finland | Unknown | Did not advance | Unknown |
| 8–25 | Henri Jardin | France | Unknown | Did not advance | Unknown |
| 8–25 | Frederick Kitching | Great Britain | Unknown | Did not advance | Unknown |
| 8–25 | Evert Koops | Netherlands | Unknown | Did not advance | Unknown |
| 8–25 | Svend Langkjær | Denmark | Unknown | Did not advance | Unknown |
| 8–25 | Arthur Mallwitz | Germany | Unknown | Did not advance | Unknown |
| 8–25 | Alfred Motté | France | Unknown | Did not advance | Unknown |
| 8–25 | Sigmund Muenz | United States | Unknown | Did not advance | Unknown |
| 8–25 | Lancelot Stafford | Great Britain | Unknown | Did not advance | Unknown |

## Sources

* ↑ Official report, p. 32.
* 1 2 "Standing Long Jump, Men". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
* Official Report of the Games of the IV Olympiad (1908).
* De Wael, Herman. Herman's Full Olympians: "Athletics 1908". Accessed 7 April 2006. Available electronically at Archived 27 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine.