Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics - Men's long jump

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The men's long jump was one of six jumping events on the Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme in London.

1 Medallists
2 Results
3 Notes
4 Sources

[edit] Medallists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Frank Irons United States of America	Daniel Kelly United States of America	Calvin Bricker Canada

[edit] Results

All jumpers performed three jumps. The best three made another three attempts to improve their marks. Best marks are known for the top six jumpers, placing for the top twenty, and no information about marks or placement for the bottom twelve.

Place	Name	Nation	Distance
1	Frank Irons	United States of America	7.48 metres
2	Daniel Kelly	United States of America	7.09 metres
3	Calvin Bricker	Canada	7.08 metres
4	Edward Cook	United States of America	6.97 metres
5	John Brennan	United States of America	6.86 metres
6	Albert Weinstein^[1]	Germany	6.77 metres
7	Frank Mount Pleasant^[1]	United States of America	6.82 metres
8	Timothy Ahearne	Great Britain	6.72 metres
9	Denis Murray	Great Britain	6.71 metres
10	Gunnar Rönström	Sweden	6.66 metres
11	Charles Williams	Great Britain	6.65 metres
12	Sam Bellah	United States of America	6.64 metres
13	Frank Lukeman	Canada	6.59 metres
14	Ödön Holits	Hungary	6.54 metres
15	Arthur Hoffmann	Germany	6.50 metres
16	Alfred Bellerby	Great Britain	6.44 metres
17	Wilfred Bleaden	Great Britain	6.43 metres
18	William Watt	Great Britain	6.42 metres
19	George Barber	Canada	6.41 metres
20	Carl Silfverstrand	Sweden	6.34 metres
21-32	Hermann von Bönninghausen	Germany	Unknown
	Lionel Cornish	Great Britain	Unknown
	Kovesdi Géza	Hungary	Unknown
	Bram Evers	Netherlands	Unknown
	Henri Guttierez	France	Unknown
	Jacobus Hoogveld	Netherlands	Unknown
	J. Garfield MacDonald	Canada	Unknown
	John O'Connell	United States of America	Unknown
	Henry Olsen	Norway	Unknown
	Arvid Ringstrand	Sweden	Unknown
	Ludwig Uetwiller	Germany	(6.05 metres)
	Hugo Wieslander	Sweden	Unknown

[edit] Notes

^ ^a ^b De Wael gives Mount Pleasant as 6th and Weinstein as 7th. The Official Report gives Weinstein's place as 6th.

[edit] Sources

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 [1].

The 1908 Summer Olympics in London

Athletics at the 1908 Summer Olympics