1589:
1566:
1543:
654:
544:
105:
898:
749:
2003:
923:
850:
801:
775:
1865:
1842:
1819:
1796:
1750:
1727:
1704:
2072:
1612:
30:
824:
723:
161:
1957:
1934:
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1888:
2164:
2141:
2049:
2026:
1980:
710:
678:
147:
119:
641:
91:
2187:
2118:
1658:
432:
1681:
206:
2095:
1773:
1635:
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390:, then known as the "hop, skip, and jump" despite the wide range of techniques used by the competitors. The event was held on 6 April, immediately after the first heats of the 100 metre race. Since there was only one round of the triple jump, the winner was crowned as the first modern Olympic champion.
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There was a single round of jumping. There were no rules on the jumps allowed. "The styles of the medalists were described in The Field as follows: Connolly took two hops on his right foot and then a jump; Tuffèri performed a hop, step and a jump in the standard
English method; and Persakis used two
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The exact time of the contest is not known; it was the second event of the Games. The first day began with the arrival of the King and a brief opening ceremony at 3 p.m., followed by the first round of the 100 metres before the triple jump began.
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This was the first appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer
Olympics. There were 11 entrants, but only 7 men actually started.
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The winning margin was 1.01 metres which as of 2023 remains the only time the men's triple jump was won by more than 60 cm at the
Olympics.
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1139:
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2174:
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1576:
1553:
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548:
109:
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1944:
1921:
1898:
351:
1691:
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192:
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71:
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James B. Connolly won the triple jump and became the first
Olympic Champion since the 4th century AD
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Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De
Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J. & Anninos, C. (1897).
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There were no standing
Olympic records (as this was the first Games) before the event.
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Competitors in All Events, with Commentary
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Invention of the Modern Olympic Games
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The following record was established during the competition:
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programme. There were 7 competitors from 5 nations in the
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1071:Mallon, Bill & Widlund, Ture (1998).
1059:The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896
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382:was one of four jumping events on the
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1748:
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1702:
1679:
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1564:
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773:
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204:
159:
145:
131:
117:
103:
89:
28:
440:
1019:
22:at the Games of the I Olympiad
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1028:"Track and Field Statistics"
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2250:Triple jump at the Olympics
1016:Official Report, pp. 62–63.
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61:7 from 5 nations
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1801:Adhemar Ferreira da Silva
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437:Matthew Roseingreue
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1063:(Digitally available at
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1061:. Athens: Charles Beck.
1091:(Excerpt available at
648:James Brendan Connolly
538:James Brendan Connolly
100:James Brendan Connolly
600:Monday, 25 March 1896
961:sports-reference.com
597:Monday, 6 April 1896
198:1896 Summer Olympics
44:Panathinaiko Stadium
410:steps and a jump."
1093:la84foundation.org
1065:la84foundation.org
990:"Triple Jump, Men"
405:Competition format
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186:
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128:Alexandre Tuffèri
19:Men's triple jump
2257:
2224:
2212:
2211:
2201:
2189:
2188:
2178:
2169:Christian Taylor
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2165:
2155:
2146:Christian Taylor
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2142:
2132:
2120:
2119:
2109:
2100:Christian Olsson
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2096:
2086:
2077:Jonathan Edwards
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1890:
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963:. Archived from
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208:
189:
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156:Ioannis Persakis
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135:
134:
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106:
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32:
16:
15:
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2264:
2260:
2259:
2258:
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2255:
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2234:
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2117:
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2080:
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2057:
2048:
2034:
2025:
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1988:
1979:
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1956:
1942:
1933:
1919:
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1887:
1873:
1864:
1850:
1841:
1827:
1818:
1804:
1795:
1781:
1772:
1758:
1749:
1735:
1726:
1712:
1703:
1689:
1680:
1666:
1657:
1643:
1640:Gustaf Lindblom
1634:
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1611:
1597:
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1574:
1565:
1551:
1542:
1528:
1523:
1493:
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1155:
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1008:
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945:
922:
917:Friedrich Traun
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818:Khristos Zoumis
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743:Alajos Szokolyi
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1939:Viktor Saneyev
1926:
1916:Viktor Saneyev
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1893:Viktor Saneyev
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1548:James Connolly
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1138:
1136:
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1110:1-86197-342-X
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1086:0-7864-0379-9
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