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Long Jump, Men

Date	22 July 1908 — 10:30
Status	Olympic
Location	White City Stadium, London
Participants	31 from 9 countries
Olympic Record	7.34 / Meyer Prinstein USA / 1 September 1904 / Details

The British Isles had no top jumper since Ireland’s Peter O’Connor had retired after the 1906 Olympics. America also was lacking a dominant long jumper, as Meyer Prinstein was no longer competing. O’Connor was the holder of the world record of 24-11¾ (7.61), which he had set in 1901 and which, amazingly enough, remained an Irish record until 1990.

Frank Irons (USA) easily surpassed his best form at home, and his victory was one of the major upsets of the 1908 Olympics. He led the qualifying with 24-5 (7.44), and improved to 24-6 (7.48) in the final. He was the only one of the three finalists to improve on his performance in the qualifying round, and his winning mark placed him third on the all-time list behind O’Connor and Prinstein. Irons later won the AAU long jump title in both 1909 and 1910, and in 1909 also won the triple jump. He competed at the 1912 Olympics as well, but finished 9th in the long jump.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Qualifying	Final
1	Frank Irons	USA	7.44 (1)	7.48 (1)	Gold	OR
2	Dan Kelly	USA	7.09 (2)	– (2)	Silver
3	Cal Bricker	CAN	7.08 (3)	– (3)	Bronze
4	Ed Cook	USA	6.97 (4)	–
5	John Brennan	USA	6.86 (5)	–
6	Frank Mount Pleasant	USA	6.82 (6)	–
7	Albert Weinstein	GER	6.77 (7)	–
8	Tim Ahearne	GBR	6.72 (8)	–
9	Denis Murray	GBR	6.71 (9)	–
10	Gunnar Rönström	SWE	6.67 (10)	–
11	Charles Williams	GBR	6.65 (11)	–
12	Sam Bellah	USA	6.64 (12)	–
13	Frank Lukeman	CAN	6.59 (13)	–
14	Ödön Holits	HUN	6.54 (14)	–
15	Arthur Hoffmann	GER	6.50 (15)	–
16	Al Bellerby	GBR	6.44 (16)	–
17	Wilf Bleaden	GBR	6.13 (20)	–
18	Willie Watt	GBR	6.42 (17)	–
19	George Barber	CAN	6.41 (18)	–
20	Carl Silfverstrand	SWE	6.34 (19)	–
AC	Bram Evers	NED	– (AC)	–
AC	James O'Connell	USA	– (AC)	–
AC	Jacobus Hoogveld	NED	– (AC)	–
AC	Hugo Wieslander	SWE	– (AC)	–
AC	Hermann von Bönninghausen	GER	– (AC)	–
AC	Henri Gutierrez	FRA	– (AC)	–
AC	Lionel Cornish	GBR	– (AC)	–
AC	Garfield MacDonald	CAN	– (AC)	–
AC	Arvid Ringstrand	SWE	– (AC)	–
AC	Henry Olsen	NOR	– (AC)	–
AC	Ludwig Uettwiller	GER	– (AC)	–			1
DNS	Géza Kövesdi	HUN	–	–
DNS	Uuno Railo	FIN	–	–
DNS	Gaston Martens	BEL	–	–
DNS	Eugène Steiner	FRA	–	–
DNS	Sandór Veres	HUN	–	–
DNS	F. Young	USA	–	–
DNS	Ben Stephenson	USA	–	–
DNS	Erik Majunko	HUN	–	–
DNS	Ede Rökk	HUN	–	–
DNS	Andor Szende	HUN	–	–
DNS	István Czurgay	HUN	–	–
DNS	Alex Gordon	GBR	–	–
DNS	Jeremiah Mahoney	USA	–	–
DNS	Ernest Hutcheon	ANZ	–	–
DNS	Gustav Krojer	AUT	–	–
DNS	Ted Savage	CAN	–	–
DNS	Juho Halme	FIN	–	–
DNS	Armas Pesonen	FIN	–	–
DNS	Ragnar Stenberg	FIN	–	–
DNS	Géo André	FRA	–	–
DNS	Henri Meslot	FRA	–	–
DNS	Robert Pascarel	FRA	–	–
DNS	Cyril Dugmore	GBR	–	–
DNS	Oswald Groenings	GBR	–	–
DNS	Con Leahy	GBR	–	–
DNS	Karl Bechler	GER	–	–
DNS	Nándor Kovács	HUN	–	–
DNS	István Somodi	HUN	–	–
DNS	Kálmán Szathmáry	HUN	–	–
DNS	Gaspare Torretta	ITA	–	–
DNS	Evert Koops	NED	–	–
DNS	Edvard Larsen	NOR	–	–
DNS	Doug Stupart	RSA	–	–
DNS	Julius Wagner	SUI	–	–
DNS	Karl Fryksdahl	SWE	–	–
DNS	Sven Låftman	SWE	–	–
DNS	Knut Stenborg	SWE	–	–
DNS	Platt Adams	USA	–	–
DNS	Nate Sherman	USA	–	–
DNS	Karl Lampelmayer	AUT	–	–
DNS	Martin Brustmann	GER	–	–

Qualifying Round

Date	22 July 1908 — 10:30
Format	Each competitor was allowed 3 jumps, after which the leading 3 were allowed a further 3 trials. The 9 scheduled qualifying sections were consolidated into 5 pools.

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Distance (Imperial)
1	Frank Irons	USA	7.44	24-5	QOR
2	Dan Kelly	USA	7.09	23-3¼	Q
3	Cal Bricker	CAN	7.08	23-3	Q
4	Ed Cook	USA	6.97	22-10½
5	John Brennan	USA	6.86	22-6¼
6	Frank Mount Pleasant	USA	6.82	22-4½
7	Albert Weinstein	GER	6.77	22-2¾
8	Tim Ahearne	GBR	6.72	22-0¾
9	Denis Murray	GBR	6.71	22-0¼
10	Gunnar Rönström	SWE	6.67	21-10½
11	Charles Williams	GBR	6.65	21-10
12	Sam Bellah	USA	6.64	21-9½
13	Frank Lukeman	CAN	6.59	21-7½
14	Ödön Holits	HUN	6.54	21-5½
15	Arthur Hoffmann	GER	6.50	21-4
16	Al Bellerby	GBR	6.44	21-1¾
17	Willie Watt	GBR	6.42	21-0¾
18	George Barber	CAN	6.41	21-0½
19	Carl Silfverstrand	SWE	6.34	20-9½
20	Wilf Bleaden	GBR	6.13	21-1½
AC	Bram Evers	NED	–	–
AC	James O'Connell	USA	–	–
AC	Jacobus Hoogveld	NED	–	–
AC	Hugo Wieslander	SWE	–	–
AC	Hermann von Bönninghausen	GER	–	–
AC	Henri Gutierrez	FRA	–	–
AC	Lionel Cornish	GBR	–	–
AC	Garfield MacDonald	CAN	–	–
AC	Arvid Ringstrand	SWE	–	–
AC	Henry Olsen	NOR	–	–
AC	Ludwig Uettwiller	GER	–	–		2

Group A

Date	22 July 1908

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Distance (Imperial)
1	Ed Cook	USA	6.97	22-10½
2	Sam Bellah	USA	6.64	21-9½
3	Ödön Holits	HUN	6.54	21-5½
4	Wilf Bleaden	GBR	6.13	21-1½

Group B

Date	22 July 1908

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Distance (Imperial)
1	Dan Kelly	USA	7.09	23-3¼	Q
2	John Brennan	USA	6.86	22-6¼
3	Albert Weinstein	GER	6.77	22-2¾
4	Tim Ahearne	GBR	6.72	22-0¾
5	Al Bellerby	GBR	6.44	21-1¾
6	George Barber	CAN	6.41	21-0½
7	Carl Silfverstrand	SWE	6.34	20-9½

Group C

Date	22 July 1908

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Distance (Imperial)
1	Frank Irons	USA	7.44	24-5	QOR
2	Frank Mount Pleasant	USA	6.82	22-4½
3	Charles Williams	GBR	6.65	21-10
AC	Bram Evers	NED	–	–
AC	James O'Connell	USA	–	–

Group D

Date	22 July 1908

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Distance (Imperial)
1	Denis Murray	GBR	6.71	22-0¼
2	Frank Lukeman	CAN	6.59	21-7½
3	Willie Watt	GBR	6.42	21-0¾
AC	Jacobus Hoogveld	NED	–	–
AC	Hugo Wieslander	SWE	–	–
AC	Hermann von Bönninghausen	GER	–	–

Group E

Date	22 July 1908

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Distance (Imperial)
1	Cal Bricker	CAN	7.08	23-3	Q
2	Gunnar Rönström	SWE	6.67	21-10½
3	Arthur Hoffmann	GER	6.50	21-4
AC	Henri Gutierrez	FRA	–	–
AC	Lionel Cornish	GBR	–	–
AC	Garfield MacDonald	CAN	–	–
AC	Arvid Ringstrand	SWE	–	–
AC	Henry Olsen	NOR	–	–

Final Round

Date	22 July 1908 — 15:30

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Distance	Distance (Imperial)
1	Frank Irons	USA	7.48	24-6½	OR
2	Dan Kelly	USA	–	–
3	Cal Bricker	CAN	–	–