| Final | Distance | | | 1. Ellery Harding Clark |  United States | 6.35m | Or. | | 2. Robert Garrett | United States | 6.18m | | | 3. James Brendan Connolly | United States | 6.11m | | | 4. Alexandre Tuffère |  France | 5.98m | | | 5. Adolphe Grisel | France | 5.83m | | | 6. Henrik Sjöberg |  Sweden | 5.80m | | | 7. Alexandros Chalkokondylis |  Greece | 5.74m | | | 8. Carl Schuhmann |  Germany | 5.70m | | | 9. Athanasios Skaltsogiannis | Greece | Unknown | | | -. Harald Arbin | Sweden | DNS | | | -. Tom Curtis | United States | DNS | | | -. Nándor Dáni |  Hungary | DNS | | | -. Ralph Derr | United States | DNS | | | -. Kurt Doerry |  Germany | DNS | | | -. Alfred Flatow | Germany | DNS | | | -. Carl Galle | Germany | DNS | | | -. Fritz Hofmann | Germany | DNS | | | -. Konstantinos Mouratis | Greece | DNS | | | -. Pál Péthy | Hungary | DNS | | | -. Alajos Szokolyi | Hungary | DNS | | | -. Momcsilló Tapavicza | Hungary | DNS | | | -. Friedrich Traun | Germany | DNS | | | -. Hermann Weingärtner | Germany | DNS | |
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Three days before his high jump win, Clark won the long jump title on
his third jump after two fouls. He had placed second in the 1895 US
Championships, but even in 1896 a jump of 7m would have been
required to give this the stamp of a top class event.
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