Men Triple Jump Athletics I Olympic Games Arhens, Greece 1896 - Monday, 6th April (25th March) - Gold Medal: James Connolly, United States
FinalDistance
1. James ConnollyUSA United States13.71mOR12.71m
2. Alexandre TuffèriFRA France12.70m 12.70m
3. Ioannis PersakisGRe Greece12.52m 12.56m
4. Alajos SzokolyiHUN Hungary11.26m 12.30m
5. Carl SchuhmannGeR GermanyUnknown 11.50m
6-7. Fritz HofmannGeR GermanyUnknown
6-7. Khristos ZoumisGRe GreeceUnknown

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Venue: Panathenaic Stadium 30,000.
7 competitors from 5 nations.
Connolly won with his hop-hop-jump style, as compared with the now conventional hop-step-jump of Tuffere. Persakis jumped in the local style of two steps and a jump. Connolly’s winning jump gave him the first title to be won in the modern Olympic Games. Both Edward Bloss and Charles Reber were 14m jumpers (and 7m long jumpers) who might well have given the event greater international stature had they been present.
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