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.