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Athletics At The 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's Long Jump
The men's long jump was a track and field athletics event held as part of the athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics programme. It was the third time the event was held. Nine athletes from three nations participated. The competition was held on Thursday, September 1, 1904. Myer Prinstein, who had taken second place in 1900 after leading in the first round of jumping but declining to compete in the second due to it being held on a Sunday, won the contest and set a new Olympic record for distance. It was the third straight victory for the United States and the second time (after 1896) the Americans had swept the medals in the event. Prinstein became the first man to win two medals in the event. Background This was the third appearance of the event, which is one of 12 athletics events to have been held at every Summer Olympics. Myer Prinstein of the United States, who took silver in 1900, was the only jumper from Paris to return in 1904. Peter O'Connor would have been the favorite ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Myer Prinstein
Myer Prinstein (born Mejer Prinsztejn, December 22, 1878 – March 10, 1925) was a Poland-born American track and field athlete who held the world record for the long jump in 1900 and won four gold medals in three Olympic Games for the long jump and triple jump. He was a member of the Irish American Athletic Club in Queens, New York. A 1902 law graduate and track team captain for Syracuse University, after college he became a New York real estate lawyer and businessman while living in Jamaica Plains, Queens. To date, he is the only Olympic track athlete to win both the triple and long jump in the same Olympics, earning the distinction in St. Louis in 1904. Early life Prinstein was Jewish and was born in Szczuczyn, in Russian-ruled Congress Poland.Paul TaylorJews and the Olympic Games: The Clash Between Sport and Politics Sussex Academic Press, 2004, , pp. 239-40 His parents, Jacob and Julia Prinstein (born Jankiel Prinsztejn and Judes Rubinsztejn), emigrated to New York City. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
France
France, officially the French Republic, is a country located primarily in Western Europe. Overseas France, Its overseas regions and territories include French Guiana in South America, Saint Pierre and Miquelon in the Atlantic Ocean#North Atlantic, North Atlantic, the French West Indies, and List of islands of France, many islands in Oceania and the Indian Ocean, giving it Exclusive economic zone of France, one of the largest discontiguous exclusive economic zones in the world. Metropolitan France shares borders with Belgium and Luxembourg to the north; Germany to the northeast; Switzerland to the east; Italy and Monaco to the southeast; Andorra and Spain to the south; and a maritime border with the United Kingdom to the northwest. Its metropolitan area extends from the Rhine to the Atlantic Ocean and from the Mediterranean Sea to the English Channel and the North Sea. Its Regions of France, eighteen integral regions—five of which are overseas—span a combined area of and hav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Garrett Serviss (athlete)
Garrett Putnam Serviss, Jr. (January 1881 – December 23, 1907) was an American athlete who mostly competed in the high jump. He competed for the United States in the 1904 Summer Olympics held in St Louis, United States in the high jump where he won the silver medal. Serviss graduated from Cornell University Cornell University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by American philanthropist Ezra Cornell and historian and educator Andrew Dickson W ... in 1905. His father was science fiction writer Garrett P. Serviss. References External linksGarrett Serviss' profile at database Olympics* * 1881 births 1907 deaths Cornell University alumni Olympic silver medalists for the United States in track and field Athletes (track and field) at the 1904 Summer Olympics American male high jumpers Medalists at the 1904 Summer Olympics Olympic male high jumpers 20th-ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick Schule
Frederick William Schule (September 27, 1879 – September 14, 1962) was an American track and field athlete, football player, athletic coach, teacher, bacteriologist, and engineer. He competed for the track and field teams at the University of Wisconsin from 1900 to 1901 and at the University of Michigan in 1904. He was also a member of the undefeated 1903 Michigan Wolverines football team that outscored its opponents 565 to 6. In 1904, Schule won the gold medal in the 110 meter hurdles at the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri. From 1905 to 1907, he was employed as the director of the gymnasium and coach of the football and basketball teams at the University of Montana in Missoula, Montana. Schule also worked as a school teacher in Wausau and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and as an assayer and bacteriologist in Utah and Chicago. He later worked as an engineer and superintendent for Westinghouse Lamp Company. In 2008, he was posthumously inducted into the University of M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Percival Molson
Captain Percival Talbot "Percy" Molson, MC (August 14, 1880 – July 5, 1917) was a Canadian star athlete and soldier. After an outstanding sports career with McGill University, Molson joined its administration. Molson died fighting in World War I. In his will, he donated funds for McGill to build its football stadium, named Percival Molson Memorial Stadium in his honour. Biography An Anglo-Quebecer, Molson was born in the resort community of Cacouna, Québec, on the St. Lawrence River. He was the son of John Thomas Molson (1837–1910) and Jane (Jennie) Baker Butler (1850–1926). A gifted athlete, at the age of sixteen Percival Molson participated in several sports and as an ice hockey player he was a member of the Montreal Victorias that won the 1897 Stanley Cup championship. While studying at McGill University, Percival Molson captained the hockey team, starred in track and field competitions, played racquet sports, and made the football team. He was named McGill Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Hunter (American Athlete)
William Bridges Hunter (February 19, 1883 – August 25, 1966) was an American track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He competed in the 60 metres. He did not make it out of the heats, finishing outside the top two and so failing to qualify automatically or for the repechage. See also * United States at the 1904 Summer Olympics The United States hosted the 1904 Summer Olympics in St. Louis, Missouri. American athletes won a total of 231 medals, setting a record for the most medals won at a single Olympics that still stands today. Medalists Results by event Arche ... References External links * Sources * 1883 births 1966 deaths American male sprinters Olympic track and field athletes for the United States Athletes (track and field) at the 1904 Summer Olympics 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-sprint-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ervin Barker
Ervin Jeremiah Barker (June 2, 1883 – 1961) was an American athlete. He competed in the men's high jump at the 1904 Summer Olympics The 1904 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the III Olympiad and also known as St. Louis 1904) were an international multi-sport event held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, from 1 July to 23 November 1904. Many events were conducted .... References External links * 1883 births 1961 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1904 Summer Olympics American male high jumpers Olympic track and field athletes for the United States People from Cresco, Iowa Track and field athletes from Iowa Olympic male high jumpers Iowa Hawkeyes men's track and field athletes Washington (state) lawyers 20th-century American lawyers Date of death missing Place of death missing {{US-highjump-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Oxley (athlete)
John Taylor Oxley, Jr. (October 13, 1881 – November 10, 1925) was an American track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. He was born on October 13, 1881. In 1904 he participated in long jump competition, but his exact placement is unknown. He died in Morrison, Illinois Morrison is a city and the county seat of Whiteside County, Illinois, United States. The population was 4,188 at the 2010 census, down from 4,447 in 2000. It is located on the Historic Lincoln Highway, the nation's first transcontinental highway ... on November 10, 1925. References External linkslist of American athletes * 1881 births 1925 deaths American male long jumpers Olympic track and field athletes for the United States Athletes (track and field) at the 1904 Summer Olympics People from Morrison, Illinois 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-longjump-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Béla Mező
Dr. Béla Elemér Mező (1 July 1883, in Veličná, Nagyfalu – 17 April 1954, in Budapest) was a Hungary, Hungarian Track and field, track and field athlete who competed at the 1904 Summer Olympics. Biography In 1904 he was third in his first round heat of Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's 100 metres, 100 m competition and did not advance to the final. In the Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's 60 metres, 60 metres event he was also eliminated in the first round after finishing fourth in his heat, he was nearly disqualified due to two false starts but the other athletes in his heat refused him to be penalized. He also participated in the Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's long jump, long jump competition but his exact result is unknown. In all three events he was the only European competitor. A member of the Hungarian Athletic Club (MAC) he set records in the 100 yard event winning national championships and was awarded the Hungarian Perp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Corrie Gardner
Henry Corris "Corrie" Gardner (12 March 1879 – 6 August 1960) was an Australian track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics, and played Australian rules football for Essendon Football Club and Melbourne Football Club. Gardner was a member of the Melburnian Hare & Hounds Athletics Club and when aged 25 years old he travelled to St. Louis, Illinois, to compete at the 1904 Summer Olympics, on arrival he was surprised no accommodation had been arranged and was sent to a park to the tent community. In the competition he first entered the long jump, with no qualification round it was straight in to the final, there are no official records of the distance he jumped but it is known he finished outside the first six out of nine athletes. A couple of days later he was on the track competing in the 110 metres hurdles, although his time isn't known he did finish last in his heat so didn't qualify for the final later that day. Gardner was the Australian national ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Hagerman
John Percival "Percy" Hagerman (October 25, 1881 – February 21, 1960) was a Canadian track and field athlete who competed in the 1904 Summer Olympics. Biography Born in Coburg, Ontario, Hagerman competed at the 1904 Olympic Games, finishing sixth in the long jump event as well as sixth in the triple jump competition. He is a member of the Occidental College Track and Field Hall of Fame. Hagerman finished second behind Peter O'Connor in the long jump event at the British 1906 AAA Championships The 1906 AAA Championships was the 1906 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held on Saturday 7 July 1906 at the Stamford Bridge (stadium) Stamford Bridge () .... References External links John Hagerman's profile at Sports Reference.com* 1881 births 1960 deaths Track and field athletes from Hamilton, Ontario Canadian male long jumpers Canadian male triple jumpers Olympic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Van Cleve
Gilbert Van Cleve (December 15, 1880 – May 5, 1951) was an American athlete. He competed in the long jump and triple jump events at the 1904 Summer Olympics The 1904 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the III Olympiad and also known as St. Louis 1904) were an international multi-sport event held in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, from 1 July to 23 November 1904. Many events were conducted .... References External links * 1880 births 1951 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1904 Summer Olympics American male long jumpers American male triple jumpers Olympic track and field athletes for the United States People from Staunton, Illinois Track and field athletes from Illinois Olympic male long jumpers Olympic male triple jumpers 20th-century American sportsmen {{US-triplejump-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
