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Benjamin Adams during the standing long jump competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics

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Gustaf Malmsten during the standing long jump competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics

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Konstantinos Tsiklitiras during the standing long jump competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics

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Platt Adams during the standing long jump competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics

The standing long jump is an athletics event. It was an Olympic event until 1912.

In performing the standing long jump, the jumper stands at a line marked on the ground with the feet slightly apart. The athlete takes off and lands using both feet, swinging the arms and bending the knees to provide forward drive. In Olympic rules, the measurement used was the longest of three tries. The jump must be repeated if the athlete falls back or takes a step at take-off.

Ray Ewry set the world record for the standing long jump (3.47 m (11.4 ft) on 3 September 1904) as well as the standing high jump (1.65 m on 16 July 1900). The record is now held by Norwegian Arne Tvervaag from Ringerike FIK Sportclub, who jumped 3.71 metres in Noresund on 11 November 1968.[1]

When indoor arenas were built, the standing long jump began to disappear as an event. Today, Norway is the only country where the standing long jump is a national championship event. The Norwegian Championships in Standing Jumps (long jump and high jump) has been held in Stange every winter since 1995.[2][3]

The standing long jump is also one of the events at the NFL combine,[4] as well as the physical fitness test that officer cadets must complete at the Royal Military College of Canada and the United States Air Force Academy.[5]

Olympic medalists[]

Games Gold Silver Bronze
1900 Paris File:US flag 45 stars.svg Ray Ewry (USA) File:US flag 45 stars.svg Irving Baxter (USA) File:Flag of France.svg Émile Torcheboeuf ([[Template:Country IOC alias FRA at the 1900 Summer Olympics|FRA]])
1904 St. Louis File:US flag 45 stars.svg Ray Ewry (USA) File:US flag 45 stars.svg Charles King (USA)
File:US flag 45 stars.svg John Biller (USA)
1906 Athens File:US flag 45 stars.svg Ray Ewry (USA) File:US flag 45 stars.svg Martin Sheridan (USA) File:US flag 45 stars.svg Lawson Robertson (USA)
1908 London File:US flag 45 stars.svg Ray Ewry (USA) File:Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg Konstantinos Tsiklitiras ([[Template:Country IOC alias GRE at the 1908 Summer Olympics|GRE]]) File:US flag 45 stars.svg Martin Sheridan (USA)
1912 Stockholm File:Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg Konstantinos Tsiklitiras ([[Template:Country IOC alias GRE at the 1912 Summer Olympics|GRE]]) File:US flag 46 stars.svg Platt Adams (USA) File:US flag 46 stars.svg Benjamin Adams (USA)

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