Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump
| Men's triple jump at the Games of the II Olympiad
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| Venue | Bois de Boulogne | |||||||||
| Dates | July 16 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 13 from 6 nations | |||||||||
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Myer Prinstein United States
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James Connolly United States
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Lewis Sheldon United States
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The men's triple jump was a track & field athletics event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. It was held on July 16, 1900. 13 athletes from six nations competed in the triple jump.
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1900 Summer Olympics.
(*) unofficial
Myer Prinstein set a new Olympic record with 14.47 metres.
Prinstein defeated the defending champion Connolly to win the second Olympic triple jump competition. Distances for most of the competitors are unknown, as are placings after sixth.
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