Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump
| Men's triple jump at the Games of the III Olympiad
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| Venue | Francis Field | ||||||||||||
| Dates | September 1 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 7 from 1 nation | ||||||||||||
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Myer Prinstein |
 United States
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Fred Englehardt |
United States
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Robert Stangland |
United States
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The men's triple 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. Seven athletes, all from the United States, participated. The competition was held on Thursday, September 1, 1904.
Myer Prinstein successfully defended his Olympic championship in the event, though was unable to better his previous Olympic record distance of 14.47 metres.
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1904 Summer Olympics.
(*) unofficial
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