Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics – Men's standing long jump
| Men's standing long jump at the Games of the V Olympiad
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Tsiklitiras on the way to win the gold medal.
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| Date | July 8 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 19 from 8 nations | ||||||||||||
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Konstantinos Tsiklitiras |
 Greece
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Platt Adams |
 United States
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Benjamin Adams |
United States
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The men's standing long jump was a track and field athletics event held as part of the Athletics at the 1912 Summer Olympics programme. It was the fourth and final appearance of the event. The competition was held on Monday, July 8, 1912.
Nineteen long jumpers from eight nations competed.
Ray Ewry, who was the three-time defending champion in the event, did not compete in 1912. The silver medalist from 1908, Konstantinos Tsiklitiras, won the event. Platt Adams, the sixth-place finisher four years earlier, took second. Benjamin Adams finished third. Each of the three standing long jump medalists also medaled in the standing high jump, though in a different order.
These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1912 Summer Olympics.
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