Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump

Men's triple jump at the Games of the I Olympiad
James B. Connolly won the triple jump and became the first Olympic Champion since the 4th century AD
Venue	Panathinaiko Stadium
Dates	April 6
Competitors	7 from 5 nations
Medalists
James Connolly  United States Alexandre Tuffèri  France Ioannis Persakis  Greece

Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men
400 m	men
800 m	men
1500 m	men
110 m hurdles	men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
High jump	men
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men

The men's triple jump was one of four jumping events on the Athletics at the 1896 Summer Olympics programme. There were 7 competitors in the triple jump, then known as the "hop, skip, and jump" despite the wide range of techniques used by the competitors. The event was held on 6 April, immediately after the first heats of the 100 metre race. Since there was only one round of the triple jump, the winner was crowned as the first modern Olympic champion.^[1]

Results

Rank	Name	Nation	Distance	Notes
	James Connolly	United States	13.71	OR
	Alexandre Tuffèri	France	12.70
	Ioannis Persakis	Greece	12.52
4	Alajos Szokolyi	Hungary	11.26
5	Carl Schuhmann	Germany	Unknown
6-7	Fritz Hofmann	Germany	Unknown
6-7	Khristos Zoumis	Greece	Unknown

References

Sources

• Lampros, S.P.; Polites, N.G.; De Coubertin, Pierre; Philemon, P.J. & Anninos, C. (1897). The Olympic Games: BC 776 – AD 1896. Athens: Charles Beck. (Digitally available at la84foundation.org)
• Mallon, Bill & Widlund, Ture (1998). The 1896 Olympic Games. Results for All Competitors in All Events, with Commentary. Jefferson: McFarland. ISBN 0-7864-0379-9. (Excerpt available at la84foundation.org)
• Smith, Michael Llewellyn (2004). Olympics in Athens 1896. The Invention of the Modern Olympic Games. London: Profile Books. ISBN 1-86197-342-X.