Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump

Men's triple jump at the Games of the III Olympiad
Venue	Francis Field
Dates	September 1
Competitors	7 from 1 nation
Medalists
Myer Prinstein  United States Fred Englehardt  United States Robert Stangland  United States

Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics
Track events
60 m		men
100 m		men
200 m		men
400 m		men
800 m		men
1500 m		men
110 m hurdles		men
200 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men
2590 m steeplechase		men
4 mile team race		men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
Long jump	men
Triple jump	men
High jump	men
Pole vault	men
Standing long jump	men
Standing triple jump	men
Standing high jump	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men
Hammer throw	men
56 pound weight throw	men
Combined events
Triathlon	men
All-around	men

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.

Records

These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1904 Summer Olympics.

World Record	15.26(*)	Matthew Roseingreue	Gort (GBR)	August 15, 1895
Olympic Record	14.47	Myer Prinstein	Paris (FRA)	July 16, 1900

(*) unofficial

Results

Final

Place	Athlete	Distance
1	Myer Prinstein (USA)	14.35
2	Fred Englehardt (USA)	13.90
3	Robert Stangland (USA)	13.36
4.	John Fuhler (USA)	12.91
5.	George Van Cleaf (USA)
6.	John Hagerman (USA)
7.	Samuel Jones (USA)

Sources

• sports-reference