Olympic runner-up Robert Garrett ( left ) - also successful as the winner of the shot put / discus throw, third high jump - right his teammate Albert Tyler, second pole vault
April 7, 1896, 2:40 p.m.
The jumpers had three attempts. The Olympic champion initially had two failed attempts and had to tremble. The reason for this was the intervention of the chief arbiter, Crown Prince Konstantin . He had removed the cap that Clark had placed there as a jump mark. The Crown Prince said that such aids did not comply with the rules of amateur sport. But Ellery Clark achieved the winning distance with his only valid jump, which, however, did not reach the world level of the epoch at that time. The world record was missing 86 centimeters and widths of just under or over seven meters were achieved on other occasions - e.g. B. achieved the British championship title in 1896 with 7.03 m.
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Pl. 2: bronze
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