Venue Francis Field Competitors 7 from 1 nation | Dates September 1 | |
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.
(*) unofficial
References
Athletics at the 1904 Summer Olympics – Men's triple jump Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA