Standing long jump

Official video of the standing long jump record

Benjamin Adams during the standing long jump competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Gustaf Malmsten during the standing long jump competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Konstantinos Tsiklitiras during the standing long jump competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics

Platt Adams during the standing long jump competition at the 1912 Summer Olympics

The standing long jump, also known as the standing broad jump, is an athletics event. It was an Olympic event until 1912. It is one of three standing variants of track and field jumping events, which also include the standing high jump and standing triple jump.

In performing the standing long jump, the jumper stands at a line marked on the ground with the feet slightly apart. The athlete takes off and lands using both feet, swinging the arms and bending the knees to provide forward drive. In Olympic rules, the measurement used was the longest of three tries. The jump must be repeated if the athlete falls back or takes a step at take-off.

Ray Ewry set the first world record for the standing long jump at 3.47 m (11 ft 4+1⁄2 in) on 3 September 1904. The current record is held by Dallas Cowboys cornerback Byron Jones, who recorded a jump of 3.73 m (12 ft 2+3⁄4 in) at the NFL Combine on 23 February 2015. Beating the previous world record of 3.71 m (12 ft 2 in) held by Norwegian Arne Tvervaag from Ringerike FIK Sportclub.

When indoor arenas were built, the standing long jump began to disappear as an event. Today, Norway is the only country where the standing long jump is a national championship event. The Norwegian Championships in Standing Jumps (long jump and high jump) has been held in Stange every winter since 1995.

The standing long jump is also one of the events at the NFL combine, it was one of the standardized test events as part of the President's Award on Physical Fitness, as well as the physical fitness test that officer cadets must complete at the Royal Military College of Canada and the United States Air Force Academy. In the Brazilian police forces, a minimum performance in a standing long jump test is required to join the Federal Police (2.14 m for men 1.66 m for women) and the Federal Highway Police (2.00 m for men 1.60 m for women).

Olympic medalists

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1900 Paris	Ray Ewry  United States	Irving Baxter  United States	Emile Torcheboeuf  France
1904 St. Louis	Ray Ewry  United States	Charles King  United States	John Biller  United States
1908 London	Ray Ewry  United States	Konstantinos Tsiklitiras  Greece	Martin Sheridan  United States
1912 Stockholm	Konstantinos Tsiklitiras  Greece	Platt Adams  United States	Benjamin Adams  United States

Intercalated Games

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
1906 Athens	Ray Ewry (USA)	Martin Sheridan (USA)	Lawson Robertson (USA)