Long jump at the Olympics gold medals in its brief history. From 1900 to 1912 a variation of the event was contested at the Olympics where athletes had to long jump from a standing position. This was one of three standing jumps to have featured on the Olympic programme, alongside the standing high jump (present for the same period) and the standing triple jump (1900 and 1904 only). The standing jump competitions were dominated by Ray Ewry, who won the Olympic standing long jump titles in 1900, 1904 and 1908. His clearance of at the 1904 Olympics remained as the Olympic record for the event
Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle over the mile was 24:33.0, beating the standing record of 24:42.6 set by David Billington in 1905. Swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 metre freestyle The men's 1500 metre freestyle was one of 6 swimming events on the swimming at the 1908 Summer Olympics programme. Its distance was the longest of the 3 individual freestyle event distances. The competition was held from Tuesday July 21, 1908, to Saturday July 25, 1908. Nineteen swimmers from eight nations competed. These were the standing world and Olympic records (in minutes) prior to the 1908 Summer Olympics. "(*)" one mile (1609.34