Combined events at the Olympics combined event featured on the programme, as happened at the 1904 Summer Olympics, but the Greeks introduced a variation of the Ancient Olympic pentathlon. This contained four track and field events – standing long jump, ancient-style discus throw, javelin throw and a stadion race (192 m) – with the final event being Greco-Roman wrestling. American Martin Sheridan was the initial favourite, having already won gold and silver medals in individual jump and throws events, but dropped out due to injury. Lawson Robertson and István Mudin each won two of the rounds (Robertson the long jump and stadion, Mudin the discus
Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's standing triple jump of the three, with four countries competing. All of the competitors in the standing triple jump except the medallists also competed in the regular triple jump. Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's standing triple jump The men's standing triple jump was a track & field athletics event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, France. It was held on July 16, 1900. 10 athletes from four nations competed in the standing triple jump. These were the standing world and Olympic records (in metres) prior to the 1900 Summer Olympics. Ray Ewry set the first Olympic record in this