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
Switzerland at the 2012 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games. Note that reserves in fencing, field hockey, football, and handball are not counted as athletes: Switzerland qualified two archers in men's and women's individual events. 14 Swiss athletes qualified for the athletics events. On 11 May 2012, Sabrina Jaquet qualified to compete in the Olympic Badminton Women's singles. Switzerland has so far qualified boats for the following events: Fabian Cancellara was the defending Olympic champion in the men's time trial event and the 2008 Olympic silver medallist in the road race event. In the road