Ray Ewry's winning leap of 1.655 m in the standing high-jump would have won him the silver medal in the regular high-jump four years earlier, and a seventh place finish in Paris.

For the only time ever a high-jump event for horses was held. Joint winners, Canela, a French horse, and Oresta, an Italian horse, lept to 1.85m, which would have won them silver in the human competition. Current world record for horses is 2.47m, 2 cm higher than the human record.

Name the first man since Alvin Kranzlein to win 4 track and field golds. Answer: Carl Lewis (USA) won 4 track and field gold medals in 1984.