running broad jump
Americannoun
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Chief star: R. M. N. Tisdall, rangy Irishman, who won the shot put, running broad jump, 20-yard high hurdles, quarter-mile.
From Time Magazine Archive
They were to come in this order: Standing broad jump, running broad jump, high jump, foil match, revolver contest and boxing match.
From The Boy Allies at Jutland by Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes
"Besides the boxing match and standing broad jump are the running broad jump; high jumping, a match with foils and a revolver contest."
From The Boy Allies at Jutland by Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes
Wondering then whether they might not teach him something, Jack did a standing broad jump and Bud a running broad jump and Harry a hop, skip, and a jump.
From Erskine Dale?Pioneer by John Fox
"Mr. Hartley is the proud possessor of the English championship belt for running broad jump, having cleared something over 45 feet."
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 146, March 4th 1914 by Various
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