The final of the Men's Long Jump event at the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden was held on Tuesday August 8, 2006. There were a total number of 28 participating athletes. The qualifying rounds were staged a day earlier, on Monday August 7, with the mark set in 7.95 metres.
Medalists edit
| Gold |  Andrew HoweItaly (ITA) |
| Silver |  Greg RutherfordGreat Britain (GBR) |
| Bronze |  Olexiy LukashevychUkraine (UKR) |
Schedule edit
- All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
| Qualification Round | |
|---|---|
| Group A | Group B |
| 07.08.2006 – 19:45h | 07.08.2006 – 19:45h |
| Final Round | |
| 08.08.2006 – 17:25h | |
Abbreviations edit
- All results shown are in metres
| Q | automatic qualification |
| q | qualification by rank |
| DNS | did not start |
| NM | no mark |
| WR | world record |
| AR | area record |
| NR | national record |
| PB | personal best |
| SB | season best |
Records edit
| Standing records prior to the 2006 European Athletics Championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Record |  Mike Powell (USA) |
8.95 m | August 30, 1991 |  Tokyo, Japan
|
| Event Record |  Robert Emmiyan (URS) |
8.41 m | August 29, 1986 |  Stuttgart, West Germany
|
Qualification edit
Group A edit
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 1 | 2 | Viktor Kuznyetsov (UKR) |
8.25 | — | — | 8.25 m | |
| 2 | 3 |  Louis Tsatoumas (GRE) |
8.09 | — | — | 8.09 m | |
| 3 | 4 | Greg Rutherford (GBR) |
8.07 | — | — | 8.07 m | |
| 4 | 10 |  Nelson Évora (POR) |
X | 7.88 | 7.93 | 7.93 m | |
| 5 | 11 |  Salim Sdiri (FRA) |
7.54 | X | 7.87 | 7.87 m | |
| 6 | 12 |  Ruslan Gataullin (RUS) |
7.80 | X | 7.85 | 7.85 m | |
| 7 | 14 | Dmytro Bilotserkivsky (UKR) |
X | X | 7.83 | 7.83 m | |
| 8 | 16 |  Arturs Abolins (LAT) |
7.77 | X | 7.38 | 7.77 m | |
| 9 | 19 | Nicola Trentin (ITA) |
7.65 | 7.61 | 7.66 | 7.66 m | |
| 10 | 21 |  Vytautas Seliukas (LTU) |
7.45 | 7.58 | X | 7.58 m | |
| 11 | 22 |  Admir Bregu (ALB) |
X | 7.17 | 7.53 | 7.53 m | |
| 12 | 23 |  Morten Jensen (DEN) |
7.34 | 7.42 | X | 7.42 m | |
| 13 | 24 | Oliver Koenig (GER) |
X | 7.36 | 7.31 | 7.36 m | |
| — | — |  Danut Simion (ROM) |
— | — | — | DNS | |
Group B edit
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | Andrew Howe (ITA) |
7.33 | 8.33 | — | 8.33 m | |
| 2 | 5 | Olexiy Lukashevych (UKR) |
8.06 | — | — | 8.06 m | |
| 3 | 6 | Asterios Nousios (GRE) |
7.97 | — | — | 7.97 m | SB |
| 4 | 7 | Chris Tomlinson (GBR) |
7.79 | 7.95 | — | 7.95 m | |
| 5 | 8 | Nathan Morgan (GBR) |
7.94 | 7.93 | — | 7.94 m | |
| 6 | 9 | Kafétien Gomis (FRA) |
7.89 | X | 7.94 | 7.94 m | |
| 7 | 13 | Dmitriy Sapinskiy (RUS) |
X | X | 7.84 | 7.84 m | |
| 8 | 14 |  Joan Lino Martínez (ESP) |
7.65 | 7.83 | X | 7.83 m | |
| 9 | 17 | Bogdan Tudor (ROM) |
7.76 | 7.76 | 7.69 | 7.76 m | |
| 10 | 18 |  Marcin Starzak (POL) |
X | 7.67 | 7.73 | 7.73 m | |
| 11 | 19 | Sebastian Bayer (GER) |
X | 4.17 | 7.66 | 7.66 m | |
| 12 | 25 |  Nikolay Atanasov (BUL) |
7.24 | X | X | 7.24 m | |
| 13 | 26 |  Jan Žumer (SLO) |
X | 6.01 | — | 6.01 m | |
| — | — |  Ivan Pucelj (CRO) |
X | X | X | NM | |
Final edit
| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
 |
Andrew Howe (ITA) |
8.12 | 8.20 | 8.04 | 8.19 | X | 8.13 | 8.20 m | |
 |
Greg Rutherford (GBR) |
5.34 | 8.03 | — | X | 7.78 | 8.13 | 8.13 m | |
 |
Olexiy Lukashevych (UKR) |
7.73 | 7.77 | 8.04 | X | 8.12 | X | 8.12 m | |
| 4 | Viktor Kuznyetsov (UKR) |
7.96 | 7.60 | 7.52 | 7.58 | — | — | 7.96 m | PB |
| 5 | Kafétien Gomis (FRA) |
7.50 | 7.91 | 7.24 | X | 7.93 | X | 7.93 m | |
| 6 | Nelson Évora (POR) |
7.65 | 7.74 | 7.74 | 7.80 | 7.91 | 7.90 | 7.91 m | |
| 7 | Ruslan Gataullin (RUS) |
7.74 | 7.74 | 7.80 | X | X | 7.91 | 7.91 m | |
| 8 | Louis Tsatoumas (GRE) |
X | X | 7.84 | X | X | X | 7.84 m | |
| 9 | Chris Tomlinson (GBR) |
X | 7.61 | 7.74 | 7.74 m | ||||
| 10 | Salim Sdiri (FRA) |
7.69 | X | 7.44 | 7.69 m | ||||
| 11 | Nathan Morgan (GBR) |
7.57 | X | 7.65 | 7.65 m | ||||
| 12 | Asterios Nousios (GRE) |
7.34 | X | X | 7.34 m | ||||