2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's long jump

The men's long jump at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 30 July and 1 August.

Medalists edit

Gold   Christian Reif
Germany (GER)
Silver   Kafétien Gomis
France (FRA)
Bronze   Chris Tomlinson
Great Britain (GBR)

Records edit

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World record   Mike Powell (USA) 8.95 Tokyo, Japan 30 August 1991
European record   Robert Emmiyan (URS) 8.86 Tsaghkadzor, Soviet Union 22 May 1987
Championship record   Robert Emmiyan (URS) 8.41 Stuttgart, West Germany 29 August 1986
World Leading   Dwight Phillips (USA) 8.46 Monaco 22 July 2010
European Leading   Christian Reif (GER) 8.27 Hengelo, Netherlands 30 May 2010
Broken records during the 2010 European Athletics Championships
Championship record   Christian Reif (GER) 8.47 Barcelona, Spain 1 August 2010
World Leading
European Leading

Schedule edit

Date Time Round
30 July 2010 18:35 Qualification
1 August 2010 20:10 Final

Results edit

Qualification edit

Qualification: Qualification Performance a total of 8.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final

Rank Group Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
1 B Eusebio Cáceres   Spain (ESP) 7.73 7.90 8.27 8.27 Q, =EL
2 A Christian Reif   Germany (GER) x 7.79 8.27 8.27 Q, =EL
3 B Chris Tomlinson   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 7.98 8.20 8.20 Q, SB
4 A Louis Tsatoumas   Greece (GRE) 8.17 8.17 Q
5 B Andrew Howe   Italy (ITA) 8.15 8.15 Q
6 B Michel Tornéus   Sweden (SWE) 8.12 8.12 Q, PB
7 B Salim Sdiri   France (FRA) 8.09 8.09 Q
8 A Luis Felipe Méliz   Spain (ESP) 7.94 8.06 8.06 Q, =SB
9 A Kafétien Gomis   France (FRA) x 8.04 8.04 Q
10 A Tommi Evilä   Finland (FIN) 7.91 7.90 8.01 8.01 Q
11 B Roman Novotný   Czech Republic (CZE) 7.86 x 8.00 8.00 Q
12 B Petteri Lax   Finland (FIN) 7.48 7.98 x 7.98 q, SB
13 B Povilas Mykolaitis   Lithuania (LTU) x 7.85 7.94 7.94 SB
14 B Pavel Shalin   Russia (RUS) 7.81 7.66 7.94 7.94
15 A Dmitriy Plotnikov   Russia (RUS) x 7.92 7.37 7.92
16 A Emanuele Formichetti   Italy (ITA) x 7.91 7.80 7.91
17 A Otto Kilpi   Finland (FIN) 7.81 7.90 7.78 7.90
18 A Yochai Halevi   Israel (ISR) x 7.78 7.90 7.90
19 A Gaspar Araújo   Portugal (POR) x 7.83 7.87 7.87
20 B Jānis Leitis   Latvia (LAT) 6.30 7.87 x 7.87 SB
21 A Stefano Tremigliozzi   Italy (ITA) 7.41 7.80 x 7.80
22 B Oleksandr Soldatkin   Ukraine (UKR) x 7.66 7.32 7.66
23 A Joan Lino Martínez   Spain (ESP) 7.62 7.63 x 7.63
24 B Zacharias Arnos   Cyprus (CYP) x 7.37 7.61 7.61
25 B Arsen Sargsyan   Armenia (ARM) 7.60 x 7.59 7.60
26 A Thorsteinn Ingvarsson   Iceland (ISL) 7.44 x 7.59 7.59
27 B Mihaíl Mertzanídis-Despotéris   Greece (GRE) x x 7.58 7.58
28 A Tõnis Sahk   Estonia (EST) 7.46 7.41 7.34 7.46
29 B Sávvas Diakonikólas   Greece (GRE) x 7.22 7.46 7.46
A Morten Jensen   Denmark (DEN) x x x NM
A Admir Bregu   Albania (ALB) x x x NM
B Nikolay Atanasov   Bulgaria (BUL) x x NM

Final edit

 
Gomis of France took the silver – his first major international medal.
Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
  Christian Reif   Germany (GER) x 7.87 8.47 8.00 8.47 WL, CR, PB
  Kafétien Gomis   France (FRA) 8.00 x x x x 8.24 8.24 PB
  Chris Tomlinson   Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) 8.18 7.97 8.05 8.23 8.20 7.57 8.23 SB
4 Salim Sdiri   France (FRA) 8.20 x x x x 8.12 8.20
5 Andrew Howe   Italy (ITA) 7.96 8.12 8.00 7.74 8.08 7.97 8.12
6 Louis Tsatoumas   Greece (GRE) x 8.09 x x 7.66 x 8.09 SB
7 Petteri Lax   Finland (FIN) 7.96 x x x x x 7.96
8 Eusebio Cáceres   Spain (ESP) 7.92 x 7.93 x x 7.93
9 Michel Tornéus   Sweden (SWE) 7.77 7.92 7.88 7.92
10 Tommi Evilä   Finland (FIN) 7.56 7.62 7.91 7.91
11 Luis Felipe Méliz   Spain (ESP) x 7.90 7.90 7.90
12 Roman Novotný   Czech Republic (CZE) x 7.65 x 7.65

References edit