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

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

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World record  Mike Powell (USA)8.95Tokyo, Japan30 August 1991
European record  Robert Emmiyan (URS)8.86Tsaghkadzor, Soviet Union22 May 1987
Championship record  Robert Emmiyan (URS)8.41Stuttgart, West Germany29 August 1986
World Leading  Dwight Phillips (USA)8.46Monaco22 July 2010
European Leading  Christian Reif (GER)8.27Hengelo, Netherlands30 May 2010
Broken records during the 2010 European Athletics Championships
Championship record  Christian Reif (GER)8.47Barcelona, Spain1 August 2010
World Leading
European Leading

Schedule

DateTimeRound
30 July 201018:35Qualification
1 August 201020:10Final

Results

Qualification

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

RankGroupAthleteNationality#1#2#3ResultNotes
1BEusebio Cáceres  Spain (ESP)7.737.908.278.27Q, =EL
2AChristian Reif  Germany (GER)x7.798.278.27Q, =EL
3BChris Tomlinson  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)7.988.208.20Q, SB
4ALouis Tsatoumas  Greece (GRE)8.178.17Q
5BAndrew Howe  Italy (ITA)8.158.15Q
6BMichel Tornéus  Sweden (SWE)8.128.12Q, PB
7BSalim Sdiri  France (FRA)8.098.09Q
8ALuis Felipe Méliz  Spain (ESP)7.948.068.06Q, =SB
9AKafétien Gomis  France (FRA)x8.048.04Q
10ATommi Evilä  Finland (FIN)7.917.908.018.01Q
11BRoman Novotný  Czech Republic (CZE)7.86x8.008.00Q
12BPetteri Lax  Finland (FIN)7.487.98x7.98q, SB
13BPovilas Mykolaitis  Lithuania (LTU)x7.857.947.94SB
14BPavel Shalin  Russia (RUS)7.817.667.947.94
15ADmitriy Plotnikov  Russia (RUS)x7.927.377.92
16AEmanuele Formichetti  Italy (ITA)x7.917.807.91
17AOtto Kilpi  Finland (FIN)7.817.907.787.90
18AYochai Halevi  Israel (ISR)x7.787.907.90
19AGaspar Araújo  Portugal (POR)x7.837.877.87
20BJānis Leitis  Latvia (LAT)6.307.87x7.87SB
21AStefano Tremigliozzi  Italy (ITA)7.417.80x7.80
22BOleksandr Soldatkin  Ukraine (UKR)x7.667.327.66
23AJoan Lino Martínez  Spain (ESP)7.627.63x7.63
24BZacharias Arnos  Cyprus (CYP)x7.377.617.61
25BArsen Sargsyan  Armenia (ARM)7.60x7.597.60
26AThorsteinn Ingvarsson  Iceland (ISL)7.44x7.597.59
27BMihaíl Mertzanídis-Despotéris  Greece (GRE)xx7.587.58
28ATõnis Sahk  Estonia (EST)7.467.417.347.46
29BSávvas Diakonikólas  Greece (GRE)x7.227.467.46
AMorten Jensen  Denmark (DEN)xxxNM
AAdmir Bregu  Albania (ALB)xxxNM
BNikolay Atanasov  Bulgaria (BUL)xxNM

Final

Gomis of France took the silver – his first major international medal.
RankAthleteNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
Christian Reif  Germany (GER)x7.878.478.008.47WL, CR, PB
Kafétien Gomis  France (FRA)8.00xxxx8.248.24PB
Chris Tomlinson  Great Britain & N.I. (GBR)8.187.978.058.238.207.578.23SB
4Salim Sdiri  France (FRA)8.20xxxx8.128.20
5Andrew Howe  Italy (ITA)7.968.128.007.748.087.978.12
6Louis Tsatoumas  Greece (GRE)x8.09xx7.66x8.09SB
7Petteri Lax  Finland (FIN)7.96xxxxx7.96
8Eusebio Cáceres  Spain (ESP)7.92x7.93xx7.93
9Michel Tornéus  Sweden (SWE)7.777.927.887.92
10Tommi Evilä  Finland (FIN)7.567.627.917.91
11Luis Felipe Méliz  Spain (ESP)x7.907.907.90
12Roman Novotný  Czech Republic (CZE)x7.65x7.65

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