2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's long jump

2006 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
20 km walk	men	women
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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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 Howe Italy (ITA)
Silver	Greg Rutherford Great Britain (GBR)
Bronze	Olexiy Lukashevych Ukraine (UKR)

Schedule[edit]

• All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)

Abbreviations[edit]

• All results shown are in metres

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

References[edit]

• todor66
• Official results