2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's long jump
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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.
Long jump
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...
event at the 2006 European Championships
2006 European Championships in Athletics
The 19th European Athletics Championships were held in Gothenburg, Sweden, between 7 August and 13 August 2006. The competition arena was the Ullevi Stadium and the official motto "Catch the Spirit"...
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
| Gold |  Andrew HoweAndrew Howe Andrew Howe is an Italian athlete who specializes in the long jump. He won this event as well as the 200 metres at the 2004 World Junior Championships. He was successful at senior level at a young age, winning a long jump bronze at the 2006 IAAF World Indoor Championships before becoming the... Italy Italy Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and... (ITA) |
| Silver |  Greg RutherfordGreg Rutherford Gregory James "Greg" Rutherford is an English athlete from Milton Keynes who competes in long jump and 100 metres. His home club is Marshall Milton Keynes AC.Rutherford competed in the 2006 Commonwealth Games for England... Great Britain Great Britain Great Britain or Britain is an island situated to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the ninth largest island in the world, and the largest European island, as well as the largest of the British Isles... (GBR) |
| Bronze |  Olexiy LukashevychOlexiy Lukashevych Olexiy Lukashevych is a Ukrainian long jumper, best known for winning the 2002 European Championships. His personal best is 8.27 metres, achieved in June 2000 in Tartu.-Achievements:-References:... Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia... (UKR) |
Schedule
- All times are Central European TimeCentral European TimeCentral European Time , used in most parts of the European Union, is a standard time that is 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time . The time offset from UTC can be written as +01:00...
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)Qualification Round Group A Group B 07.08.2006 – 19:45h 07.08.2006 – 19:45h Final Round 08.08.2006 – 17:25h
Abbreviations
- 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
| Standing records prior to the 2006 European Athletics Championships | ||||
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| World Record | 8.95 m | August 30, 1991 |  Tokyo, Japan |
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| Event Record | 8.41 m | August 29, 1986 |  StuttgartStuttgart Stuttgart is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg in southern Germany. The sixth-largest city in Germany, Stuttgart has a population of 600,038 while the metropolitan area has a population of 5.3 million .... , West Germany West Germany West Germany is the common English, but not official, name for the Federal Republic of Germany or FRG in the period between its creation in May 1949 to German reunification on 3 October 1990.... |
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Group A
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 1 | 2 | 8.25 | — | — | 8.25 m | ||
| 2 | 3 | 8.09 | — | — | 8.09 m | ||
| 3 | 4 | 8.07 | — | — | 8.07 m | ||
| 4 | 10 | X | 7.88 | 7.93 | 7.93 m | ||
| 5 | 11 | 7.54 | X | 7.87 | 7.87 m | ||
| 6 | 12 | 7.80 | X | 7.85 | 7.85 m | ||
| 7 | 14 | X | X | 7.83 | 7.83 m | ||
| 8 | 16 | 7.77 | X | 7.38 | 7.77 m | ||
| 9 | 19 | 7.65 | 7.61 | 7.66 | 7.66 m | ||
| 10 | 21 | 7.45 | 7.58 | X | 7.58 m | ||
| 11 | 22 | X | 7.17 | 7.53 | 7.53 m | ||
| 12 | 23 | 7.34 | 7.42 | X | 7.42 m | ||
| 13 | 24 | X | 7.36 | 7.31 | 7.36 m | ||
| — | — | — | — | — | DNS | ||
Group B
| Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||
| 1 | 1 | 7.33 | 8.33 | — | 8.33 m | ||
| 2 | 5 | 8.06 | — | — | 8.06 m | ||
| 3 | 6 | 7.97 | — | — | 7.97 m | SB | |
| 4 | 7 | 7.79 | 7.95 | — | 7.95 m | ||
| 5 | 8 | 7.94 | 7.93 | — | 7.94 m | ||
| 6 | 9 | 7.89 | X | 7.94 | 7.94 m | ||
| 7 | 13 | X | X | 7.84 | 7.84 m | ||
| 8 | 14 | 7.65 | 7.83 | X | 7.83 m | ||
| 9 | 17 | 7.76 | 7.76 | 7.69 | 7.76 m | ||
| 10 | 18 | X | 7.67 | 7.73 | 7.73 m | ||
| 11 | 19 | X | 4.17 | 7.66 | 7.66 m | ||
| 12 | 25 | 7.24 | X | X | 7.24 m | ||
| 13 | 26 | X | 6.01 | — | 6.01 m | ||
| — | — | X | X | X | NM | ||
Final
| Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Distance | Note | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| 8.12 | 8.20 | 8.04 | 8.19 | X | 8.13 | 8.20 m | |||
| 5.34 | 8.03 | — | X | 7.78 | 8.13 | 8.13 m | |||
| 7.73 | 7.77 | 8.04 | X | 8.12 | X | 8.12 m | |||
| 4 | 7.96 | 7.60 | 7.52 | 7.58 | — | — | 7.96 m | PB | |
| 5 | 7.50 | 7.91 | 7.24 | X | 7.93 | X | 7.93 m | ||
| 6 | 7.65 | 7.74 | 7.74 | 7.80 | 7.91 | 7.90 | 7.91 m | ||
| 7 | 7.74 | 7.74 | 7.80 | X | X | 7.91 | 7.91 m | ||
| 8 | X | X | 7.84 | X | X | X | 7.84 m | ||
| 9 | X | 7.61 | 7.74 | 7.74 m | |||||
| 10 | 7.69 | X | 7.44 | 7.69 m | |||||
| 11 | 7.57 | X | 7.65 | 7.65 m | |||||
| 12 | 7.34 | X | X | 7.34 m | |||||