The men's long jump at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys

Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys

Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys is a stadium in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. Originally built in 1927 for the 1929 International Exposition in the city , it was renovated in 1989 to be the main stadium for the 1992 Summer Olympics...

 on 30 July and 1 August.

Medalists

Gold	Christian Reif Christian Reif Christian Reif is a German long jumper.He finished ninth at the 2007 World Championships. He had previously competed at the 2007 European Indoor Championships without reaching the final.... Germany Germany at the 2010 European Championships in Athletics Germany were represented by 74 athletes at the 2010 European Athletics Championships held in Barcelona, Spain.Just five days before the start of the Championships, it was announced that marathon runner Falk Cierpinski had to pull out due to injury....  (GER)
Silver	Kafétien Gomis Kafetien Gomis Kafétien Gomis is a French long jumper. His personal best jump is 8.24 metres, achieved in August 2010.... France France at the 2010 European Championships in Athletics France were represented by 60 athletes at the 2010 European Athletics Championships held in Barcelona, Spain.- Participants :-Results:- References :*...  (FRA)
Bronze	Chris Tomlinson Chris Tomlinson Christopher George Tomlinson is an English long jumper.Tomlinson began competing for Middlesbrough AC at the age of 10, mostly over 100m and 200m. He attended Nunthorpe Secondary School and to this day holds many of its year group records for triple and long jump... Great Britain Great Britain at the 2010 European Championships in Athletics The United Kingdom competed under the name Great Britain and Northern Ireland. The nation was represented by 72 athletes at the 2010 European Athletics Championships held in Barcelona, Spain....  (GBR)

Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World record		8.95	Tokyo Tokyo , ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family... , Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...	30 August 1991
European record		8.86	Tsakhkadzor Tsakhkadzor Tsaghkadzor is a spa town and a popular health resort in Armenia located north of Hrazdan in the Kotayk Province . The population of 1,600 in 2009, is a decrease of more than half of the 3,400 reported in the 1989 census.... , Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....	22 May 1987
Championship record		8.41	Stuttgart Stuttgart 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....	29 August 1986
World Leading		8.46	Monaco Monaco Monaco , officially the Principality of Monaco , is a sovereign city state on the French Riviera. It is bordered on three sides by its neighbour, France, and its centre is about from Italy. Its area is with a population of 35,986 as of 2011 and is the most densely populated country in the...	22 July 2010
European Leading		8.27	Hengelo Hengelo Hengelo is a municipality and a city in the eastern Netherlands, in the province of Overijssel. The city lies along the motorways A1/E30 and A35 and it has a station for the International Amsterdam – Hannover – Berlin service.-Traffic and transport:... , Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...	30 May 2010

Schedule

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

Qualification

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

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
	B	Eusebio Cáceres Eusebio Cáceres Eusebio Cáceres is a Spanish track and field athlete who specialises in the long jump.He began competing in a wide variety of events at the start of his junior career, including the decathlon. He won the long jump bronze medal at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics...		7.73	7.90	8.27	8.27	Q, =EL
	A	Christian Reif Christian Reif Christian Reif is a German long jumper.He finished ninth at the 2007 World Championships. He had previously competed at the 2007 European Indoor Championships without reaching the final....			7.79	8.27	8.27	Q, =EL
	B	Chris Tomlinson Chris Tomlinson Christopher George Tomlinson is an English long jumper.Tomlinson began competing for Middlesbrough AC at the age of 10, mostly over 100m and 200m. He attended Nunthorpe Secondary School and to this day holds many of its year group records for triple and long jump...		7.98	8.20		8.20	Q, SB
	A	Louis Tsatoumas Louis Tsatoumas Louis Tsatoumas is a Greek long jumper.He won his first major senior medal in 2007 at the European Indoor Athletics Championships, where he claimed the silver medal behind an Italian record-breaking Andrew Howe. On 2 June 2007 in Kalamata Tsatoumas jumped 8.66 metres, achieving a personal...		8.17			8.17	Q
	B	Andrew Howe Andrew 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...		8.15			8.15	Q
	B	Michel Tornéus Michel Tornéus Michel Tresor Komesha Tornéus is a Swedish long jumper.He competed at the 2009 European Indoor Championships, the 2009 World Championships and the 2010 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final....		8.12			8.12	Q, PB
	B	Salim Sdiri Salim Sdiri Salim Sdiri is a French long jumper of Tunisian descent. His personal best jump is 8.42 metres, achieved in June 2009 in Pierre-Bénite, which is the current French national record...		8.09			8.09	Q
	A	Luis Felipe Méliz		7.94	8.06		8.06	Q, =SB
	A	Kafétien Gomis Kafetien Gomis Kafétien Gomis is a French long jumper. His personal best jump is 8.24 metres, achieved in August 2010....			8.04		8.04	Q
10	A	Tommi Evilä Tommi Evilä Tommi Evilä is a Finnish long jumper. He gained fame following his surprise bronze in the 2005 Helsinki World Championships, which was Finland's only medal in the games....		7.91	7.90	8.01	8.01	Q
11	B	Roman Novotný Roman Novotný Roman Novotný is a Czech long jumper.He finished seventh at the 2003 World Youth Championships, won the silver medal at the 2007 Summer Universiade and finished eighth at the 2008 Olympic Games....		7.86		8.00	8.00	Q
12	B	Petteri Lax Petteri Lax Petteri Lax is a Finnish long jumper..-Achievements:-References:...		7.48	7.98		7.98	q, SB
13	B	Povilas Mykolaitis Povilas Mykolaitis Povilas Mykolaitis is a Lithuanian long jumper. His personal record is 8.15 metres, reached at 2011 in Kaunas, which also is national record....			7.85	7.94	7.94	SB
14	B	Pavel Shalin		7.81	7.66	7.94	7.94
15	A	Dmitriy Plotnikov			7.92	7.37	7.92
16	A	Emanuele Formichetti Emanuele Formichetti Emanuele Formichetti is an Italian long jumper.30 June 2010, at Italian Championships in Grosseto, held second place behind Andrew Howe, got the tenth best Italian benefit of all time with measuring 8.10 meters.-External links:...			7.91	7.80	7.91
17	A	Otto Kilpi		7.81	7.90	7.78	7.90
18	A	Yochai Halevi Yochai Halevi Yochai Halevi is an Israeli long jumper and triple jumper.Halevi is Jewish. He competed at the 2009 World Championships without reaching the final. His personal best long jump is 7.99 metres, achieved in May 2010 in Tel Aviv. His personal best triple jump is 16.77 metres, achieved in July 2011 in...			7.78	7.90	7.90
19	A	Gaspar Araújo Gaspar Araújo Gaspar Araújo is a Portuguese long jumper.His personal best is 8.10 metres, achieved in June 2004 in Istanbul.-Achievements:-References:...			7.83	7.87	7.87
20	B	Jānis Leitis Jānis Leitis Jānis Leitis is a Latvian athlete usually competing in long jump.Leitis is the 2009 European U23 champion in long jump.-Achievements:-Personal bests:-References:...		6.30	7.87		7.87	SB
21	A	Stefano Tremigliozzi Stefano Tremigliozzi Stefano Tremigliozzi is an Italian long jumper.He was the Italian champion in the long jump in 2008, with a jump of 7.85 metres. He was also the Italian indoor champion in 2009 and 2010...		7.41	7.80		7.80
22	B	Oleksandr Soldatkin			7.66	7.32	7.66
23	A	Joan Lino Martínez Joan Lino Martínez Joan Lino Martínez Armenteros is a Spanish athlete. He competes in the long jump.Martínez was born to a Cuban father and Spanish mother. After his switch from Cuba to Spain, he did not compete internationally until 2004, when he won the bronze medal in the Olympic Games...		7.62	7.63		7.63
24	B	Zacharias Arnos			7.37	7.61	7.61
25	B	Arsen Sargsyan Arsen Sargsyan Arsen Sargsyan is an Armenian long jumper.He competed at the 2001 World Youth Championships and the 2009 European Indoor Championships without reaching the final.His personal best jump is 8.02 metres, achieved in May 2008 in Artashat.-References:...		7.60		7.59	7.60
26	A	Thorsteinn Ingvarsson		7.44		7.59	7.59
27	B	Mihaíl Mertzanídis-Despotéris				7.58	7.58
28	A	Tõnis Sahk Tõnis Sahk -Achievements:-External links:...		7.46	7.41	7.34	7.46
29	B	Sávvas Diakonikólas			7.22	7.46	7.46

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Nikolay Atanasov

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Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Christian Reif Christian Reif Christian Reif is a German long jumper.He finished ninth at the 2007 World Championships. He had previously competed at the 2007 European Indoor Championships without reaching the final....			7.87	8.47			8.00	8.47	WL, CR, PB
	Kafétien Gomis Kafetien Gomis Kafétien Gomis is a French long jumper. His personal best jump is 8.24 metres, achieved in August 2010....		8.00					8.24	8.24	PB
	Chris Tomlinson Chris Tomlinson Christopher George Tomlinson is an English long jumper.Tomlinson began competing for Middlesbrough AC at the age of 10, mostly over 100m and 200m. He attended Nunthorpe Secondary School and to this day holds many of its year group records for triple and long jump...		8.18	7.97	8.05	8.23	8.20	7.57	8.23	SB
4	Salim Sdiri Salim Sdiri Salim Sdiri is a French long jumper of Tunisian descent. His personal best jump is 8.42 metres, achieved in June 2009 in Pierre-Bénite, which is the current French national record...		8.20					8.12	8.20
5	Andrew Howe Andrew 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...		7.96	8.12	8.00	7.74	8.08	7.97	8.12
6	Louis Tsatoumas Louis Tsatoumas Louis Tsatoumas is a Greek long jumper.He won his first major senior medal in 2007 at the European Indoor Athletics Championships, where he claimed the silver medal behind an Italian record-breaking Andrew Howe. On 2 June 2007 in Kalamata Tsatoumas jumped 8.66 metres, achieving a personal...			8.09			7.66		8.09	SB
7	Petteri Lax Petteri Lax Petteri Lax is a Finnish long jumper..-Achievements:-References:...		7.96						7.96
8	Eusebio Cáceres Eusebio Cáceres Eusebio Cáceres is a Spanish track and field athlete who specialises in the long jump.He began competing in a wide variety of events at the start of his junior career, including the decathlon. He won the long jump bronze medal at the 2008 World Junior Championships in Athletics...		7.92		7.93				7.93
9	Michel Tornéus Michel Tornéus Michel Tresor Komesha Tornéus is a Swedish long jumper.He competed at the 2009 European Indoor Championships, the 2009 World Championships and the 2010 World Indoor Championships without reaching the final....		7.77	7.92	7.88				7.92
10	Tommi Evilä Tommi Evilä Tommi Evilä is a Finnish long jumper. He gained fame following his surprise bronze in the 2005 Helsinki World Championships, which was Finland's only medal in the games....		7.56	7.62	7.91				7.91
11	Luis Felipe Méliz			7.90	7.90				7.90
12	Roman Novotný Roman Novotný Roman Novotný is a Czech long jumper.He finished seventh at the 2003 World Youth Championships, won the silver medal at the 2007 Summer Universiade and finished eighth at the 2008 Olympic Games....			7.65					7.65