2016 European Athletics Championships – Men's long jump

Men's long jump at the European Athletics Championships
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Location	Amsterdam
Dates	6 July (qualification) 7 July (final)
Competitors	25 from 17 nations
Winning mark	8.25 m
Medalists
Greg Rutherford    Great Britain   Michel Tornéus    Sweden   Ignisious Gaisah    Netherlands
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The men's long jump at the 2016 European Athletics Championships took place at the Olympic Stadium on 6 and 7 July.

Records

Standing records prior to the 2016 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	Christian Reif  (GER)	8.47	Barcelona, Spain	1 August 2010
World Leading	Marquise Goodwin  (USA)	8.45	Baie-Mahault, France	14 May 2016
European Leading	Greg Rutherford  (GBR)	8.31	Rome, Italy	2 June 2016

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
6 July 2016	13:05	Qualification
7 July 2016	18:20	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: 8.00 m (Q) or best 12 performers (q) ^[1]

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Note
1	A	Michel Tornéus	Sweden	x	x	8.19w	8.19w	Q
2	A	Radek Juška	Czech Republic	7.44	7.84	8.11	8.11	Q, SB
3	A	Fabian Heinle	Germany	7.80	7.60w	8.11w	8.11w	Q
4	B	Kanstantsin Barycheuski	Belarus	7.91	7.74	8.08w	8.08w	Q
5	A	Ignisious Gaisah	Netherlands	7.81	x	7.97w	7.97w	q
6	B	Kristian Bäck	Finland	7.36w	7.96w	–	7.96w	q
7	B	Lazar Anić	Serbia	7.52	7.82	7.93w	7.93w	q
8	A	Greg Rutherford	Great Britain	7.93	x	x	7.93	q
8	B	Kafétien Gomis	France	7.93w	–	–	7.93w	q
10	A	Izmir Smajlaj	Albania	7.92	7.85	7.84w	7.92	q
11	B	Eusebio Cáceres	Spain	7.68	x	7.91w	7.91w	q
12	A	Lamont Marcell Jacobs	Italy	x	7.80	7.77	7.80	q
13	A	Jean Marie Okutu	Spain	7.80w	7.62	7.61	7.80w
14	A	Henri Väyrynen	Finland	7.78w	x	x	7.78w
15	B	Mihail Mertzanidis-Despoteris	Greece	x	7.75	7.76	7.76
16	B	Benjamin Gföhler	Switzerland	7.69	x	7.72w	7.72w
17	A	Taras Neledva	Ukraine	7.49w	7.58	7.67w	7.67w
18	B	Alyn Camara	Germany	7.62	7.63	7.66	7.66
19	A	Denis Eradiri	Bulgaria	7.57w	7.63	7.64w	7.64w
20	A	Elvijs Misāns	Latvia	x	x	7.61w	7.61w
21	B	Serhiy Nykyforov	Ukraine	7.28	7.59w	7.50	7.59w
22	B	Viktor Kuznetsov	Ukraine	7.55	7.51	x	7.55
23	B	Yeoryios Tsakonas	Greece	x	7.45	7.35	7.45
24	A	Nikolaos Kapsis	Greece	7.23	x	x	7.23
	B	Dan Bramble	Great Britain				DNS

Final

The podium.

^[2]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Greg Rutherford	Great Britain	8.12	x	x	8.13	8.25	8.12	8.25
	Michel Tornéus	Sweden	8.21w	8.07	7.80	8.00	x	x	8.21w	*SB
	Ignisious Gaisah	Netherlands	7.58	7.59	7.82	x	7.93	7.66	7.93
4	Radek Juška	Czech Republic	5.24	7.93w	x	7.71	7.67	x	7.93w
5	Kristian Bäck	Finland	x	7.91w	7.73w	7.62	x	x	7.91w
6	Fabian Heinle	Germany	x	7.87	7.72	7.78	7.71	7.86	7.87
7	Kafétien Gomis	France	x	x	7.76	x	x	7.84	7.84
8	Kanstantsin Barycheuski	Belarus	7.45	7.67	7.75	7.58	7.51	7.66	7.67
9	Izmir Smajlaj	Albania	7.75	7.46	x				7.75
10	Lazar Anić	Serbia	7.63	x	7.52				7.63
11	Lamont Marcell Jacobs	Italy	7.59	7.43	7.41				7.59
	Eusebio Cáceres	Spain	x	x	x				NM

References

1. "Qualification results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-10-15. Retrieved 2016-07-06.
2. "Final results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-03-04. Retrieved 2016-07-07.