2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's long jump explained

Event:	Men's long jump
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

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)

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships
World record	8.95	Tokyo, Japan	30 August 1991
European record	8.86	Tsaghkadzor, Soviet Union	22 May 1987
Championship record	8.41	Stuttgart, West Germany	29 August 1986
World Leading	8.46		22 July 2010
European Leading	8.27	Hengelo, Netherlands	30 May 2010
Broken records during the 2010 European Athletics Championships
Championship record	8.47	Barcelona, Spain	1 August 2010
World Leading
European Leading

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

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

Rank	Group	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1	B	7.73	7.90	8.27	8.27	Q, =EL
2	A		7.79	8.27	8.27	Q, =EL
3	B	7.98	8.20		8.20	Q, SB
4	A	8.17			8.17	Q
5	B	8.15			8.15	Q
6	B	8.12			8.12	Q, PB
7	B	8.09			8.09	Q
8	A	7.94	8.06		8.06	Q, =SB
9	A		8.04		8.04	Q
10	A	7.91	7.90	8.01	8.01	Q
11	B	7.86		8.00	8.00	Q
12	B	7.48	7.98		7.98	q, SB
13	B		7.85	7.94	7.94	SB
14	B	7.81	7.66	7.94	7.94
15	A		7.92	7.37	7.92
16	A		7.91	7.80	7.91
17	A	7.81	7.90	7.78	7.90
18	A		7.78	7.90	7.90
19	A		7.83	7.87	7.87
20	B	6.30	7.87		7.87	SB
21	A	7.41	7.80		7.80
22	B		7.66	7.32	7.66
23	A	7.62	7.63		7.63
24	B		7.37	7.61	7.61
25	B	7.60		7.59	7.60
26	A	7.44		7.59	7.59
27	B			7.58	7.58
28	A	7.46	7.41	7.34	7.46
29	B		7.22	7.46	7.46
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