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 Gold Andrew HoweItaly (ITA)Silver Greg RutherfordGreat Britain (GBR)Bronze Olexiy LukashevychUkraine (UKR)

Schedule All times are Central European Time (UTC+1) Qualification RoundGroup AGroup B07.08.2006 – 19:45h07.08.2006 – 19:45hFinal Round08.08.2006 – 17:25h

Abbreviations All results shown are in metres Q automatic qualification q qualification by rankDNS did not startNM no markWR world recordAR area recordNR national recordPB personal bestSB season best

Records Standing records prior to the 2006 European Athletics Championships World Record 8.95 m August 30, 1991 Tokyo, Japan Event Record 8.41 m August 29, 1986 Stuttgart, West Germany

Qualification

Group A RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 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 RankOverallAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123 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 7.797.95 — 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 RankAthleteAttemptsDistanceNote123456 8.12 8.20 8.04 8.19 X 8.13 8.20 m 5.34 8.03 — X 7.78 8.138.13 m 7.73 7.77 8.04 X 8.12 X 8.12 m 4 7.967.607.527.58 — — 7.96 m PB 5 7.507.917.24X 7.93X 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

References todor66 Official results