The men's long jump at the 2026 European Athletics Championships took place over two rounds at the Alexander Stadium in Birmingham, United Kingdom, on 10 and 11 August 2026."European Athletics Championships Birmingham 2026", European Athletics, 21 April 2026. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
Background
+ Records before the 2026 European Athletics Championships Record Athlete (nation) Location Date World record"All time Top lists – Senior Long Jump men – World", World Athletics. Retrieved 6 August 2026. 8.95 m Tokyo, Japan 30 August 1991 European record"All time Top lists – Senior Long Jump men – Europe", World Athletics. Retrieved 6 August 2026.8.86 mTsaghkadzor, Soviet Union22 May 1987 Championship record"European Athletics Championships Best Performances", European Athletics. Retrieved 6 August 2026. 8.65 m Rome, Italy 8 June 2024 World leading"Season Top Lists – Senior 2026 Long Jump men – World", World Athletics. Retrieved 6 August 2026.8.66 mVolos, Greece26 July 2026 European leading"Season Top Lists – Senior 2026 Long Jump men – Europe", World Athletics. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
Qualification For the men's long jump, the qualification period was from 27 July 2025 to 26 July 2026. Athletes qualified by achieving the entry standard of 8.05 m or better, by wildcard for the 2024 European Athletics Champion, or by their position on the World Athletics Rankings for the event. The target number was 30 athletes."Qualification System and Entry Standards", European Athletics, 14 November 2025. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
+ Qualification standings per 31 July 2026 QP CP Country Athlete Status Details 1 1 Miltiadis Tentoglou8.668.66 Qualified by Wild Card Defending European Champion 2 1 Simon Ehammer8.518.51 Qualified by Entry Standard 8.51 - Mösle-Stadium, Götzis (AUT) - 30 MAY 2026 3 1 Bozhidar Sarâboyukov8.498.49 Qualified by Entry Standard 8.49 - Plovdiv Stadium, Plovdiv (BUL) - 14 JUL 2026 4 1 Gerson Baldé8.468.46 Qualified by Entry Standard 8.46 - Kujawsko-Pomorska Arena, Toruń (POL) (i) - 22 MAR 2026 5 1 Mattia Furlani8.438.43 Qualified by Entry Standard 8.43 - China Textile City Sports Centre, Shaoxing/Keqiao (CHN) - 16 MAY 2026 6 1 Simon Batz8.298.29 Qualified by Entry Standard 8.29 - Lohrheidestadion, Wattenscheid, Bochum (GER) - 25 JUL 2026 7 2 Francesco Ettore Inzoli8.278.27 Qualified by Entry Standard 8.27 - Stadio Luigi Ridolfi, Firenze (ITA) - 26 JUL 2026 8 1 Luka Bošković8.238.23 Qualified by Entry Standard 8.23 - Sports Park Mladost, Zagreb (CRO) - 26 JUN 2026 9 1 Lester Lescay8.358.22 Qualified by Entry Standard 8.22 - Pistes d'atletisme Gaetà Huguet, Castellón (ESP) - 01 JUL 2026 10 2 Eusebio Cáceres8.378.19 Qualified by Entry Standard 8.19 - Velódromo Luis Puig, Valencia (ESP) (i) - 28 FEB 2026 11 1 Thobias Montler8.388.08 Qualified by Entry Standard 8.17 - National Stadium, Tokyo (JPN) - 17 SEP 2025 12 3 Jaime Guerra8.178.15 Qualified by Entry Standard 8.15 - Pista atletismo Fuente de la Niña, Guadalajara (ESP) - 09 JUN 2026 13 1 Stephen Mackenzie8.158.15 Qualified by Entry Standard 8.15 - Alexander Stadium, Birmingham (GBR) - 20 JUN 2026 14 1 Kristóf Pap8.118.11 Qualified by Entry Standard 8.11 - Atletski stadion Poljane, Maribor (SLO) - 04 JUN 2026 15 1 Henrik Flåtnes8.108.10 Qualified by Entry Standard 8.10 - Municipal Theatre Of Piraeus, Piraeus (GRE) - 28 JUN 2026 16 1 Filip Pradvica8.358.09 Qualified by Entry Standard 8.09 - Atletski stadion Poljane, Maribor (SLO) - 04 JUN 2026 17 1 Erwan Konaté8.258.09 Qualified by Entry Standard 8.09 - Stadium Municipal, Albi (FRA) - 25 JUL 2026 18 1 Kristian Pulli8.278.08 Qualified by Entry Standard 8.08 - Atletska dvorana, Beograd (SRB) (i) - 11 FEB 2026 19 2 Archie Yeo8.068.06 Qualified by Entry Standard 8.06 - Alexander Stadium, Birmingham (GBR) - 20 JUN 2026 reserve 4 Héctor Santos8.198.06 Qualified by Entry Standard 8.06 - Pistes d'atletisme Gaetà Huguet, Castellón (ESP) - 01 JUL 2026 20 1 Gabriel Bitan8.147.96 Qualified by World Rankings 20th - 1173 points 21 2 Kevin Brucha8.048.04 Qualified by World Rankings 21st - 1165 points 22 1 Piotr Tarkowski8.047.97 Qualified by World Rankings 22nd - 1165 points 23 1 Petr Meindlschmid8.037.72 Qualified by World Rankings 23rd - 1164 points 24 1 Yanni Sampson8.028.02 Qualified by World Rankings 26th - 1151 points 25 3 Simon Plitzko8.007.92 Qualified by World Rankings 28th - 1148 points reserve 5 Carlos Beltrán8.038.03 Qualified by World Rankings 29th - 1146 points 26 2 Niklas Wall7.857.85 Qualified by World Rankings 31st - 1141 points 27 2 Kasperi Vehmaa8.038.03 Qualified by World Rankings 32nd - 1139 points 28 2 Nikolaos Stamatonikolos8.147.93 Qualified by World Rankings 34th - 1138 points reserve 4 Maximilian Entholzner 8.128.04 Qualified by World Rankings 37th - 1130 points 29 2 Marko Čeko8.047.77 Qualified by World Rankings 40th - 1123 points 30 3 Kalle Salminen7.957.85 Qualified by World Rankings 41st - 1123 points reserve 1 Marius Vadeikis 7.127.70 Next best by World Rankings 44th - 1115 points reserve 1 Dino Subašić 7.877.87 Next best by World Rankings 45th - 1115 points reserve 1 Ishay Ifraimov 7.927.69 Next best by World Rankings 46th - 1115 points reserve 3 Samuel Ekelund 7.807.80 Next best by World Rankings 48th - 1112 points reserve 2 Marko Vlahović 7.927.92 Next best by World Rankings 49th - 1112 points reserve 4 Otto Pulkkinen 7.837.83 Next best by World Rankings 59th - 1100 points reserve 4 Joakim Hellbratt 7.837.82 Next best by World Rankings 61st - 1098 points reserve 3 Aldo Rocchi 7.787.78 Next best by World Rankings 62nd - 1093 points reserve 4 Samuele Baldi 7.747.74 Next best by World Rankings 63rd - 1089 points
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Schedule Date Time Round10 August 2026 11:30 Qualification11 August 2026 20:16 Final
Results Qualification The qualification round was held on 10 August 2026, at 11:30 in the morning. All athletes meeting the Qualification Standard (Q) of 8.15 m or at least 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final.
Group A PlaceAthleteNationRoundResultNotes #1 #2 #3 1 Francesco Ettore Inzoli 7.89 x 8.34 8.34 m 2 Eusebio Cáceres 7.94 8.24 8.24 m 3 Bozhidar Sarâboyukov 8.02 8.20 8.20 m 4 Jaime Guerra 7.69 8.12 - 8.12 m 5 Simon Ehammer 8.10 x x 8.10 m 6 Yanni Sampson 7.91 x 7.97 7.97 m 7 Archie Yeo 7.72 x 7.92 7.92 m 8 Piotr Tarkowski 7.84 x 7.65 7.84 m 9 Henrik Flåtnes x x 7.63 7.63 m 10 Nikolaos Stamatonikolos 7.49 7.55 x 7.55 m 11 Niklas Wall 7.53 7.49 7.52 7.53 m 12 7.03 7.32 7.39 7.39 m — Erwan Konaté x x x — Kristian Pulli x x x
Group B PlaceAthleteNationRoundResultNotes #1 #2 #3 1 Luka Bošković x 8.04 8.33 8.33 m 2 Miltiadis Tentoglou 7.78 8.26 8.26 m 3 Lester Lescay 7.89 8.03 8.03 m 4 Gerson Baldé x 7.99 x 7.99 m 5 Petr Meindlschmid x x 7.91 7.91 m , 6 Thobias Montler 7.75 x 7.90 7.90 m 7 Gabriel Bitan 7.87 7.87 7.69 7.87 m 8 Stephen Mackenzie 7.80 7.85 7.66 7.85 m 9 x 7.58 7.73 7.73 m 10 Mattia Furlani 7.73 r 7.73 m 11 Filip Pravdica 7.62 7.44 7.20 7.62 m 12 x 7.60 x 7.60 m 13 7.02 x 7.50 7.50 m 14 7.47 x x 7.47 m — x x x
Final The final was held on 11 August 2026, at 20:16 in the evening.
PlaceAthleteNationRoundResultNotes #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Miltiadis Tentoglou 8.27 8.19 8.27 8.44 – – 8.44 m Simon Ehammer x 8.29 6.15 8.22 8.05 x 8.29 m Bozhidar Sarâboyukov 8.10 7.84 8.03 8.09 8.05 8.26 8.26 m 4 Gerson Baldé 7.91 x 7.86 7.98 x 8.18 8.18 m 5 Luka Bošković 7.91 7.94 7.84 7.91 8.03 8.08 8.08 m 6 Francesco Ettore Inzoli 7.80 8.04 x 7.91 x 7.58 8.04 m 7 Eusebio Cáceres x 7.92 7.87 x 7.61 x 7.92 m 8 Petr Meindlschmid 7.81 x r 7.81 m 9 Jaime Guerra 7.60 7.73 7.66 7.73 m 10 Lester Lescay 7.72 x 7.50 7.72 m 11 Yanni Sampson 7.46 x 7.59 7.59 m 12 Archie Yeo 7.48 7.13 7.26 7.48 m
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