European Athletics Championships 1934 / men's long jump

1st European Athletics Championships
discipline	Long jump of men
city	Turin
Stadion	Stadio Benito Mussolini
Attendees	15 athletes from 11 countries
Competition phase	September 8th
Medalist
gold	Wilhelm Leichum ( GER )
silver	Otto Berg ( NOR )
bronze	Luz Long ( GER )

Turin Olympic Stadium - then called
Stadio Benito Mussolini

The men's long jump at the European Athletics Championships in 1934 was held on September 8, 1934 in the Turin Stadio Benito Mussolini .

In the long jump there were two medals for Germany with gold and bronze. Wilhelm Leichum became European champion . He won ahead of the Norwegian Otto Berg . Luz Long won bronze .

Existing records

World record	7.98 m	Nambu Chuhei	Tokyo , Japan	October 27, 1931
Championship record	There was not yet a European championship record.

execution

On the IAAF long jump page there is only a list of results with the final result for all fifteen participants. A qualification is not listed there. Accordingly, all fifteen competitors started together in one group for the final. It is not clear how many attempts were available to the athletes and whether after the third round, as was common at the Olympic Games at the time, for example, the best six jumpers went into a final with three more rounds.

At the Olympic Games during this period, it was common practice in the jumping and throwing disciplines to first conduct a qualifying round on the morning of the competition day if the number of participants was not too small. This preliminary round was held in two groups. The final with the qualified athletes usually took place in the afternoon of the same day.

final

European Champion Wilhelm Leichum - here at the European Championships in 1938

Autograph of the bronze medal
winner Luz Long

September 8, 1934

space	Surname	nation	Expanse
1	Wilhelm Leichum	German Empire	7.45 m CR
2	Otto Berg	Norway	7.31 m PB
3	Luz Long	German Empire	7.25 m SB
4th	Robert Paul	France	7.16 m PB
5	Arturo Maffei	Italy	7.12 m SB
6th	Henrik Koltai	Hungary	7.01 m PB
7th	Jean Studer	Switzerland	6.84 m SB
8th	Sándor Dombóvári	Hungary	6.80 m PB
9	Ingvard Andersen	Denmark	6.75 m SB
10	Eric Svensson	Sweden	6.73 m
11	Nikolai Küttis	Estonia	6.71 m SB
12	Henri Fejean	Luxembourg	6.62 m PB
13	Francesco Tabai	Italy	6.60 m PB
14th	Ludvík Kománek	Czechoslovakia	6.47 m PB
15th	François Mersch	Luxembourg	6.38 m SB

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  Arturo Maffei came in fifth

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  Eric Svensson was tenth

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Torino 1934 from the European Athletics homepage , accessed March 6, 2019
• Men Long Jump Athletics I European Championships 1934 Torino (ITA) on todor66.com, accessed March 9, 2019
• I European Championship, Turin 1934 from trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed March 6, 2019
• Results of all European Athletics Championships - 1934, long jump men on sportschau.de, accessed on March 6, 2019
• 1st European Men's Athletics Championships 1934 in Turin, Italy from ifosta.de, accessed on March 6, 2019

Individual evidence

1. ↑ IAAF world records. Long jump , accessed March 6, 2019
2. ↑ European Athletics Championships - Torino 1934 , accessed March 6, 2019