European Athletics Championships 2012 / Men's Long Jump
| 21st European Athletics Championships | |||||||||
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| discipline | Long jump | ||||||||
| gender | Men | ||||||||
| Attendees | 37 athletes from 22 countries | ||||||||
| venue |
 Helsinki
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| Competition location | Olympic Stadium | ||||||||
| Competition phase | June 29th (qualification) July 1st (final) |
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The men's long jump at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held on June 29 and July 1, 2012 in the Olympic Stadium in the Finnish capital Helsinki .
German Sebastian Bayer became European champion . He won ahead of the Spaniard Luis Felipe Méliz . Bronze went to the Swede Michel Tornéus .
Existing records
| World record | 8.95 m |
 Mike Powell
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World Cup Tokyo , Japan | August 30, 1991 |
| European record | 8.86 m |
 Robert Emmijan
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Zaghkadzor , Soviet Union (now Armenia ) | May 22, 1987 |
| Championship record | 8.47 m |
 Christian Reif
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EM Barcelona , Spain | July 30, 2010 |
The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.
Wind conditions
In the following overview of results, the wind conditions for the best jumps are named. The permitted limit is two meters per second. With stronger wind support, the distance will be counted for the competition, but will not be included in the lists of records and the best.
Legend
Brief overview of the meaning of the symbols - also commonly used in other publications:
| - | waived |
| x | invalid |
qualification
June 29, 2012, 1:50 p.m.
37 participants competed in two groups for the qualifying round. The qualification distance for the direct entry into the final was 8.05 m. Four athletes exceeded this mark (highlighted in light blue). The final field was filled with the eight athletes placed next to twelve jumpers (highlighted in light green). In the end, 7.89 m had to be achieved for participation in the finals.
Group A
| space | Surname | nation | Result (noun) | 1st attempt (m) wind (m / s) |
2nd attempt (m) wind (m / s) |
3rd attempt (m) wind (m / s) |
| 1 | Sebastian Bayer |
Germany
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8.34 | 8.34 / +2.4 | - | - |
| 2 | Luis Felipe Méliz |
 Spain
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8.06 | 7.80 / +0.1 | 8.06 / +0.3 | - |
| 3 | Morten Jensen |
 Denmark
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8.06 | x | x | 8.06 / +1.1 |
| 4th | JJ Any |
 Great Britain
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8.01 | 7.77 / +0.2 | x | 8.01 / +1.1 |
| 5 | Tommi Evilä |
Finland
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8.01 | x | 7.69 / +1.2 | 8.01 / +1.8 |
| 6th | Roni Ollikainen |
Finland
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8.00 | 8.00 / +1.1 | 7.90 / +2.5 | 7.76 / -0.5 |
| 7th | Salim Sdiri |
 France
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7.96 | 7.80 / +1.8 | 7.71 / +0.8 | 7.96 / +0.3 |
| 8th | Tomasz Jaszczuk |
 Poland
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7.94 | 7.80 / +2.0 | 7.94 / +0.2 | x |
| 9 | Alexander Petrov |
 Russia
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7.81 | x | x | 7.81 / +0.2 |
| 10 | Roman Novotný |
 Czech Republic
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7.80 | 7.80 / ± 0.0 | x | x |
| 11 | Vardan Pahlevanjan |
 Armenia
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7.67 | x | 7.44 / +1.4 | 7.67 / +0.5 |
| 12 | Yeóryios Tsákonas |
 Greece
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7.64 | 7.64 / +2.6 | 7.62 / +1.1 | 7.63 / +0.5 |
| 13 | Frédéric Erin |
France
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7.53 | 7.35 / -0.5 | 7.53 / ± 0.0 | 6.75 / +0.2 |
| 14th | Rain Kask |
 Estonia
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7.50 | 7.28 / -0.1 | 7.50 / +1.9 | x |
| 15th | Kristinn Torfason |
 Iceland
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7.49 | 7.49 / +0.9 | 7.41 / +0.9 | 7.44 / -0.6 |
| 16 | Dragoje Rajkovič |
 Montenegro
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6.34 | x | 6.34 / +0.8 | x |
| NM | Povilas mycolaitis |
 Lithuania
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ogV | x | x | x |
| Andreas Otterling |
 Sweden
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x | x | x | ||
| Marko Prugovečki |
 Croatia
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x | x | x |
Group B
| space | Surname | nation | Result (noun) | 1st attempt (m) wind (m / s) |
2nd attempt (m) wind (m / s) |
3rd attempt (m) wind (m / s) |
| 1 | Michel Tornéus |
Sweden
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8.07 | 8.07 / ± 0.0 | - | - |
| 2 | Marcos Chuva |
 Portugal
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7.96 | 7.79 / +1.2 | 7.81 / +0.5 | 7.96 / +0.3 |
| 3 | Eusebio Cáceres |
Spain
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7.92 | 7.92 / +0.3 | 7.84 / +0.5 | 7.66 / -0.5 |
| 4th | Kafétien Gomis |
France
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7.89 | 7.44 / +1.1 | 7.24 / +1.7 | 7.89 / +1.1 |
| 5 | Christopher Tomlinson |
Great Britain
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7.84 | 7.84 / +0.3 | 7.12 / +1.6 | 7.61 / +1.0 |
| 6th | Dimítrios Diamantáras |
Greece
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7.81 | 7.81 / +0.6 | 7.80 / +2.1 | 7.79 / +0.8 |
| 7th | Pavel Shalin |
Russia
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7.81 | 7.81 / -0.2 | 7.72 / +0.8 | 7.70 / +1.1 |
| 8th | Alyn Camara |
Germany
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7.80 | 7.80 / +0.5 | 7.79 / ± 0.0 | x |
| 9 | Štěpán Wagner |
Czech Republic
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7.80 | 7.80 / +0.6 | 7.72 / +1.1 | 7.75 / +0.2 |
| 10 | Alexandr Cuharenco |
 Moldova
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7.79 | 7.79 / +0.6 | 7.68 / +1.4 | 7.75 / +1.3 |
| 11 | Julian Reid |
Great Britain
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7.73 | 7.37 / +0.6 | 7.73 / +1.5 | 7.50 / -0.5 |
| 12 | Nils Winter |
Germany
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7.71 | x | 7.71 / +2.5 | 7.61 / +1.1 |
| 13 | Mikko Kivinen |
Finland
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7.69 | 7.63 / +0.6 | 7.65 / -0.6 | 7.69 / +0.9 |
| 14th | Arsen Sargsyan |
Armenia
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7.47 | 7.28 / +1.1 | 7.47 / +1.9 | 7.44 / +0.3 |
| 15th | Boleslaw Schirtladse |
 Georgia
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7.23 | x | x | 7.23 / +0.8 |
| 16 | Jānis Leitis |
 Latvia
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5.88 | x | x | 5.88 / +1.9 |
| NM | Nikolay Atanasov |
 Bulgaria
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ogV | x | x | x |
| Dino Pervan |
Croatia
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x | x | x |
7.84 m was not enough for Chris Tomlinson to take part in the final
Alyn Camara came to 7.80 m and was eliminated
Alexandr Cuharenco's 7.79 m were not enough for the final
Julian Reid achieved 7.73 m and thus got stuck in the qualification
Nils Winter - 7.73 m and thus eliminated
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final
July 1, 2012, 5:45 p.m.
| space | Surname | nation |
Result (m) wind (m / s) |
1st attempt (m) | 2. attempt (m) | 3rd attempt (m) | 4th attempt (m) | 5th attempt (m) | 6th attempt (m) |
| 1 | Sebastian Bayer |
Germany
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8.34 / +0.3 | x | x | 8.03 | 8.09 | 8.33 | 8.34 |
| 2 | Luis Felipe Méliz |
Spain
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8.21 / +1.7 | 7.97 | 8.21 | 8.05 | 7.87 | x | 7.60 |
| 3 | Michel Tornéus |
Sweden
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8.17 / ± 0.0 | x | 8.14 | x | x | - | 8.17 |
| 4th | JJ Any |
Great Britain
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8.10 / +2.4 | 7.80 | 8.10 | 7.47 | x | x | 7.62 |
| 5 | Eusebio Cáceres |
Spain
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8.06 / +0.4 | 7.62 | x | 7.92 | 7.65 | 7.99 | 8.06 |
| 6th | Roni Ollikainen |
Finland
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8.05 NU23Re / +1.5 | x | 8.05 | 7.88 | 7.67 | 7.74 | x |
| 7th | Marcos Chuva |
Portugal
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7.92 / +0.5 | x | 7, | 7.92 | 7.44 | 7.84 | x |
| 8th | Tomasz Jaszczuk |
Poland
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7.90 / 1.4 | x | 7.90 | x | 7.65 | x | 7.41 |
| 9 | Kafétien Gomis |
France
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7.88 / +0.7 | 7.66 | x | 7.88 | not in the final of the eight best jumpers |
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| 10 | Tommi Evilä |
Finland
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7.79 / -1.1 | x | 7.79 | x | |||
| 11 | Morten Jensen |
Denmark
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7.56 / +0.7 | x | 7.56 | x | |||
| 12 | Salim Sdiri |
France
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7.48 / -0.7 | 7.48 | x | x | |||
European champion Sebastian Bayer
Vice European Champion Luis Felipe Méliz
Michel Tornéus won the bronze medal
JJ Jegede finished fourth
Eusebio Cáceres came in fifth
Sixth place for Roni Ollikainen
Marcos Chuva reached seventh place
Tomasz Jaszczuk - eighth
The ninth placed Kafétien Gomis
Tommi Evilä came in tenth place
Morten Jensen - eleventh place
Salim Sdiri was twelfth in this final
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Web links
- European Athletics Championships - Helsinki 2012 at european-athletics.org, accessed January 15, 2020
- European Championship 2012 Helsinki, Men Long Jump on todor66.com, accessed January 15, 2020
- Track and Field Statistics, EM 2012 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on January 15, 2020
- European Athletics Championships Zurich 2014 - Statistics Handbook , Men Long Jump European Championship 2012 Helsinki, p. 512 (PDF, 13,363 kB), in English at european-athletics.org, accessed on January 15, 2020
- Results of all European Athletics Championships - 2012, long jump men on sportschau.de, accessed on January 15, 2020
- 21st European Athletics Championships 2012 in Helsinki, Finland from ifosta.de, accessed on January 15, 2020
References and comments
- ↑ IAAF world records. Long jump , accessed January 15, 2020
- ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, Long Jump Men , p. 25, Spanish / English (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on January 15, 2020