European Athletics Championships 2016 / Men's Long Jump

23rd European Athletics Championships
discipline	Long jump
gender	Men
Attendees	24 athletes from 16 countries
venue	Amsterdam
Competition location	Olympic Stadium Amsterdam
Competition phase	July 6th (qualification) July 7th (final)
Medalist Greg Rutherford ( GBR )   Michel Tornéus ( SWE )   Ignisious Gaisah ( NED )

The Olympic Stadium in Amsterdam

The men's long jump at the 2016 European Athletics Championships was held on July 6th and 7th, 2016 in the Olympic Stadium in the Dutch capital, Amsterdam .

European champion was the British defending champion, Olympic champion of 2012 , reigning world champion and vice European champion of 2006 Greg Rutherford . Second place was taken by the Swedish Championship -Third of 2012 Michel Tornéus . Bronze went (to the two-time runner- 2005 / 2013 ) Ignisious Gaisah from the Netherlands .

Existing records

World record	8.95 m	Mike Powell	World Cup Tokyo , Japan	August 30, 1991
European record	8.86 m	Robert Emmijan	Zaghkadzor , Soviet Union (now Armenia )	May 22, 1987
Championship record	8.47 m	Christian Reif	EM Barcelona , Spain	3 July 0, 2010

The existing EM record was not set at these European championships and was not improved.

Wind conditions

In the following summary of results, the wind conditions for the respective 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

July 6, 2016, 1:10 p.m.

24 participants competed in two groups for the qualification round. The qualification distance for the direct entry into the final was 8.00 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). So, in the end, 7.80 m had to be achieved to take part 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	Michel Tornéus	Sweden	8.19	x	x	8.19 / +2.5
2	Radek Juška	Czech Republic	8.11	7.44 / -0.5	7.84 / +1.0	8.11 / +1.6
3	Fabian Heinle	Germany	8.11	7.80 / +1.7	7.60 / +3.8	8.11 / +3.0
4th	Ignisious Gaisah	Netherlands	7.97	7.81 / +0.6	x	7.97 / +3.2
5	Greg Rutherford	Great Britain	7.93	7.93 / +2.0	x	x
6th	Izmir Smajlaj	Albania	7.92	7.92 / +0.9	7.85 / +0.8	7.84 / +2.3
7th	Lamont Marcell Jacobs	Italy	7.80	x	7.80 / +1.6	7.77 / +0.4
8th	Jean Marie Okutu	Spain	7.80	7.80 / +2.2	7.62 / +1.1	7.61 / +0.9
9	Henri Väyrynen	Finland	7.78	7.78 / +3.0	x	x
10	Taras Neledva	Ukraine	7.67	7.49 / +2.3	7.58 / +0.4	7.67 / +2.7
11	Denis Eradiri	Bulgaria	7.64	7.57 / +2.1	7.63 / +1.9	7.64 / +2.1
12	Elvijs Misāns	Latvia	7.61	x	x	7.61 / +2.7
13	Nikólaos Kapsís	Greece	7.23	7.23 / +0.7	x	x

Long jumpers eliminated from group A in the preliminary round:

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  Jean Marie Okutu, eighth with 7.80 m - he only retired on his poor second best attempt

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  Henri Väyrynen - ninth place with 7.78 m

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  Taras Neledva - tenth place with 7.67 m

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	Kanstanzin Barycheusky	Belarus	8.08	7.91 / +1.2	7.74 / +1.1	8.08 / +3.0
2	Kristian Back	Finland	7.96	7.36 / +2.4	7.96 / +2.6	-
3	Lazar Anic	Serbia	7.93	7.52 / -0.3	7.82 / +0.9	7.93 / +3.4
4th	Kafétien Gomis	France	7.93	7.93 / +3.7	-	-
5	Eusebio Cáceres	Spain	7.91	7.68 / +1.3	x	7.91 / +2.1
6th	Mihaíl Mertzanídis-Despotéris	Greece	7.76	x	7.75 / +1.1	7.76 / -0.4
7th	Benjamin Gföhler	Switzerland	7.72	7.69 / +3.7	x	7.72 / +2.8
8th	Alyn Camara	Germany	7.66	7.62 / +1.3	7.63 / -2.1	7.66 / +0.3
9	Serhiy Nykyforov	Ukraine	7.59	7.28 / +1.3	7.59 / +4.5	7.50 / +1.8
10	Viktor Kuznyetsov	Ukraine	7.55	7.55 / +1.4	7.51 / +1.1	x
11	Yeóryios Tsákonas	Greece	7.45	x	7.45 / +1.8	7.35 / +0.1
DNS	Dan Bramble	Great Britain

Long jumpers eliminated from group B in the preliminary round:

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  Alyn Camaras - eighth with 7.66 m

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  Serhij Nykyforow - ninth place with 7.59 m

final

July 7, 2016, 6:20 pm

space	Surname	nation	Result (noun)	1st attempt (m) wind (m / s)	2nd attempt (m) wind (m / s)	3rd attempt (m) wind (m / s)	4th attempt (m) wind (m / s)	5th attempt (m) wind (m / s)	6th attempt (m) wind (m / s)
1	Greg Rutherford	Great Britain	8.25	8.12 / -2.6	x	x	8.13 / -0.4	8.25 / +0.5	8.12 / +0.3
2	Michel Tornéus	Sweden	8.21	8.21 / +2.1	8.07 / +0.3	7.80 / -0.1	8.00 / +1.7	x	x
3	Ignisious Gaisah	Netherlands	7.93	7.58 / -1.7	7.59 / -0.2	7.82 / +1.8	x	7.93 / ± 0.0	7.66 / +1.4
4th	Radek Juška	Czech Republic	7.93	5.24 / +0.9	7.93 / +2.1	x	7.71 / +0.1	7.67 / -0.9	x
5	Kristian Back	Finland	7.91	x	7.91 / +2.5	7.73 / +2.2	7.62 / +1.4	x	x
6th	Fabian Heinle	Germany	7.87	x	7.87 / +1.7	7.72 / +0.9	7.78 / +0.9	7.71 / -0.8	7.86 / -0.5
7th	Kafétien Gomis	France	7.84	x	x	7.76 / +0.3	x	x	7.84 / ± 0.0
8th	Kanstanzin Barycheusky	Belarus	7.75	7.45 / +1.0	7.67 / +0.1	7.75 / ± 0.0	7.58 / -0.2	7.51 / +1.2	7.66 / +1.5
9	Izmir Smajlaj	Albania	7.75	7.75 / +0.4	7.46 / + 0.8	x	not in the final of the eight best jumpers
10	Lazar Anic	Serbia	7.63	7.63 / +1.1	x	7.52 / +1.3
11	Lamont Marcell Jacobs	Italy	7.59	7.59 / +0.4	7.43 / -0.9	7.41 / -1.6
NM	Eusebio Cáceres	Spain	ogV	x	x	x

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  Greg Rutherford, 2012 Olympic champion, reigning world champion and 2006 vice European champion, was able to defend his title

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  Michel Tornéus, 2012 EM -Dritter was Vice European Champion

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  Ignisious Gaisah, two-time runner-up ( 2005 / 2013 ), won the bronze medal

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  Kristian Bäck came in fifth

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  Fabian Heinle came in sixth

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  The EM -second from 2010 and EM -third from 2014 Kafétien Gomis reached seventh place

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  Eusebio Cáceres failed to make a valid jump in the final

Web links

• European Athletics Championships - Amsterdam 2016 at european-athletics.org, accessed on February 29, 2020
• European Championship 2016 Amsterdam, Men Long Jump on todor66.com, accessed on February 29, 2020
• Track and Field Statistics, EM 2016 on trackfield.brinkster.net, accessed on February 29, 2020
• 23rd European Athletics Championships 2016 in Amsterdam, Netherlands from ifosta.de, accessed on February 29, 2020

References and comments

1. ↑ IAAF world records. Long jump , accessed February 29, 2020
2. ↑ Progression of the European Outdoor Records, Long Jump Men , p. 25, Spanish / English (PDF, 271 kB), accessed on February 29, 2020