# 2010 European Athletics Championships – Men's long jump

The men's long jump at the 2010 European Athletics Championships was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 30 July and 1 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Christian Reif Germany (GER) |
| Silver | Kafétien Gomis France (FRA) |
| Bronze | Chris Tomlinson Great Britain (GBR) |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2010 European Athletics Championships :
| World record | Mike Powell (USA) | 8.95 | Tokyo, Japan | 30 August 1991 |
| European record | Robert Emmiyan (URS) | 8.86 | Tsaghkadzor, Soviet Union | 22 May 1987 |
| Championship record | Robert Emmiyan (URS) | 8.41 | Stuttgart, West Germany | 29 August 1986 |
| World Leading | Dwight Phillips (USA) | 8.46 | Monaco | 22 July 2010 |
| European Leading | Christian Reif (GER) | 8.27 | Hengelo, Netherlands | 30 May 2010 |
| Broken records during the 2010 European Athletics Championships |||||
| Championship record | Christian Reif (GER) | 8.47 | Barcelona, Spain | 1 August 2010 |
| World Leading | Christian Reif (GER) | 8.47 | Barcelona, Spain | 1 August 2010 |
| European Leading | Christian Reif (GER) | 8.47 | Barcelona, Spain | 1 August 2010 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 30 July 2010 | 18:35 | Qualification |
| 1 August 2010 | 20:10 | Final |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Qualification Performance a total of 8.00 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | B | Eusebio Cáceres | Spain (ESP) | 7.73 | 7.90 | 8.27 | 8.27 | Q, =EL |
| 2 | A | Christian Reif | Germany (GER) | x | 7.79 | 8.27 | 8.27 | Q, =EL |
| 3 | B | Chris Tomlinson | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 7.98 | 8.20 | | 8.20 | Q, SB |
| 4 | A | Louis Tsatoumas | Greece (GRE) | 8.17 | | | 8.17 | Q |
| 5 | B | Andrew Howe | Italy (ITA) | 8.15 | | | 8.15 | Q |
| 6 | B | Michel Tornéus | Sweden (SWE) | 8.12 | | | 8.12 | Q, PB |
| 7 | B | Salim Sdiri | France (FRA) | 8.09 | | | 8.09 | Q |
| 8 | A | Luis Felipe Méliz | Spain (ESP) | 7.94 | 8.06 | | 8.06 | Q, =SB |
| 9 | A | Kafétien Gomis | France (FRA) | x | 8.04 | | 8.04 | Q |
| 10 | A | Tommi Evilä | Finland (FIN) | 7.91 | 7.90 | 8.01 | 8.01 | Q |
| 11 | B | Roman Novotný | Czech Republic (CZE) | 7.86 | x | 8.00 | 8.00 | Q |
| 12 | B | Petteri Lax | Finland (FIN) | 7.48 | 7.98 | x | 7.98 | q, SB |
| 13 | B | Povilas Mykolaitis | Lithuania (LTU) | x | 7.85 | 7.94 | 7.94 | SB |
| 14 | B | Pavel Shalin | Russia (RUS) | 7.81 | 7.66 | 7.94 | 7.94 | |
| 15 | A | Dmitriy Plotnikov | Russia (RUS) | x | 7.92 | 7.37 | 7.92 | |
| 16 | A | Emanuele Formichetti | Italy (ITA) | x | 7.91 | 7.80 | 7.91 | |
| 17 | A | Otto Kilpi | Finland (FIN) | 7.81 | 7.90 | 7.78 | 7.90 | |
| 18 | A | Yochai Halevi | Israel (ISR) | x | 7.78 | 7.90 | 7.90 | |
| 19 | A | Gaspar Araújo | Portugal (POR) | x | 7.83 | 7.87 | 7.87 | |
| 20 | B | Jānis Leitis | Latvia (LAT) | 6.30 | 7.87 | x | 7.87 | SB |
| 21 | A | Stefano Tremigliozzi | Italy (ITA) | 7.41 | 7.80 | x | 7.80 | |
| 22 | B | Oleksandr Soldatkin | Ukraine (UKR) | x | 7.66 | 7.32 | 7.66 | |
| 23 | A | Joan Lino Martínez | Spain (ESP) | 7.62 | 7.63 | x | 7.63 | |
| 24 | B | Zacharias Arnos | Cyprus (CYP) | x | 7.37 | 7.61 | 7.61 | |
| 25 | B | Arsen Sargsyan | Armenia (ARM) | 7.60 | x | 7.59 | 7.60 | |
| 26 | A | Thorsteinn Ingvarsson | Iceland (ISL) | 7.44 | x | 7.59 | 7.59 | |
| 27 | B | Mihaíl Mertzanídis-Despotéris | Greece (GRE) | x | x | 7.58 | 7.58 | |
| 28 | A | Tõnis Sahk | Estonia (EST) | 7.46 | 7.41 | 7.34 | 7.46 | |
| 29 | B | Sávvas Diakonikólas | Greece (GRE) | x | 7.22 | 7.46 | 7.46 | |
| | A | Morten Jensen | Denmark (DEN) | x | x | x | NM | |
| | A | Admir Bregu | Albania (ALB) | x | x | x | NM | |
| | B | Nikolay Atanasov | Bulgaria (BUL) | x | x | – | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | Christian Reif | Germany (GER) | x | 7.87 | 8.47 | – | – | 8.00 | 8.47 | WL, CR, PB |
| | Kafétien Gomis | France (FRA) | 8.00 | x | x | x | x | 8.24 | 8.24 | PB |
| | Chris Tomlinson | Great Britain & N.I. (GBR) | 8.18 | 7.97 | 8.05 | 8.23 | 8.20 | 7.57 | 8.23 | SB |
| 4 | Salim Sdiri | France (FRA) | 8.20 | x | x | x | x | 8.12 | 8.20 | |
| 5 | Andrew Howe | Italy (ITA) | 7.96 | 8.12 | 8.00 | 7.74 | 8.08 | 7.97 | 8.12 | |
| 6 | Louis Tsatoumas | Greece (GRE) | x | 8.09 | x | x | 7.66 | x | 8.09 | SB |
| 7 | Petteri Lax | Finland (FIN) | 7.96 | x | x | x | x | x | 7.96 | |
| 8 | Eusebio Cáceres | Spain (ESP) | 7.92 | x | 7.93 | – | x | x | 7.93 | |
| 9 | Michel Tornéus | Sweden (SWE) | 7.77 | 7.92 | 7.88 | | | | 7.92 | |
| 10 | Tommi Evilä | Finland (FIN) | 7.56 | 7.62 | 7.91 | | | | 7.91 | |
| 11 | Luis Felipe Méliz | Spain (ESP) | x | 7.90 | 7.90 | | | | 7.90 | |
| 12 | Roman Novotný | Czech Republic (CZE) | x | 7.65 | x | | | | 7.65 | |