# 1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's long jump

The men's long jump at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 18 and 19 August.

## Medalists

| Gold | Kirill Sosunov Russia |
| Silver | Bogdan Țăruș Romania |
| Bronze | Petar Dachev Bulgaria |

## Results

| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Qualification

Qualification: Qualification Performance 8.05 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Notes |
| 1 | A | Kirill Sosunov | Russia | | | | 8.14 | Q |
| 2 | B | Gregor Cankar | Slovenia | | | | 8.07 | Q |
| 3 | A | Kofi Amoah Prah | Germany | | | | 7.95 | q, PB |
| 4 | B | Simone Bianchi | Italy | | | | 7.91 | q |
| 5 | A | Paolo Camossi | Italy | | | | 7.90 | q |
| 6 | B | Emmanuel Bangué | France | | | | 7.88 | q |
| 7 | B | Kader Klouchi | France | | | | 7.86 | q |
| 8 | B | Mattias Sunneborn | Sweden | | | | 7.84 | q |
| 9 | A | Petar Dachev | Bulgaria | | | | 7.83 | q |
| 10 | A | Konstadinos Koukodimos | Greece | | | | 7.82 | q |
| 11 | B | Bogdan Țăruș | Romania | | | | 7.81 | q |
| 12 | B | Yago Lamela | Spain | 7.74 | 7.67 | 7.77 | 7.77 | q |
| 13 | B | Aleksandr Glavatskiy | Belarus | | | | 7.76 | |
| 13 | B | Stanislav Tarasenko | Russia | 7.76 | | | 7.76 | |
| 15 | B | Roman Shchurenko | Ukraine | | | | 7.75 | |
| 16 | A | Tomas Bardauskas | Lithuania | x | | | 7.74 | |
| 16 | B | Milan Kovar | Czech Republic | | | | 7.74 | |
| 16 | B | Konstantin Krause | Germany | | | | 7.74 | |
| 19 | A | Olexiy Lukashevych | Ukraine | | | | 7.72 | |
| 19 | B | Dimitrios Chatzopoulos | Greece | 7.72 | | | 7.72 | |
| 21 | A | Aleksey Musikhin | Russia | | | | 7.69 | |
| 22 | A | Thorsten Heide | Germany | | | | 7.68 | |
| 22 | A | Michael Loria | France | 7.16 | | | 7.68 | |
| 24 | A | Nathan Morgan | Great Britain | x | 7.67 | | 7.67 | |
| 25 | A | Bogdan Tudor | Romania | | | | 7.66 | |
| 26 | A | Danial Jahić | Yugoslavia | | | | 7.63 | |
| 27 | A | Martin Lobel | Austria | | | | 7.62 | |
| 28 | A | Peter Häggström | Sweden | | | | 7.59 | |
| 29 | A | Siniša Ergotić | Croatia | | | | 7.57 | |
| 30 | A | Raúl Fernández | Spain | 7.56 | x | 7.52 | 7.56 | |
| 30 | B | Grzegorz Marciniszyn | Poland | | | | 7.56 | |
| 32 | B | Steven Phillips | Great Britain | x | 7.46 | 7.51 | 7.51 | |
| 33 | A | Otto Karki | Finland | | | | 7.51 | |
| 34 | B | Robert Emmiyan | Armenia | 7.43 | | | 7.43 | |
| 35 | B | Galin Georgiev | Bulgaria | | | | 7.30 | |
| 36 | B | Dimitros Filidras | Greece | | | | 7.29 | |
| 37 | A | Carlos Castelbranco | Portugal | | | | 6.68 | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | Kirill Sosunov | Russia | 8.14 | 8.12 | 8.28 | 7.98 | 8.03 | 7.79 | 8.28 | |
| | Bogdan Țăruș | Romania | 7.96 | 7.85 | 8.21 | 8.14 | 8.13 | 8.04 | 8.21 | SB |
| | Petar Dachev | Bulgaria | 8.06 | x | x | 7.95 | x | 5.32 | 8.06 | |
| 4 | Simone Bianchi | Italy | 7.67 | 7.92 | x | x | 7.97 | 8.02 | 8.02 | SB |
| 5 | Mattias Sunneborn | Sweden | 7.75 | 7.72 | 8.01 | 7.73 | 7.88 | 7.83 | 8.01 | SB |
| 6 | Gregor Cankar | Slovenia | 7.83 | 7.64 | 8.00 | 7.90 | 7.90 | x | 8.00 | |
| 7 | Paolo Camossi | Italy | 7.71 | 7.66 | 7.82 | x | 7.98 | x | 7.98 | |
| 8 | Yago Lamela | Spain | 7.92 | x | 7.89 | 7.68 | 7.93 | x | 7.93 | |
| 9 | Emmanuel Bangué | France | x | 7.79 | x | | | | 7.79 | |
| 10 | Konstadinos Koukodimos | Greece | 7.77 | x | x | | | | 7.77 | |
| 11 | Kofi Amoah Prah | Germany | x | x | 7.76 | | | | 7.76 | |
| 12 | Kader Klouchi | France | x | 7.61 | x | | | | 7.61 | |