# 2012 European Athletics Championships – Men's long jump

The men's long jump at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 29 June and 1 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Sebastian Bayer Germany |
| Silver | Luis Méliz Spain |
| Bronze | Michel Tornéus Sweden |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 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 | Christian Reif (GER) | 8.47 | Barcelona, Spain | 1 August 2010 |
| World Leading | Greg Rutherford (GBR) | 8.35 | Chula Vista, United States | 3 May 2012 |
| World Leading | Sergey Morgunov (RUS) | 8.35 | Cheboksary, Russia | 20 June 2012 |
| European Leading | Greg Rutherford (GBR) | 8.35 | Chula Vista, United States | 3 May 2012 |
| European Leading | Sergey Morgunov (RUS) | 8.35 | Cheboksary, Russia | 20 June 2012 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| 29 June 2012 | 13:50 | Qualification |
| 1 July 2012 | 17:45 | Final |

## Results
### 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 | Sebastian Bayer | Germany | 8.34 | | | 8.34 | Q |
| 2 | B | Michel Tornéus | Sweden | 8.07 | | | 8.07 | Q, =SB |
| 3 | A | Luis Méliz | Spain | 7.80 | 8.06 | | 8.06 | Q, SB |
| 4 | A | Morten Jensen | Denmark | x | x | 8.06 | 8.06 | Q, SB |
| 5 | A | Jj Jegede | Great Britain | 7.77 | x | 8.01 | 8.01 | q, SB |
| 6 | A | Tommi Evilä | Finland | x | 7.69 | 8.01 | 8.01 | q, =SB |
| 7 | A | Roni Ollikainen | Finland | 8.00 | 7.90 | 7.76 | 8.00 | q |
| 8 | B | Marcos Chuva | Portugal | 7.79 | 7.81 | 7.96 | 7.96 | q, SB |
| 9 | A | Salim Sdiri | France | 7.80 | 7.71 | 7.96 | 7.96 | q |
| 10 | A | Tomasz Jaszczuk | Poland | 7.80 | 7.94 | x | 7.94 | q |
| 11 | B | Eusebio Cáceres | Spain | 7.92 | 7.84 | 7.66 | 7.92 | q |
| 12 | B | Kafétien Gomis | France | 7.44 | 7.24 | 7.89 | 7.89 | q |
| 13 | B | Chris Tomlinson | Great Britain | 7.84 | 7.12 | 7.61 | 7.84 | |
| 14 | B | Dimítrios Diamantáras | Greece | 7.81 | 7.80 | 7.79 | 7.81 | |
| 15 | B | Pavel Shalin | Russia | 7.81 | 7.72 | 7.70 | 7.81 | |
| 16 | A | Aleksandr Petrov | Russia | x | x | 7.81 | 7.81 | |
| 17 | B | Alyn Camara | Germany | 7.80 | 7.79 | x | 7.80 | |
| 18 | B | Štěpán Wagner | Czech Republic | 7.80 | 7.72 | 7.75 | 7.80 | |
| 19 | A | Roman Novotný | Czech Republic | 7.80 | x | x | 7.80 | |
| 20 | B | Alexandru Cuharenco | Moldova | 7.79 | 7.68 | 7.75 | 7.79 | SB |
| 21 | B | Julian Reid | Great Britain | 7.37 | 7.73 | 7.40 | 7.73 | SB |
| 22 | B | Nils Winter | Germany | x | 7.71 | 7.61 | 7.71 | |
| 23 | B | Mikko Kivinen | Finland | 7.63 | 7.65 | 7.69 | 7.69 | |
| 24 | A | Vardan Pahlevanyan | Armenia | x | 7.44 | 7.67 | 7.67 | |
| 25 | A | Yeóryios Tsákonas | Greece | 7.64 | 7.62 | 7.63 | 7.64 | |
| 26 | A | Frédéric Erin | France | 7.35 | 7.53 | 6.75 | 7.53 | |
| 27 | A | Rain Kask | Estonia | 7.28 | 7.50 | x | 7.50 | =PB |
| 28 | A | Kristinn Torfason | Iceland | 7.49 | 7.41 | 7.44 | 7.49 | |
| 29 | B | Arsen Sargsyan | Armenia | 7.28 | 7.47 | 7.44 | 7.47 | |
| 30 | B | Boleslav Skhirtladze | Georgia | x | x | 7.23 | 7.23 | |
| 31 | A | Dragoje Rajković | Montenegro | x | 6.34 | x | 6.34 | |
| 32 | B | Jānis Leitis | Latvia | x | x | 5.88 | 5.88 | |
| | A | Povilas Mykolaitis | Lithuania | x | – | – | NM | |
| | B | Nikolay Atanasov | Bulgaria | x | x | – | NM | |
| | B | Dino Pervan | Croatia | x | x | x | NM | |
| | A | Andreas Otterling | Sweden | x | x | x | NM | |
| | A | Marko Prugovečki | Croatia | x | x | x | NM | |

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
| | Sebastian Bayer | Germany | x | x | 8.03 | 8.09 | 8.33 | 8.34 | 8.34 | SB |
| | Luis Méliz | Spain | 7.97 | 8.21 | 8.05 | 7.87 | x | 7.60 | 8.21 | SB |
| | Michel Tornéus | Sweden | 8.17 | x | 8.14 | x | x | – | 8.17 | SB |
| 4 | Jj Jegede | Great Britain | 7.80 | 8.10 | 7.47 | x | x | 7.62 | 8.10 | |
| 5 | Eusebio Cáceres | Spain | 7.62 | x | 7.92 | 7.65 | 7.99 | 8.06 | 8.06 | SB |
| 6 | Roni Ollikainen | Finland | x | 8.05 | 7.88 | 7.67 | 7.74 | x | 8.05 | =NUR |
| 7 | Marcos Chuva | Portugal | x | 7.90 | 7.92 | 7.44 | 7.84 | x | 7.92 | |
| 8 | Tomasz Jaszczuk | Poland | x | 7.90 | x | 7.65 | x | 7.71 | 7.90 | |
| 9 | Kafétien Gomis | France | 7.66 | x | 7.88 | | | | 7.88 | |
| 10 | Tommi Evilä | Finland | x | 7.79 | x | | | | 7.79 | |
| 11 | Morten Jensen | Denmark | x | 7.56 | x | | | | 7.56 | |
| 12 | Salim Sdiri | France | 7.48 | x | x | | | | 7.48 | |