1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's long jump

Events at the 1978 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men
20 km walk		men
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Pentathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The men's long jump at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Praha, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 1 and 2 September 1978.

Medalists

Gold	Jacques Rousseau France
Silver	Nenad Stekić Yugoslavia
Bronze	Vladimir Tsepelyov Soviet Union

Results

Final

2 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Jacques Rousseau	France	8.18	CR
	Nenad Stekić	Yugoslavia	8.12
	Vladimir Tsepelyov	Soviet Union	8.01
4	Grzegorz Cybulski	Poland	7.96
5	Jochen Verschl	West Germany	7.89
6	Valeriy Podluzhniy	Soviet Union	7.89
7	Roy Mitchell	United Kingdom	7.88
8	Åke Fransson	Sweden	7.65
9	Jaroslav Křivka	Czechoslovakia	7.60
10	Stanisław Jaskułka	Poland	7.60
11	Jan Leitner	Czechoslovakia	7.59
12	Jaroslav Priščák	Czechoslovakia	7.48

Qualification

1 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Nenad Stekić	Yugoslavia	7.96	Q
2	Vladimir Tsepelyov	Soviet Union	7.95	Q
3	Jaroslav Priščák	Czechoslovakia	7.81	Q
4	Jan Leitner	Czechoslovakia	7.80	Q
5	Valeriy Podluzhniy	Soviet Union	7.79	q
6	Roy Mitchell	United Kingdom	7.77	q
7	Stanisław Jaskułka	Poland	7.74	q
8	Jacques Rousseau	France	7.72	q
9	Grzegorz Cybulski	Poland	7.71	q
10	Jaroslav Křivka	Czechoslovakia	7.71	q
11	Jochen Verschl	West Germany	7.66	q
12	Åke Fransson	Sweden	7.66	q
13	Marek Chludziński	Poland	7.61
14	Philippe Deroche	France	7.58
15	Ronald Desruelles	Belgium	7.54
16	László Szalma	Hungary	7.53
17	Oganes Stepanyan	Soviet Union	7.52
18	Winfried Klepsch	West Germany	7.52
19	Dimitrios Delifotis	Greece	7.44
20	Maurizio Maffi	Italy	7.42
21	Alberto Solanas	Spain	7.36

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.

• Belgium (1)
• Czechoslovakia (3)
• France (2)
• Greece (1)

• Hungary (1)
• Italy (1)
• Poland (3)

• Soviet Union (3)
• Spain (1)
• Sweden (1)

• United Kingdom (1)
• West Germany (2)
• Yugoslavia (1)

References

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