1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's long jump

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

Men's long jump
at the European Athletics Championships

Medalists

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

Results

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Final

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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   Great Britain 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

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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   Great Britain 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

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

References

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  1. ^ European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 427–435, retrieved 13 August 2014