title: 2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's long jump
text: # 2006 European Athletics Championships – Men's long jump
  
  The final of the Men's Long Jump event at the 2006 European Championships in Gothenburg, Sweden was held on Tuesday August 8, 2006. There were a total number of 28 participating athletes. The qualifying rounds were staged a day earlier, on Monday August 7, with the mark set in 7.95 metres.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Andrew Howe Italy (ITA) |
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  | Silver | Greg Rutherford Great Britain (GBR) |
  | Bronze | Olexiy Lukashevych Ukraine (UKR) |
  
  ## Schedule
  
  * All times are Central European Time (UTC+1)
  
  Qualification Round :
  
  | Group A | Group B |
  | - | - |
  | 07.08.2006 – 19:45h | 07.08.2006 – 19:45h |
  | Final Round ||
  | 08.08.2006 – 17:25h ||
  
  ## Abbreviations
  
  * All results shown are in metres
  
  | Q | automatic qualification |
  | - | - |
  | q | qualification by rank |
  | DNS | did not start |
  | NM | no mark |
  | WR | world record |
  | AR | area record |
  | NR | national record |
  | PB | personal best |
  | SB | season best |
  
  ## Records
  
  Standing records prior to the 2006 European Athletics Championships :
  
  | World Record | Mike Powell (USA) | 8.95 m | August 30, 1991 | Tokyo, Japan |
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  | Event Record | Robert Emmiyan (URS) | 8.41 m | August 29, 1986 | Stuttgart, West Germany |
  
  ## Qualification
  
  ### Group A
  
  | Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Note |
  | 1 | 2 | Viktor Kuznyetsov (UKR) | 8.25 | — | — | 8.25 m | |
  | 2 | 3 | Louis Tsatoumas (GRE) | 8.09 | — | — | 8.09 m | |
  | 3 | 4 | Greg Rutherford (GBR) | 8.07 | — | — | 8.07 m | |
  | 4 | 10 | Nelson Évora (POR) | X | 7.88 | 7.93 | 7.93 m | |
  | 5 | 11 | Salim Sdiri (FRA) | 7.54 | X | 7.87 | 7.87 m | |
  | 6 | 12 | Ruslan Gataullin (RUS) | 7.80 | X | 7.85 | 7.85 m | |
  | 7 | 14 | Dmytro Bilotserkivsky (UKR) | X | X | 7.83 | 7.83 m | |
  | 8 | 16 | Arturs Abolins (LAT) | 7.77 | X | 7.38 | 7.77 m | |
  | 9 | 19 | Nicola Trentin (ITA) | 7.65 | 7.61 | 7.66 | 7.66 m | |
  | 10 | 21 | Vytautas Seliukas (LTU) | 7.45 | 7.58 | X | 7.58 m | |
  | 11 | 22 | Admir Bregu (ALB) | X | 7.17 | 7.53 | 7.53 m | |
  | 12 | 23 | Morten Jensen (DEN) | 7.34 | 7.42 | X | 7.42 m | |
  | 13 | 24 | Oliver Koenig (GER) | X | 7.36 | 7.31 | 7.36 m | |
  | — | — | Danut Simion (ROM) | — | — | — | DNS | |
  
  ### Group B
  
  | Rank | Overall | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Rank | Overall | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | Distance | Note |
  | 1 | 1 | Andrew Howe (ITA) | 7.33 | 8.33 | — | 8.33 m | |
  | 2 | 5 | Olexiy Lukashevych (UKR) | 8.06 | — | — | 8.06 m | |
  | 3 | 6 | Asterios Nousios (GRE) | 7.97 | — | — | 7.97 m | SB |
  | 4 | 7 | Chris Tomlinson (GBR) | 7.79 | 7.95 | — | 7.95 m | |
  | 5 | 8 | Nathan Morgan (GBR) | 7.94 | 7.93 | — | 7.94 m | |
  | 6 | 9 | Kafétien Gomis (FRA) | 7.89 | X | 7.94 | 7.94 m | |
  | 7 | 13 | Dmitriy Sapinskiy (RUS) | X | X | 7.84 | 7.84 m | |
  | 8 | 14 | Joan Lino Martínez (ESP) | 7.65 | 7.83 | X | 7.83 m | |
  | 9 | 17 | Bogdan Tudor (ROM) | 7.76 | 7.76 | 7.69 | 7.76 m | |
  | 10 | 18 | Marcin Starzak (POL) | X | 7.67 | 7.73 | 7.73 m | |
  | 11 | 19 | Sebastian Bayer (GER) | X | 4.17 | 7.66 | 7.66 m | |
  | 12 | 25 | Nikolay Atanasov (BUL) | 7.24 | X | X | 7.24 m | |
  | 13 | 26 | Jan Žumer (SLO) | X | 6.01 | — | 6.01 m | |
  | — | — | Ivan Pucelj (CRO) | X | X | X | NM | |
  
  ## Final
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Attempts | Distance | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Rank | Athlete | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Distance | Note |
  | | Andrew Howe (ITA) | 8.12 | 8.20 | 8.04 | 8.19 | X | 8.13 | 8.20 m | |
  | | Greg Rutherford (GBR) | 5.34 | 8.03 | — | X | 7.78 | 8.13 | 8.13 m | |
  | | Olexiy Lukashevych (UKR) | 7.73 | 7.77 | 8.04 | X | 8.12 | X | 8.12 m | |
  | 4 | Viktor Kuznyetsov (UKR) | 7.96 | 7.60 | 7.52 | 7.58 | — | — | 7.96 m | PB |
  | 5 | Kafétien Gomis (FRA) | 7.50 | 7.91 | 7.24 | X | 7.93 | X | 7.93 m | |
  | 6 | Nelson Évora (POR) | 7.65 | 7.74 | 7.74 | 7.80 | 7.91 | 7.90 | 7.91 m | |
  | 7 | Ruslan Gataullin (RUS) | 7.74 | 7.74 | 7.80 | X | X | 7.91 | 7.91 m | |
  | 8 | Louis Tsatoumas (GRE) | X | X | 7.84 | X | X | X | 7.84 m | |
  | 9 | Chris Tomlinson (GBR) | X | 7.61 | 7.74 | | | | 7.74 m | |
  | 10 | Salim Sdiri (FRA) | 7.69 | X | 7.44 | | | | 7.69 m | |
  | 11 | Nathan Morgan (GBR) | 7.57 | X | 7.65 | | | | 7.65 m | |
  | 12 | Asterios Nousios (GRE) | 7.34 | X | X | | | | 7.34 m | |
  