1950 European Athletics Championships – Men's long jump

Events at the
1950 European
Athletics Championships

Track events
100 m   men   women
200 m men women
400 m men
800 m men
1500 m men
5000 m men
10,000 m men
80 m hurdles women
110 m hurdles men
400 m hurdles men
3000 m
steeplechase
men
10,000 m track walk men
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men
Road events
Marathon 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 1950 European Athletics Championships was held in Bruxelles, Belgium, at Stade du Heysel on 25 and 26 August 1950.[1]

Medalists

Gold Torfi Bryngeirsson
 Iceland
Silver Gerard Wessels
 Netherlands
Bronze Jaroslav Fikejz
 Czechoslovakia

Results

Final

26 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1st Torfi Bryngeirsson  Iceland 7.32
2nd Gerard Wessels  Netherlands 7.22
3rd Jaroslav Fikejz  Czechoslovakia 7.20
4 Álvaro Cachulo  Portugal 7.00
5 Rune Nilsen  Norway 6.96
6 Fred Hammer  Luxembourg 6.92
7 Paul Faucher  France 6.81
8 Boris Brnad  Yugoslavia 6.52
9 Harry Whittle  United Kingdom DNS

Qualification

25 August

Rank Name Nationality Result Notes
1 Álvaro Cachulo  Portugal 7.32 Q
2 Paul Faucher  France 7.22 Q
3 Torfi Bryngeirsson  Iceland 7.20 Q
4 Gerard Wessels  Netherlands 7.17 Q
5 Jaroslav Fikejz  Czechoslovakia 7.10 Q
6 Fred Hammer  Luxembourg 7.02 Q
7 Rune Nilsen  Norway 7.00 Q
8 Harry Whittle  United Kingdom 7.00 Q
9 Boris Brnad  Yugoslavia 6.96 Q
10 Walter Lombardi  Italy 6.95
11 Pierre Knepper  Luxembourg 6.92
12 Felix Würth  Austria 6.86
13 Luís García  Portugal 6.78
14 René Valmy  France 6.72
15 Harry Askew  United Kingdom 6.69
16 René Libert  Belgium 6.47
17 Raymond Driesen  Belgium 6.20

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 17 athletes from 12 countries participated in the event.

References

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