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
01 !	Torfi Bryngeirsson	Iceland	7.32
02 !	Gerard Wessels	Netherlands	7.22
03 !	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