1962 European Athletics Championships – Men's long jump

Events at the 1962 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
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
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men
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
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The men's long jump at the 1962 European Athletics Championships was held in Beograd, then Yugoslavia, at JNA Stadium on 13 and 14 September 1962.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Igor Ter-Ovanesyan  Soviet Union
Silver	Rainer Stenius  Finland
Bronze	Pentti Eskola  Finland

Results

Final

14 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Wind
01 !	Igor Ter-Ovanesyan	Soviet Union	8.19	+3.2
02 !	Rainer Stenius	Finland	7.85
03 !	Pentti Eskola	Finland	7.85
4	Dmitriy Bondarenko	Soviet Union	7.83
5	Waldemar Gawron	Poland	7.73
6	Henrik Kalocsai	Hungary	7.66
7	Klaus Beer	East Germany	7.52
8	Ali Brakchi	France	7.41
9	John Howell	United Kingdom	7.40
10	Ivan Ivanov	Bulgaria	7.33
11	Lynn Davies	United Kingdom	7.33
12	Jorma Valkama	Finland	6.78

Qualification

13 September

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
12	Jorma Valkama	Finland	6.78
2	Dmitriy Bondarenko	Soviet Union	7.67	Q
3	Jorma Valkama	Finland	7.65	Q
4	Pentti Eskola	Finland	7.62	Q
5	Ali Brakchi	France	7.57	Q
6	Rainer Stenius	Finland	7.51	Q
7	Waldemar Gawron	Poland	7.49	Q
8	Ivan Ivanov	Bulgaria	7.45	Q
9	Klaus Beer	East Germany	7.45	Q
10	Henrik Kalocsai	Hungary	7.41	Q
11	John Howell	United Kingdom	7.37	Q
12	Lynn Davies	United Kingdom	7.37	Q
13	Wolfgang Klein	West Germany	7.36
14	Mihai Calnicov	Romania	7.32
15	Luis Felipe Areta	Spain	7.27
16	Pedro de Almeida	Portugal	7.23
17	John Morbey	United Kingdom	7.12
18	Alain Veron	France	7.09
19	Pierre Schneidegger	Switzerland	7.06
20	Bronislav Munjic	Yugoslavia	7.01

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 20 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

References