1954 European Athletics Championships – Men's long jump

Events at the 1954 European Athletics Championships
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men
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
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 1954 European Athletics Championships was held in Bern, Switzerland, at Stadion Neufeld on 27 and 28 August 1954.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Ödön Földessy  Hungary
Silver	Zbigniew Iwański  Poland
Bronze	Ernest Wanko  France

Results

Final

28 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
01 !	Ödön Földessy	Hungary	7.51
02 !	Zbigniew Iwański	Poland	7.46
03 !	Ernest Wanko	France	7.41
4	Günther Jobst	West Germany	7.38
5	Vilhelm Porrassalmi	Finland	7.36
6	Václav Martinek	Czechoslovakia	7.32
7	Attilio Bravi	Italy	7.25
8	Janusz Ratajczak	Poland	7.23
9	Heinz Oberbeck	West Germany	7.20
10	Jaroslav Fikejz	Czechoslovakia	7.18
11	Roar Berthelsen	Norway	7.16
12	Leonid Grigoryev	Soviet Union	7.09

Qualification

27 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Ödön Földessy	Hungary	7.39	Q
2	Václav Martinek	Czechoslovakia	7.36	Q
3	Attilio Bravi	Italy	7.30	Q
4	Heinz Oberbeck	West Germany	7.27	Q
5	Ernest Wanko	France	7.25	Q
6	Vilhelm Porrassalmi	Finland	7.21	Q
7	Jaroslav Fikejz	Czechoslovakia	7.20	Q
8	Zbigniew Iwański	Poland	7.18	Q
9	Janusz Ratajczak	Poland	7.17	Q
10	Leonid Grigoryev	Soviet Union	7.15	Q
11	Günther Jobst	West Germany	7.11	Q
12	Roar Berthelsen	Norway	7.11	Q
13	Viktor Leskevich	Soviet Union	7.07
14	Jorma Valkama	Finland	7.04
15	Rade Radovanović	Yugoslavia	7.02
16	Ion Sorin	Romania	6.93
17	Arthur Cruttenden	United Kingdom	6.89
18	Manuel González	Spain	6.83
19	Hanspeter Bichsel	Switzerland	6.82
20	Hans Muchitsch	Austria	6.73
21	Fritz Pingl	Austria	6.71
22	Jules Maser	Switzerland	6.70
23	Tony Mooy	Netherlands	6.66
24	Erich Ladwein	Saar	6.56
25	Ion Wiesenmayer	Romania	NM

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 25 athletes from 17 countries participated in the event.

References