1946 European Athletics Championships – Men's long jump

Events at the 1946 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
Decathlon		men

The men's long jump at the 1946 European Athletics Championships was held in Oslo, Norway, at Bislett Stadion on 24 August 1946.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Olle Laessker  Sweden
Silver	Lucien Graff   Switzerland
Bronze	Miroslav Řihošek  Czechoslovakia

Results

Final

24 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
01 !	Olle Laessker	Sweden	7.42
02 !	Lucien Graff	Switzerland	7.40
03 !	Miroslav Řihošek	Czechoslovakia	7.29	NR
4	Egidio Pribetti	Italy	7.28
5	Stig Håkansson	Sweden	6.97
6	Dennis Watts	United Kingdom	6.95
7	Zdeněk Matys	Czechoslovakia	6.92
8	Oliver Steinn	Iceland	6.82

Qualification

24 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Olle Laessker	Sweden	7.18	Q
2	Lucien Graff	Switzerland	7.09	Q
3	Egidio Pribetti	Italy	7.08	Q
4	Oliver Steinn	Iceland	7.06	Q
5	Dennis Watts	United Kingdom	7.00	Q
6	Miroslav Řihošek	Czechoslovakia	6.98	Q
7	Stig Håkansson	Sweden	6.94	Q
8	Zdeněk Matys	Czechoslovakia	6.78	Q
9	Mees Naaktgeboren	Netherlands	6.77
10	Jean Studer	Switzerland	6.74
11	Björn Vilmundarson	Iceland	6.69
12	Armand Bour	France	6.58
13	Léopold Delcour	Belgium	6.56
14	Preben Larsen	Denmark	6.53

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 14 athletes from 10 countries participated in the event.

References