1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's Long Jump
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1978 European Athletics Championships – Men's Long Jump
The men's long jump at the 1978 European Athletics Championships was held in Prague, then Czechoslovakia, at Stadion Evžena Rošického on 1 and 2 September 1978. Medalists Results Final 2 September Qualification 1 September Participation According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event. * (1) * (3) * (2) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (3) * (3) * (1) * (1) * (1) * (2) * (1) References {{DEFAULTSORT:1978 European Athletics Championships, Mens long jump Long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ... Long jump at the European Athletics Championships ...
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Long Jump
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a group are referred to as the "horizontal jumps". This event has a history in the ancient Olympic Games and has been a modern Olympic event for men since the first Olympics in 1896 and for women since 1948. Rules At the elite level, competitors run down a runway (usually coated with the same rubberized surface as running tracks, crumb rubber or vulcanized rubber, known generally as an all-weather track) and jump as far as they can from a wooden or synthetic board, 20 centimetres or 8 inches wide, that is built flush with the runway, into a pit filled with soft damp sand. If the competitor starts the leap with any part of the foot past the foul line, the jump is declared a foul and no distance is recorded. A layer of plasticine is ...
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Stanisław Jaskułka
Stanisław Jaskułka (born 25 August 1958) is a retired Polish long jumper. He was born in Puck, and represented the sports club AZS Warszawa. He won the gold medal at the 1977 European Junior Championships. He finished fourth at the 1977 European Indoor Championships, and fifth at the 1980 Olympic Games. He won the bronze medal at the 1980 European Indoor Championships, promoted from fourth place after winner Ronald Desruelles was disqualified for doping. Another bronze medal followed at the 1985 Summer Universiade The 1985 Summer Universiade, also known as the XIII Summer Universiade, took place in Kobe, Japan. Mascot The mascot of the Kobe Universiade, "Unitan", designed by Osamu Tezuka, is a red-crested white crane, symbolic of Japan and a good omen. .... He finished fifth at the 1986 European Championships. Participating at the 1987 World Championships, he recorded no valid mark. He became Polish champion in 1980, 1981 1982, 1984 and 1986, and Polish indo ...
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Alberto Solanas
Alberto Solanas Galán (born 6 November 1955) is a Spanish athlete. He competed in the men's long jump at the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo .... References 1955 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Spanish male long jumpers Olympic athletes for Spain Sportspeople from Zaragoza Spanish Athletics Championships winners {{Spain-athletics-bio-stub ...
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Maurizio Maffi
Maurizio Maffi (born 8 May 1956) is a former Italian long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...er. Career Two-time national champion at senior level in long jump in 1978 and 1980. Achievements References 1956 births Living people Italian male long jumpers {{Italy-athletics-bio-stub ...
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Dimitrios Delifotis
Dimitrios Delifotis (; born 20 February 1957 in Veria, Imathia) is a retired track and field athlete from Greece, who mainly competed in the men's long jump. He represented his native country at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union and lives today in Corfu Corfu (, ) or Kerkyra ( el, Κέρκυρα, Kérkyra, , ; ; la, Corcyra.) is a Greek island in the Ionian Sea, of the Ionian Islands, and, including its small satellite islands, forms the margin of the northwestern frontier of Greece. The isl .... References * 1957 births Living people Greek male long jumpers Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Greece Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Greece Athletes (track and field) at the 1983 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Sportspeople from Corfu Greek Athletics Championships winners {{Greece-athletics-bio-stub ...
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Winfried Klepsch
Winfried Klepsch (born 22 May 1956) is a retired West German long jumper. He won the gold medal at the 1980 European Indoor Championships in Sindelfingen Sindelfingen (Swabian: ''Sendlfenga'') is a city in Baden-Württemberg in south Germany. It lies near Stuttgart at the headwaters of the Schwippe (a tributary of the river Würm), and is home to a Mercedes-Benz assembly plant. History * 1155 .... He won the silver medal at the West German championships in 1978 and 1984, representing the sports club TV Wattenscheid. References 1956 births West German male long jumpers Living people {{Germany-longjump-bio-stub ...
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László Szalma
László Szalma (born 27 October 1957) is a retired Hungarian long jumper. He won six medals at the European Indoor Championships—two gold, three silver and one bronze—and finished fourth at the 1980 Olympic Games and the 1983 World Championships. His career best jump of 8.30 metres, achieved in July 1985 in Budapest, is the current Hungarian record. Career He was born in Nagymaros.. Retrieved on 7 February 2009. He won a Hungarian title for the first time in 1977, taking the national indoor championship, and first made his mark in international athletics at the 1977 European Indoor Championships. With a jump of 7.78 metres he won the bronze medal. At the 1978 European Indoor Championships the next year he won the gold medal with a jump of 7.83 metres. In 1980 he competed at the Olympic Games in Moscow, finishing fourth. Then, despite jumping even better at the 1981 European Indoor Championships, Szalma only finished fourth with 7.90 metres, eleven centimetres b ...
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Ronald Desruelles
Ronald Desruelles (14 February 1955 – 1 November 2015) was a Belgian athlete. He started as a long jumper, and achieved a personal best of 8.08 in 1979, a national record that stood for 17 years. He then concentrated on the short sprints, and won numerous medals in 60 metres. With 6.57 seconds in 1986 he was ranked third on the indoor top performers list that season. He lost a gold medal at the 1980 European Indoor Championships, however, because of a doping offense. Desruelles won the Belgian 100 metres championships 7 times. He also won the 200 in 1985. In the 1986 European championships in Stuttgart he reached the 100 m semi-final. Desruelles was born in Antwerp. His brother Patrick Desruelles competed in the men's pole vault Pole vaulting, also known as pole jumping, is a track and field event in which an athlete uses a long and flexible pole, usually made from fiberglass or carbon fiber, as an aid to jump over a bar. Pole jumping competitions were known to t ...
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Philippe Deroche
Philippe Deroche (born 11 September 1954) is a French athlete. He competed in the men's long jump at the 1976 Summer Olympics and the 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye igry 1980), officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad (russian: Игры XXII Олимпиады, Igry XXII Olimpiady) and commo .... References 1954 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1976 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1980 Summer Olympics French male long jumpers Olympic athletes for France Place of birth missing (living people) Mediterranean Games silver medalists for France Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Athletes (track and field) at the 1979 Mediterranean Games 20th-century French sportspeople 21st-century French sportspeople French Athletics Championships winners {{France-longjump-bio-stub ...
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Marek Chludziński
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Jaroslav Priščák
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