1990 European Athletics Championships – Men's long jump

These are the official results of the Men's long jump event at the 1990 European Championships in Split, Yugoslavia, held at Stadion Poljud on 29 and 30 August 1990.^[1] There were a total number of 22 participating athletes.

Medalists

Gold	Dietmar Haaf West Germany (FRG)
Silver	Ángel Hernández Spain (ESP)
Bronze	Borut Bilač Yugoslavia (YUG)

Results

Final

30 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
	Dietmar Haaf	West Germany	8.25 (w: 0.0 m/s)
	Ángel Hernández	Spain	8.15 (w: 0.0 m/s)
	Borut Bilač^†	Yugoslavia	8.09 (w: 0.0 m/s)
4	Frans Maas	Netherlands	8.00 (w: 0.0 m/s)
5	Vladimir Ratushkov	Soviet Union	7.99 (w: 0.0 m/s)
6	Jarmo Kärnä	Finland	7.95 (w: 0.0 m/s)
7	Giovanni Evangelisti	Italy	7.93 (w: 0.0 m/s)
8	Bogdan Tudor	Romania	7.86 (w: 0.0 m/s)
9	Siniša Ergotić	Yugoslavia	7.83 (w: 0.0 m/s)
10	Konstadinos Koukodimos	Greece	7.79 (w: -0.4 m/s)
11	Mark Forsythe	United Kingdom	7.79 (w: 0.0 m/s)
12	Christian Thomas	West Germany	7.74 (w: 0.0 m/s)

^†: Bronze medalist Borut Bilač from Yugoslavia was initially disqualified for a suspected infringement of IAAF doping rules,^[2][3] but was later cleared of the charges and reinstated.^[4][5]

Qualification

29 August

Group A

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Siniša Ergotić	Yugoslavia	7.99 w (w: 2.4 m/s)	Q
2	Mark Forsythe	United Kingdom	7.91 (w: 1.4 m/s)	Q
3	Christian Thomas	West Germany	7.90 (w: 1.5 m/s)	Q
4	Konstadinos Koukodimos	Greece	7.90 w (w: 2.2 m/s)	Q
5	André Müller	East Germany	7.85 (w: 1.4 m/s)
6	Juha Kivi	Finland	7.70 (w: -1.8 m/s)
7	Jean-Louis Rapnouil	France	7.68 (w: 1.7 m/s)
8	Fausto Frigerio	Italy	7.62 (w: 1.3 m/s)
9	Milko Campus	Italy	7.57 (w: 1.8 m/s)
	Robert Emmiyan	Soviet Union	NM
	Nenad Stekić	Yugoslavia	NM

Group B

Rank	Name	Nationality	Result	Notes
1	Jarmo Kärnä	Finland	8.13 (w: 1.6 m/s)	Q
2	Frans Maas	Netherlands	8.04 (w: 1.3 m/s)	Q
3	Dietmar Haaf	West Germany	8.04 (w: 0.6 m/s)	Q
4	Borut Bilač	Yugoslavia	8.02 (w: 1.1 m/s)	Q
5	Bogdan Tudor	Romania	8.02 (w: 1.8 m/s)	Q
6	Ángel Hernández	Spain	8.00 (w: 1.5 m/s)	Q
7	Vladimir Ratushkov	Soviet Union	7.93 (w: 1.1 m/s)	Q
8	Giovanni Evangelisti	Italy	7.91 (w: 0.9 m/s)	Q
9	Stewart Faulkner	United Kingdom	7.48 w (w: 2.4 m/s)
10	Daniel Ivanov	Bulgaria	7.41 (w: 1.5 m/s)
11	Carlos Castelbranco	Portugal	6.96 (w: -0.3 m/s)

Participation

According to an unofficial count, 22 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

•   Bulgaria (1)
•   East Germany (1)
•   Finland (2)
•   France (1)
•   Greece (1)
•   Italy (3)
•   Netherlands (1)
•   Portugal (1)
•   Romania (1)
•   Soviet Union (2)
•   Spain (1)
•   United Kingdom (2)
•   West Germany (2)
•   Yugoslavia (3)

See also

• 1988 Men's Olympic Long Jump (Seoul)
• 1990 Long Jump Year Ranking
• 1991 Men's World Championships Long Jump (Tokyo)
• 1992 Men's Olympic Long Jump (Barcelona)
• 1994 Men's European Championships Long Jump (Helsinki)

References

1. European Athletics Championships Zürich 2014 - STATISTICS HANDBOOK (PDF), European Athletics Association, pp. 451–460, retrieved 13 August 2014
2. Verspringer Maas neemt EK-brons van Bilac over - Verspringer Frans Maas ontvangt alsnog de bronzen medaille van het Europese kampioenschap. De Nederlandse atleet, die eind augustus in Split negen centimeter van de derde plaats bleef verwijderd, neemt het brons over van Borut Bilac, die in Joegoslavie verboden stimulerende middelen heeft gebruikt. (in Dutch), NRC Handelsblad, October 5, 1990, retrieved September 21, 2014
3. Doping bei EM (in German), Neues Deutschland, October 6, 1990, retrieved September 21, 2014
4. Medaille Bilac - De Joegoslavische verspringer Borut Bilac is door de Europese atletiekfederatie (EAA) gerehabiliteerd. (in Dutch), NRC Handelsblad, May 13, 1991, retrieved September 21, 2014
5. Weitspringer rehabilitiert (in German), Neues Deutschland, May 13, 1991, retrieved September 21, 2014