1998 European Athletics Championships – Men's long jump

The men's long jump at the 1998 European Athletics Championships was held at the Népstadion on 18 and 19 August.

Medalists

KEY:	q	Fastest non-qualifiers	Q	Qualified	NR	National record	PB	Personal best	SB	Seasonal best

Qualification: Qualification Performance 8.05 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	A	Kirill Sosunov	Russia				8.14	Q
2	B	Gregor Cankar	Slovenia				8.07	Q
3	A	Kofi Amoah Prah	Germany				7.95	q, PB
4	B	Simone Bianchi	Italy				7.91	q
5	A	Paolo Camossi	Italy				7.90	q
6	B	Emmanuel Bangué	France				7.88	q
7	B	Kader Klouchi	France				7.86	q
8	B	Mattias Sunneborn	Sweden				7.84	q
9	A	Petar Dachev	Bulgaria				7.83	q
10	A	Konstadinos Koukodimos	Greece				7.82	q
11	B	Bogdan Țăruș	Romania				7.81	q
12	B	Yago Lamela	Spain	7.74	7.67	7.77	7.77	q
13	B	Aleksandr Glavatskiy	Belarus				7.76
13	B	Stanislav Tarasenko	Russia	7.76			7.76
15	B	Roman Shchurenko	Ukraine				7.75
16	A	Tomas Bardauskas	Lithuania	x			7.74
16	B	Milan Kovar	Czech Republic				7.74
16	B	Konstantin Krause	Germany				7.74
19	A	Olexiy Lukashevych	Ukraine				7.72
19	B	Dimitrios Chatzopoulos	Greece	7.72			7.72
21	A	Aleksey Musikhin	Russia				7.69
22	A	Thorsten Heide	Germany				7.68
22	A	Michael Loria	France	7.16			7.68
24	A	Nathan Morgan	Great Britain	x	7.67		7.67
25	A	Bogdan Tudor	Romania				7.66
26	A	Danial Jahić	Yugoslavia				7.63
27	A	Martin Lobel	Austria				7.62
28	A	Peter Häggström	Sweden				7.59
29	A	Siniša Ergotić	Croatia				7.57
30	A	Raúl Fernández	Spain	7.56	x	7.52	7.56
30	B	Grzegorz Marciniszyn	Poland				7.56
32	B	Steven Phillips	Great Britain	x	7.46	7.51	7.51
33	A	Otto Karki	Finland				7.51
34	B	Robert Emmiyan	Armenia	7.43			7.43
35	B	Galin Georgiev	Bulgaria				7.30
36	B	Dimitros Filidras	Greece				7.29
37	A	Carlos Castelbranco	Portugal				6.68

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Kirill Sosunov	Russia	8.14	8.12	8.28	7.98	8.03	7.79	8.28
	Bogdan Țăruș	Romania	7.96	7.85	8.21	8.14	8.13	8.04	8.21	SB
	Petar Dachev	Bulgaria	8.06	x	x	7.95	x	5.32	8.06
4	Simone Bianchi	Italy	7.67	7.92	x	x	7.97	8.02	8.02	SB
5	Mattias Sunneborn	Sweden	7.75	7.72	8.01	7.73	7.88	7.83	8.01	SB
6	Gregor Cankar	Slovenia	7.83	7.64	8.00	7.90	7.90	x	8.00
7	Paolo Camossi	Italy	7.71	7.66	7.82	x	7.98	x	7.98
8	Yago Lamela	Spain	7.92	x	7.89	7.68	7.93	x	7.93
9	Emmanuel Bangué	France	x	7.79	x				7.79
10	Konstadinos Koukodimos	Greece	7.77	x	x				7.77
11	Kofi Amoah Prah	Germany	x	x	7.76				7.76
12	Kader Klouchi	France	x	7.61	x				7.61