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
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| Jacques Rousseau | FRA | 8.18 | CR |
| Nenad Stekić | SFR Yugoslavia | 8.12 | |
| Vladimir Tsepelyov | | 8.01 | |
| 4 | Grzegorz Cybulski | POL | 7.96 | |
| 5 | Jochen Verschl | FRG | 7.89 | |
| 6 | Valeriy Podluzhniy | | 7.89 | |
| 7 | Roy Mitchell | GBR | 7.88 | |
| 8 | Åke Fransson | SWE | 7.65 | |
| 9 | Jaroslav Křivka | TCH | 7.60 | |
| 10 | Stanisław Jaskułka | POL | 7.60 | |
| 11 | Jan Leitner | TCH | 7.59 | |
| 12 | Jaroslav Priščák | TCH | 7.48 | |
Qualification
1 September
| Rank | Name | Nationality | Result | Notes |
| 1 | Nenad Stekić | SFR Yugoslavia | 7.96 | Q |
| 2 | Vladimir Tsepelyov | | 7.95 | Q |
| 3 | Jaroslav Priščák | TCH | 7.81 | Q |
| 4 | Jan Leitner | TCH | 7.80 | Q |
| 5 | Valeriy Podluzhniy | | 7.79 | q |
| 6 | Roy Mitchell | GBR | 7.77 | q |
| 7 | Stanisław Jaskułka | POL | 7.74 | q |
| 8 | Jacques Rousseau | FRA | 7.72 | q |
| 9 | Grzegorz Cybulski | POL | 7.71 | q |
| 10 | Jaroslav Křivka | TCH | 7.71 | q |
| 11 | Jochen Verschl | FRG | 7.66 | q |
| 12 | Åke Fransson | SWE | 7.66 | q |
| 13 | Marek Chludziński | POL | 7.61 | |
| 14 | Philippe Deroche | FRA | 7.58 | |
| 15 | Ronald Desruelles | BEL | 7.54 | |
| 16 | László Szalma | | 7.53 | |
| 17 | Oganes Stepanyan | | 7.52 | |
| 18 | Winfried Klepsch | FRG | 7.52 | |
| 19 | Dimitrios Delifotis | GRE | 7.44 | |
| 20 | Maurizio Maffi | ITA | 7.42 | |
| 21 | Alberto Solanas | | 7.36 | |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 21 athletes from 13 countries participated in the event.
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