The men's long jump at the 1971 European Athletics Championships was held in Helsinki, Finland, at Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 10 and 11 August 1971.

Medalists Gold Max Klauß Silver Igor Ter-Ovanesyan Bronze Stanisław Szudrowicz

Results Final 11 August Rank Name Nationality Result Notes Max Klauß 7.92<br/ >(w: 0.1 m/s) Igor Ter-Ovanesyan 7.91 w<br/ >(w: 2.3 m/s) Stanisław Szudrowicz 7.87<br/ >(w: 0.1 m/s) 4 Lynn Davies 7.85 5 Mauri Myllymäki 7.85<br/ >(w: 1 m/s) 6 Reijo Toivonen 7.85<br/ >(w: 0.1 m/s) 7 Tõnu Lepik 7.78 8 Jan Kobuszewski 7.75<br/ >(w: 0.9 m/s) 9 Christian Tourret 7.74<br/ >(w: 0.5 m/s) 10 Valeriy Podluzhniy 7.68<br/ >(w: 1.1 m/s) 11 Jacques Rousseau 7.56<br/ >(w: 0.9 m/s) 12 Josef Schwarz 7.50 13 Terje Haugland 7.41<br/ >(w: 0.7 m/s) 14 Finn Bendixen 7.32<br/ >(w: 0.7 m/s) 15 Vasile Sărucan 6.05<br/ >(w: 0.9 m/s)

Qualification 10 August Rank Name Nationality Result Notes 1 Tõnu Lepik 7.93 Q 2 Lynn Davies 7.90 Q 3 Christian Tourret 7.82 Q 4 Jacques Rousseau 7.82 Q 5 Josef Schwarz 7.80 Q 6 Vasile Sărucan 7.79 Q 7 Igor Ter-Ovanesyan 7.77 Q 8 Jan Kobuszewski 7.77 Q 9 Reijo Toivonen 7.77 Q 10 Terje Haugland 7.75 Q 11 Stanisław Szudrowicz 7.75 Q 12 Finn Bendixen 7.74 Q 13 Max Klauß 7.72 Q 14 Valeriy Podluzhniy 7.72 Q 15 Mauri Myllymäki 7.70 Q 16 Klaus Beer 7.65 17 Hans Baumgartner 7.62 18 Dušan Košutić 7.60 19 Miljenko Rak 7.58 20 Andreas Gloerfeld 7.57 21 Jesper Tørring 7.52 22 Valeriu Jurcă 7.50 23 Jacques Pani 7.41 24 Nenad Stekić 7.35 25 Gürol Dinsel 7.27 26 Geoff Hignett 7.25 27 Henrik Kalocsai 7.24 28 Gábor Katona 7.22 29 Jaroslav Brož 5.92 Alan Lerwill NM

Participation According to an unofficial count, 30 athletes from 14 countries participated in the event.

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