You can use *unpacking with zip().
>>> l = [(0,'a'), (1,'b'), (2,'c')]
>>> for item in zip(*l)[0]:
... print item,
...
0 1 2
Python 3 zip() list, zip list(), next(iter()) -:
>>> l = [(0,'a'), (1,'b'), (2,'c')]
>>> print(*next(iter(zip(*l))))
0 1 2
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