2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump

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The women's long jump at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 12 and 13 July.[1][2][3] The event was won by British heptathlon specialist Katarina Johnson-Thompson.

Medalists[]

Gold Silver Bronze
Katarina Johnson-Thompson
 Great Britain
Lena Malkus
 Germany
Jazmin Sawyers
 Great Britain

Records[]

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

World Junior Record  Heike Drechsler (GDR) 7.14 m Bratislava, Czechoslovakia 4 June 1983
Championship Record  Fiona May (GBR) 6.88 m Sudbury, Canada 30 July 1988
World Junior Leading  Jazmin Sawyers (GBR) 6.64 m Birmingham, Great Britain 24 June 2012
Broken records during the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics
World Junior Leading  Jazmin Sawyers (GBR) 6.67 Barcelona, Spain 13 July 2012

Qualification[]

Qualification: Standard 6.30 m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q)

Rank Group Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Note
1 B Alina Rotaru  Romania 6.58 6.58 Q
2 A Katarina Johnson-Thompson  Great Britain 6.21 6.51 6.51 Q
3 A Lena Malkus  Germany 6.28 6.45 6.45 Q
4 A  Cuba X 5.94 6.44 6.44 Q
5 A Jéssica Carolina dos Reis  Brazil 6.20 6.40 6.40 Q
6 B Jazmin Sawyers  Great Britain 6.33 6.33 Q
7 A Maryna Bekh  Ukraine 6.25 5.99 6.32 6.32 Q
8 A Chanice Porter  Jamaica 6.30 6.30 Q
9 B Brooke Stratton  Australia 6.07 6.08 6.26 6.26 q
10 B  Russia X 6.02 6.25 6.25 q
11 A  Russia X 6.22 6.04 6.22 q
12 B  Italy 5.82 6.20 6.04 6.20 q
13 B  Estonia 6.16 X X 6.16
14 B Malaika Mihambo  Germany 6.13 5.91 6.15 6.15
15 B Elise Malmberg  Sweden 6.15 6.12 6.11 6.15 PB
16 B  Turkey 5.85 5.78 6.13 6.13
17 B  United States 6.12 5.82 3.68 6.12
18 A Akela Jones  Barbados 6.07 6.09 6.08 6.09
19 A Margaret Gayen  Australia 5.46 6.05 6.08 6.08
20 A  United States X 5.75 6.08 6.08
21 A  Lithuania X X 6.00 6.00
22 A  Japan 5.98 5.79 5.78 5.98
23 B Andressa Fidelis  Brazil 5.86 5.94 5.94 5.94
24 A  Czech Republic 5.79 7.11 5.88 5.88
25 B  Ukraine 5.57 5.66 5.88 5.88
26 A  Italy 5.78 5.56 5.74 5.78
27 B  South Africa X 5.77 X 5.77
28 A  Armenia X 5.74 X 5.74
29 B  Spain X X 5.71 5.71
30 A  Venezuela 5.70 5.67 X 5.70
31 B  Chile X X 5.54 5.54
- B  Nigeria

Final[]

Rank Name Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Note
1st place, gold medalist(s) Katarina Johnson-Thompson  Great Britain 6.57 6.56 6.81 5.39 5.05 X 6.81
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Lena Malkus  Germany 6.47 6.18 6.28 6.38 X 6.80 6.80
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jazmin Sawyers  Great Britain 6.67 X X X X X 6.67 WJL
4 Chanice Porter  Jamaica 6.25 6.42 6.19 6.58 6.33 6.51 6.58 NJ
5 Alina Rotaru  Romania X 6.52 6.41 6.38 6.20 X 6.52
6 Jéssica Carolina dos Reis  Brazil 6.51 6.01 6.45 6.46 6.23 X 6.51
7 Brooke Stratton  Australia X 6.34 4.90 X 6.42 X 6.42
8 Maryna Bekh  Ukraine 6.05 X 6.35 6.24 X 6.10 6.35
9  Russia 6.32 6.24 6.33 6.33
10  Russia 6.11 6.30 6.33 6.33
11  Cuba X 6.22 6.30 6.30
12  Italy 5.95 6.08 5.95 6.08

Participation[]

According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/Results/ResultsByEvent.aspx?/disctype=4/sex=W/discCode=LJ/combCode=hash/timetable.html
  2. ^ Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC - 2012 Barcelona ESP Jul 10-15, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 22 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
  3. ^ IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015

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