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

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

GoldSilverBronze
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)

RankGroupNameNationality#1#2#3ResultNote
1BAlina Rotaru Romania6.586.58Q
2AKatarina Johnson-Thompson Great Britain6.216.516.51Q
3ALena Malkus Germany6.286.456.45Q
4APaula Beatriz Álvarez CubaX5.946.446.44Q
5AJéssica Carolina dos Reis Brazil6.206.406.40Q
6BJazmin Sawyers Great Britain6.336.33Q
7AMaryna Bekh Ukraine6.255.996.326.32Q
8AChanice Porter Jamaica6.306.30Q
9BBrooke Stratton Australia6.076.086.266.26q
10BPolina Yurchenko RussiaX6.026.256.25q
11AAnastasiya Kadicheva RussiaX6.226.046.22q
12BAnastassia Angioi Italy5.826.206.046.20q
13BKaia Soosaar Estonia6.16XX6.16
14BMalaika Mihambo Germany6.135.916.156.15
15BElise Malmberg Sweden6.156.126.116.15PB
16BPinar Aday Turkey5.855.786.136.13
17BRobin Reynolds United States6.125.823.686.12
18AAkela Jones Barbados6.076.096.086.09
19AMargaret Gayen Australia5.466.056.086.08
20ALeTristan Pledger United StatesX5.756.086.08
21AJogailé Petrokaité LithuaniaXX6.006.00
22ANarumi Suenaga Japan5.985.795.785.98
23BAndressa Fidelis Brazil5.865.945.945.94
24AAnna Švecová Czech Republic5.797.115.885.88
25BBohdana Melnyk Ukraine5.575.665.885.88
26AGiulia Liboá Italy5.785.565.745.78
27BZanri van der Merwe South AfricaX5.77X5.77
28ASatenik Hovhannisyan ArmeniaX5.74X5.74
29BAna Martín-Sacristán SpainXX5.715.71
30AJhoanmy Luque Venezuela5.70 5.67X5.70
31BJosefina Gutiérrez ChileXX5.545.54
-BWunmi Ademuwagun Nigeria

Final

RankNameNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNote
Katarina Johnson-Thompson Great Britain6.576.566.815.395.05X6.81
Lena Malkus Germany6.476.186.286.38X6.806.80
Jazmin Sawyers Great Britain6.67XXXXX6.67WJL
4Chanice Porter Jamaica6.256.426.196.586.336.516.58NJ
5Alina Rotaru RomaniaX6.526.416.386.20X6.52
6Jéssica Carolina dos Reis Brazil6.516.016.456.466.23X6.51
7Brooke Stratton AustraliaX6.344.90X6.42X6.42
8Maryna Bekh Ukraine6.05X6.356.24X6.106.35
9Polina Yurchenko Russia6.326.246.336.33
10Anastasiya Kadicheva Russia6.116.306.336.33
11Paula Beatriz Álvarez CubaX6.226.306.30
12Anastassia Angioi Italy5.956.085.956.08

Participation

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

References

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