2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's long jump

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2012 IAAF World Indoor
Championships
Track events
60 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mmenwomen
60 m hurdlesmenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmenwomen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Combined events
Pentathlonwomen
Heptathlonmen
Gold medal winner Brittney Reese during the competition.

The women's long jump at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships will be held at the Ataköy Athletics Arena on 10 and 11 March 2012.

The winning margin was 25 cm which as of July 2024 remains the greatest winning margin in the women's long jump at these championships.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Brittney Reese
 United States 		Janay DeLoach
 United States 		Shara Proctor
 Great Britain

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record  Heike Drechsler (GDR) 7.37 Vienna, Austria 13 February 1988
Championship record  Heike Drechsler (GDR) 7.10 Indianapolis, United States 7 March 1987
World Leading  Olga Kucherenko (RUS) 6.91 Krasnodar, Russia 29 January 2012
African record  Chioma Ajunwa (NGR) 6.97 Erfurt, Germany 5 February 1997
Asian record  Yang Juan (CHN) 6.82 Beijing, China 13 March 1992
European record  Heike Drechsler (GDR) 7.37 Vienna, Austria 13 February 1988
North and Central American
and Caribbean record 		 Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 7.13 Atlanta, United States 5 March 1994
Oceanian Record  Nicole Boegman (AUS) 6.81 Barcelona, Spain 12 March 1995
South American record  Maurren Maggi (BRA) 6.89 Valencia, Spain 9 March 1998

Qualification standards

Indoor
6.65

Schedule

Date Time Round
March 10, 2012 11:45 Qualification
March 11, 2012 14:05 Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification standard: 6.75 m (Q) or at least best 8 qualified (q). 19 athletes from 15 countries participated. The qualification round started at 09:37 and ended at 11:46.[1]

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes
1 Janay DeLoach  United States 6.52 6.55 6.90 6.90 Q, SB
2 Shara Proctor  Great Britain 6.52 6.86 6.86 Q, NR
3 Brittney Reese  United States 6.72 x 6.66 6.72 q
4 Bianca Stuart  Bahamas 6.59 x 6.70 6.70 q
5 Darya Klishina  Russia 6.56 6.65 x 6.65 q
6 Viorica Țigău  Romania x 6.62 6.64 6.64 q, SB
7 Veronika Shutkova  Belarus x 6.63 6.44 6.63 q
8 Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova  Belarus x 6.60 6.62 6.62 q
9 Karin Melis Mey  Turkey x 6.62 x 6.62
10 Yelena Sokolova  Russia x 6.58 x 6.58
11 Keila Costa  Brazil 6.16 6.42 6.45 6.45 SB
12 Irène Pusterla   Switzerland 5.58 4.23 6.45 6.45
13 Nadja Käther  Germany 6.40 x x 6.40
14 Yuliya Tarasova  Uzbekistan 6.37 6.24 6.34 6.37 SB
15 Concepción Montaner  Spain x 6.37 x 6.37
16 Inna Ahkozova  Ukraine 6.32 6.15 6.18 6.32
17 Cornelia Deiac  Romania x 6.16 x 6.16
18 Aiga Grabuste  Latvia x x 6.08 6.08
19 Marestella Torres  Philippines 5.98 5.94 x 5.98 SB
Lauma Grīva  Latvia x x x NM

Final

8 athletes from 6 countries participated. The final started at 14:05 and ended at 15:15.[2]

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Brittney Reese  United States x x 6.82 6.92 6.73 7.23 7.23 CR, AR, WL
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Janay DeLoach  United States x 6.74 6.78 6.67 6.73 6.98 6.98 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Shara Proctor  Great Britain x x 6.86 6.55 6.74 6.89 6.89 NR
4 Darya Klishina  Russia 6.70 6.85 6.44 6.53 6.71 6.78 6.85
5 Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova  Belarus x x 6.48 6.64 x 4.65 6.64
6 Veronika Shutkova  Belarus 6.58 x x 6.63 x 6.55 6.63
7 Viorica Țigău  Romania 6.34 x x 6.09 x x 6.34
8 Bianca Stuart  Bahamas 4.71 x x x x — 4.71

References

  1. ^ "2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's long jump (qualification)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-08-27. Retrieved 2012-03-09.
  2. ^ "2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's long jump (final)" (PDF). Omega Timing. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-03-16. Retrieved 2012-03-11.