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

2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
10,000 m walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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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[edit]

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

Records[edit]

Prior to the competition^[update], 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[edit]

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	Paula Beatriz Álvarez	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	Polina Yurchenko	Russia	X	6.02	6.25	6.25	q
11	A	Anastasiya Kadicheva	Russia	X	6.22	6.04	6.22	q
12	B	Anastassia Angioi	Italy	5.82	6.20	6.04	6.20	q
13	B	Kaia Soosaar	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	Pinar Aday	Turkey	5.85	5.78	6.13	6.13
17	B	Robin Reynolds	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	LeTristan Pledger	United States	X	5.75	6.08	6.08
21	A	Jogailé Petrokaité	Lithuania	X	X	6.00	6.00
22	A	Narumi Suenaga	Japan	5.98	5.79	5.78	5.98
23	B	Andressa Fidelis	Brazil	5.86	5.94	5.94	5.94
24	A	Anna Švecová	Czech Republic	5.79	7.11	5.88	5.88
25	B	Bohdana Melnyk	Ukraine	5.57	5.66	5.88	5.88
26	A	Giulia Liboá	Italy	5.78	5.56	5.74	5.78
27	B	Zanri van der Merwe	South Africa	X	5.77	X	5.77
28	A	Satenik Hovhannisyan	Armenia	X	5.74	X	5.74
29	B	Ana Martín-Sacristán	Spain	X	X	5.71	5.71
30	A	Jhoanmy Luque	Venezuela	5.70	5.67	X	5.70
31	B	Josefina Gutiérrez	Chile	X	X	5.54	5.54
–	B	Wunmi Ademuwagun	Nigeria

Final[edit]

Rank	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Note
	Katarina Johnson-Thompson	Great Britain	6.57	6.56	6.81	5.39	5.05	X	6.81
	Lena Malkus	Germany	6.47	6.18	6.28	6.38	X	6.80	6.80
	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	Polina Yurchenko	Russia	6.32	6.24	6.33				6.33
10	Anastasiya Kadicheva	Russia	6.11	6.30	6.33				6.33
11	Paula Beatriz Álvarez	Cuba	X	6.22	6.30				6.30
12	Anastassia Angioi	Italy	5.95	6.08	5.95				6.08

Participation[edit]

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

 Australia (2)

 Barbados (1)

 Brazil (2)

 Chile (1)

 Cuba (1)

 Czech Republic (1)

 Estonia (1)

 Germany (2)

 Italy (2)

 Jamaica (1)

 Japan (1)

 Lithuania (1)

 Romania (1)

 Russia (2)

 South Africa (1)

 Spain (1)

 Sweden (1)

 Turkey (1)

 Ukraine (2)

 United Kingdom (2)

 United States (2)

 Venezuela (1)

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• WJC12 long jump schedule