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

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

Records

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

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

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

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

•  Armenia (1)
•  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)