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 |
Lena Malkus |
Jazmin Sawyers |
Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
| World Junior Record |  |
7.14 m | Bratislava, Czechoslovakia | 4 June 1983 |
| Championship Record | |
6.88 m | Sudbury, Canada | 30 July 1988 |
| World Junior Leading | |
6.64 m | Birmingham, Great Britain | 24 June 2012 |
| Broken records during the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| World Junior Leading | |
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 |  | 6.58 | 6.58 | Q | ||
| 2 | A | Katarina Johnson-Thompson | | 6.21 | 6.51 | 6.51 | Q | |
| 3 | A | Lena Malkus | | 6.28 | 6.45 | 6.45 | Q | |
| 4 | A | Paula Beatriz Álvarez |  | X | 5.94 | 6.44 | 6.44 | Q |
| 5 | A | Jéssica Carolina dos Reis |  | 6.20 | 6.40 | 6.40 | Q | |
| 6 | B | Jazmin Sawyers | | 6.33 | 6.33 | Q | ||
| 7 | A | Maryna Bekh |  | 6.25 | 5.99 | 6.32 | 6.32 | Q |
| 8 | A | Chanice Porter |  | 6.30 | 6.30 | Q | ||
| 9 | B | Brooke Stratton | .svg.png){kind=small} | 6.07 | 6.08 | 6.26 | 6.26 | q |
| 10 | B | Polina Yurchenko |  | X | 6.02 | 6.25 | 6.25 | q |
| 11 | A | Anastasiya Kadicheva | | X | 6.22 | 6.04 | 6.22 | q |
| 12 | B | Anastassia Angioi |  | 5.82 | 6.20 | 6.04 | 6.20 | q |
| 13 | B | Kaia Soosaar |  | 6.16 | X | X | 6.16 | |
| 14 | B | Malaika Mihambo | | 6.13 | 5.91 | 6.15 | 6.15 | |
| 15 | B | Elise Malmberg |  | 6.15 | 6.12 | 6.11 | 6.15 | PB |
| 16 | B | Pinar Aday |  | 5.85 | 5.78 | 6.13 | 6.13 | |
| 17 | B | Robin Reynolds |  | 6.12 | 5.82 | 3.68 | 6.12 | |
| 18 | A | Akela Jones |  | 6.07 | 6.09 | 6.08 | 6.09 | |
| 19 | A | Margaret Gayen | | 5.46 | 6.05 | 6.08 | 6.08 | |
| 20 | A | LeTristan Pledger | | X | 5.75 | 6.08 | 6.08 | |
| 21 | A | Jogailé Petrokaité |  | X | X | 6.00 | 6.00 | |
| 22 | A | Narumi Suenaga |  | 5.98 | 5.79 | 5.78 | 5.98 | |
| 23 | B | Andressa Fidelis | | 5.86 | 5.94 | 5.94 | 5.94 | |
| 24 | A | Anna Švecová |  | 5.79 | 7.11 | 5.88 | 5.88 | |
| 25 | B | Bohdana Melnyk | | 5.57 | 5.66 | 5.88 | 5.88 | |
| 26 | A | Giulia Liboá | | 5.78 | 5.56 | 5.74 | 5.78 | |
| 27 | B | Zanri van der Merwe |  | X | 5.77 | X | 5.77 | |
| 28 | A | Satenik Hovhannisyan |  | X | 5.74 | X | 5.74 | |
| 29 | B | Ana Martín-Sacristán |  | X | X | 5.71 | 5.71 | |
| 30 | A | Jhoanmy Luque |  | 5.70 | 5.67 | X | 5.70 | |
| 31 | B | Josefina Gutiérrez |  | X | X | 5.54 | 5.54 | |
| - | B | Wunmi Ademuwagun |  |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Katarina Johnson-Thompson | | 6.57 | 6.56 | 6.81 | 5.39 | 5.05 | X | 6.81 | |
 | Lena Malkus | | 6.47 | 6.18 | 6.28 | 6.38 | X | 6.80 | 6.80 | |
 | Jazmin Sawyers | | 6.67 | X | X | X | X | X | 6.67 | WJL |
| 4 | Chanice Porter | | 6.25 | 6.42 | 6.19 | 6.58 | 6.33 | 6.51 | 6.58 | NJ |
| 5 | Alina Rotaru | | X | 6.52 | 6.41 | 6.38 | 6.20 | X | 6.52 | |
| 6 | Jéssica Carolina dos Reis | | 6.51 | 6.01 | 6.45 | 6.46 | 6.23 | X | 6.51 | |
| 7 | Brooke Stratton | | X | 6.34 | 4.90 | X | 6.42 | X | 6.42 | |
| 8 | Maryna Bekh | | 6.05 | X | 6.35 | 6.24 | X | 6.10 | 6.35 | |
| 9 | Polina Yurchenko | | 6.32 | 6.24 | 6.33 | 6.33 | ||||
| 10 | Anastasiya Kadicheva | | 6.11 | 6.30 | 6.33 | 6.33 | ||||
| 11 | Paula Beatriz Álvarez | | X | 6.22 | 6.30 | 6.30 | ||||
| 12 | Anastassia Angioi | | 5.95 | 6.08 | 5.95 | 6.08 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 31 athletes from 23 countries participated in the event.
References
- http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/Results/ResultsByEvent.aspx?/disctype=4/sex=W/discCode=LJ/combCode=hash/timetable.html
- 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
- IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS - Eugene 2014 - FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
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