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.http://www.iaaf.org/Mini/WJC12/Results/ResultsByEvent.aspx?/disctype=4/sex=W/discCode=LJ/combCode=hash/timetable.html The event was won by British heptathlon specialist Katarina Johnson-Thompson.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeKatarina Johnson-ThompsonLena MalkusJazmin Sawyers

Records , the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.

World Junior Record7.14 mBratislava, Czechoslovakia4 June 1983Championship Record6.88 mSudbury, Canada30 July 1988World Junior Leading6.64 mBirmingham, Great Britain24 June 2012Broken records during the 2012 World Junior Championships in AthleticsWorld Junior Leading6.67Barcelona, Spain13 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 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

External links WJC12 long jump schedule