2012 European Athletics Championships – Women's long jump explained

Event:	Women's long jump
Competition:	European Athletics Championships

The women's long jump at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 27 and 28 June.

Medalists

Gold	Éloyse Lesueur
Silver	Volha Sudarava
Bronze	Margrethe Renstrøm

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships
World record		7.52	Leningrad, Soviet Union	11 June 1988
European record		7.52	Leningrad, Soviet Union	11 June 1988
Championship record		7.30	Split, Yugoslavia	28 August 1990
World Leading		7.12	Walnut, United States	21 April 2012
European Leading		7.11	Moscow, Russia	20 June 2012

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
27 June 2012	9:00	Qualification
28 June 2012	17:25	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification: Qualification Performance 6.65 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
	A			6.66			6.66	Q, SB, Doping
1	B			6.66			6.66	Q
1	A					6.66	6.66	Q, SB
3	A				6.29	6.62	6.62	q
4	A			6.41	5.73	6.53	6.53	q
5	A			6.12	6.15	6.53	6.53	q
6	B			6.29	6.36	6.44	6.44	q
7	B			6.02	6.34	6.44	6.44	q
8	B			6.25	6.44	6.31	6.44	q
9	A				6.43	6.30	6.43	q
10	A			6.32	6.41		6.41	q
11	A			6.39	6.39	6.34	6.39	q
12	A				6.37	6.36	6.37
13	A				6.23	6.36	6.36
14	A					6.33	6.33
15	B				6.01	6.31	6.31
16	A			6.19		6.29	6.29
17	B			6.15	4.77	6.27	6.27
18	B			6.16	5.97	6.26	6.26
19	A			6.22			6.22
20	B			6.19	5.99		6.19
21	B				4.22	6.19	6.19
22	B				6.16		6.16
23	B			6.15	5.99	6.11	6.15
24	B			6.06	5.42	6.12	6.12
25	A				5.77	6.08	6.08
26	A			5.90	6.00		6.00
27	B			5.95		5.73	5.95
28	B			5.71			5.71
29	B				4.27	4.43	4.43

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
			6.81		3.61	6.57			6.81	SB
			6.59	6.51		6.38	6.74	6.51	6.74
					6.51		6.67		6.67	SB
			6.59		6.53	6.57	6.48	6.66	6.66
			6.60	6.51	6.41		6.62	6.63	6.63	Doping
			6.43		6.55		6.49	6.33	6.55
			6.53	6.50	4.96	6.32	6.40	6.25	6.53
			6.50		6.36	6.47	6.34	6.39	6.50
			6.40		6.33				6.40
			6.16		6.31				6.31
10				6.07	6.26				6.26

References

• Qualification Results
• Final Results
• Full results