2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's long jump explained

The women's long jump at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships will be held at the Ataköy Athletics Arena on 10 and 11 March 2012.

The winning margin was 25 cm which as of July 2024 remains the greatest winning margin in the women's long jump at these championships.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Brittney Reese	Janay DeLoach	Shara Proctor

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record		7.37	Vienna, Austria	13 February 1988
Championship record		7.10	Indianapolis, United States	7 March 1987
World Leading		6.91	Krasnodar, Russia	29 January 2012
African record		6.97	Erfurt, Germany	5 February 1997
Asian record		6.82	Beijing, China	13 March 1992
European record		7.37	Vienna, Austria	13 February 1988
North and Central American and Caribbean record		7.13	Atlanta, United States	5 March 1994
Oceanian Record		6.81	Barcelona, Spain	12 March 1995
South American record		6.89	Valencia, Spain	9 March 1998

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
March 10, 2012	11:45	Qualification
March 11, 2012	14:05	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification standard: 6.75 m (Q) or at least best 8 qualified (q). 19 athletes from 15 countries participated. The qualification round started at 09:37 and ended at 11:46.^[1]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1			6.52	6.55	6.90	6.90	Q, SB
2			6.52	6.86		6.86	Q, NR
3			6.72		6.66	6.72	q
4			6.59		6.70	6.70	q
5			6.56	6.65		6.65	q
6				6.62	6.64	6.64	q, SB
7				6.63	6.44	6.63	q
8				6.60	6.62	6.62	q
9				6.62		6.62
10				6.58		6.58
11			6.16	6.42	6.45	6.45	SB
12			5.58	4.23	6.45	6.45
13			6.40			6.40
14			6.37	6.24	6.34	6.37	SB
15				6.37		6.37
16			6.32	6.15	6.18	6.32
17				6.16		6.16
18					6.08	6.08
19			5.98	5.94		5.98	SB

Final

8 athletes from 6 countries participated. The final started at 14:05 and ended at 15:15.^[2]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
					6.82	6.92	6.73	7.23	7.23	CR, AR, WL
				6.74	6.78	6.67	6.73	6.98	6.98	SB
					6.86	6.55	6.74	6.89	6.89	NR
4			6.70	6.85	6.44	6.53	6.71	6.78	6.85
5					6.48	6.64		4.65	6.64
6			6.58			6.63		6.55	6.63
7			6.34			6.09			6.34
8			4.71						4.71

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's long jump (qualification). Omega Timing. 2012-03-09. https://web.archive.org/web/20120827225452/http://iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4665/AT-HJ-W-q----.RS6.pdf. 2012-08-27. dead.
2. Web site: 2012 World Indoor Championships – Women's long jump (final) . Omega Timing . 2012-03-11 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120316144426/http://www.iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4665/AT-LJ-W-f--A--.RS1.pdf . 2012-03-16 .