# 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. 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, 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)