# 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump

The men's long jump at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 10 and 11 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Sergey Morgunov Russia |
| Silver | Andreas Trajkovski Denmark |
| Bronze | Jarrion Lawson United States |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
| World Junior Record | Sergey Morgunov (RUS) | 8.35 m | Cheboksary, Russia | 20 June 2012 |
| Championship Record | James Stallworth (USA) | 8.20 m | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 9 August 1990 |
| World Junior Leading | Sergey Morgunov (RUS) | 8.35 m | Cheboksary, Russia | 20 June 2012 |

## Results
### Qualification

Qualification: Standard 7.70 m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q)
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Note |
| 1 | B | Sergey Morgunov | Russia | X | 8.01 | | 8.01 | Q |
| 2 | A | Stephan Hartmann | Germany | 7.59 | 7.74 | | 7.74 | Q |
| 3 | B | Guy-Elphège Anouman | France | X | 7.73 | | 7.73 | Q |
| 4 | A | Andreas Trajkovski | Denmark | 7.72 | | | 7.72 | Q |
| 5 | A | Dairis Rincs | Latvia | 7.67 | 7.33 | | 7.67 | q |
| 6 | A | Qing Lin | China | X | 7.36 | 7.64 | 7.64 | q |
| 7 | A | Elliot Safo | Great Britain | X | 7.62 | X | 7.62 | q |
| 8 | A | Jarrion Lawson | United States | 7.27 | X | 7.58 | 7.58 | q |
| 9 | B | Toros Pilikoglu | Turkey | 7.57 | X | 7.29 | 7.57 | q |
| 10 | B | Frederik Thomsen | Denmark | 7.39 | X | 7.55 | 7.55 | q |
| 11 | A | Tiago da Silva | Brazil | 7.33 | 7.50 | 7.54 | 7.54 | q |
| 12 | B | Haibing Huang | China | 7.54 | X | 7.44 | 7.54 | q |
| 13 | A | Sergio Acera | Spain | 7.48 | X | 7.24 | 7.48 | |
| 14 | B | Jarrett Samuels | United States | 7.45 | X | 7.32 | 7.45 | |
| 15 | A | Harrison Muller | France | 7.39 | 7.05 | X | 7.39 | |
| 16 | A | Prem Kumar Kumaravel | India | 7.09 | 7.27 | 7.38 | 7.38 | |
| 17 | B | Asahi Iida | Japan | X | X | 7.38 | 7.38 | |
| 18 | B | Gor Nerkararyan | Armenia | 7.34 | X | 7.30 | 7.34 | |
| 19 | A | Manuel Leitner | Austria | 7.04 | 7.26 | X | 7.26 | |
| 20 | B | Higor Alves | Brazil | X | X | 7.26 | 7.26 | |
| 21 | A | Johan Taléus | Sweden | 7.24 | 7.13 | 5.39 | 7.24 | |
| 22 | B | Isaac Agyekum Nkansah | Ghana | 7.04 | 7.22 | 7.13 | 7.22 | |
| 23 | B | Duwayne Boer | South Africa | 6.43 | 5.36 | 7.22 | 7.22 | |
| 24 | B | Radek Juška | Czech Republic | 6.46 | 7.11 | X | 7.11 | |
| – | A | Hiroaki Yonezawa | Japan | X | X | X | NM | |
| – | A | Mpho Maphuta | South Africa | X | X | | NM | |
| – | B | Izmir Smajlaj | Albania | X | | | NM | |
| – | B | Babajide Okujala | Nigeria | – | – | – | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Note |
| | Sergey Morgunov | Russia | 8.09 | X | X | X | X | 7.93 | 8.09 | |
| | Andreas Trajkovski | Denmark | 7.53 | 7.56 | X | 7.48 | 7.44 | 7.82 | 7.82 | NJ |
| | Jarrion Lawson | United States | 7.41 | X | X | 7.64 | X | 7.61 | 7.64 | |
| 4 | Haibing Huang | China | 7.16 | 7.53 | 7.64 | X | 7.48 | 7.42 | 7.64 | |
| 5 | Stephan Hartmann | Germany | 7.28 | 7.33 | 7.52 | 7.47 | 7.54 | X | 7.54 | |
| 6 | Elliot Safo | Great Britain | 7.51 | 7.43 | X | 5.21 | | | 7.51 | |
| 7 | Qing Lin | China | 7.41 | X | 7.46 | 7.49 | X | 7.47 | 7.49 | |
| 8 | Frederik Thomsen | Denmark | 5.81 | 7.20 | 7.36 | 7.08 | 7.12 | X | 7.36 | |
| 9 | Dairis Rincs | Latvia | 7.16 | 7.31 | 6.91 | | | | 7.31 | |
| 10 | Tiago da Silva | Brazil | 7.29 | 7.10 | 7.29 | | | | 7.29 | |
| 11 | Guy-Elphège Anouman | France | 7.27 | 7.27 | 7.19 | | | | 7.27 | |
| 12 | Toros Pilikoglu | Turkey | 7.15 | 7.03 | 6.71 | | | | 7.15 | |

## Participation

According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.
* Albania (1)
* Armenia (1)
* Austria (1)
* Brazil (2)
* China (2)
* Czech Republic (1)
* Denmark (2)
* France (2)
* Germany (1)
* Ghana (1)
* India (1)
* Japan (2)
* Latvia (1)
* Russia (1)
* South Africa (2)
* Spain (1)
* Sweden (1)
* Turkey (1)
* United Kingdom (1)
* United States (2)