Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump

Women's long jump at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue	Olympic Stadium
Date	7–8 August
Competitors	32 from 24 nations
Winning distance	7.12 m
Medalists
Brittney Reese   United States   Yelena Sokolova   Russia   Janay DeLoach   United States

Official video highlights

Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's long jump competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom, was held at the Olympic Stadium on 7–8 August.^[1]

Only three barely made the auto qualifying mark. Brittney Reese struggled with fouls and finally made a mark on her final attempt. Karin Melis Mey originally qualified for the final, but was pulled after a positive drug test.^[2]

In the final Ineta Radēviča took the first round lead with a 6.88, while Yelena Sokolova settled into second place. Brittney Reese, who has won every major championship since 2009, fouled her first attempt. In the second round, Reese hit to board cleanly, jumping 7.12. Three jumps later, Sokolova came close with a 7.07. Reese continued to struggle with three more foul jumps, her only other legal jump would have placed her eighth. Her one jump continued her string of championships. Sokolova had another attempt sufficient to get the silver, but could not challenge Reese for gold. Janay DeLoach spent the competition in fifth place until her fifth jump, when she bettered Radevica by a centimeter. Radevica had two more attempts, but couldn't improve, giving DeLoach the bronze.^[3]

Competition format

The competition consisted of two rounds, qualification and final. In qualification, each athlete jumped three times (stopping early if they made the qualifying distance). At least the top twelve athletes moved on to the final; if more than twelve reached the qualifying distance, all who did so advanced. Distances were reset for the final round. Finalists jumped three times, after which the eight best jumped three more times (with the best distance of the six jumps counted).^[4]

Schedule

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Records

Prior to the competition, the existing World and Olympic records were as follows.

World record	Galina Chistyakova (URS)	7.52 m	Leningrad, USSR	11 June 1988
Olympic record	Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA)	7.40 m	Seoul, South Korea	29 September 1988
2012 World leading	Brittney Reese (USA)	7.15 m	Eugene, United States	1 July 2012

Results

Qualifying round

Qual. rule: qualification standard 6.70m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q).

Rank	Group	Name	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	A	Shara Proctor	Great Britain	6.83	-	-	6.83	Q
2	B	Janay DeLoach	United States	6.81	-	-	6.81	Q
3	A	Karin Mey Melis	Turkey	6.80	-	-	6.80	Q
4	A	Yelena Sokolova	Russia	6.63	6.71	-	6.71	Q
5	B	Ineta Radēviča	Latvia	6.58	6.59	6.68	6.68	q
6	A	Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova	Belarus	6.55	6.62	6.66	6.66	q
7	B	Anna Nazarova	Russia	x	6.62	x	6.62	q
8	A	Lyudmila Kolchanova	Russia	6.57	x	6.54	6.57	q
9	A	Brittney Reese	United States	x	x	6.57	6.57	q
10	B	Éloyse Lesueur	France	6.48	x	6.38	6.48	q
11	A	Ivana Španović	Serbia	x	6.21	6.41	6.41	q
12	B	Veronika Shutkova	Belarus	6.01	6.21	6.40	6.40	q
13	B	Arantxa King	Bermuda	6.40	x	6.20	6.40
14	A	Volha Sudarava	Belarus	6.38	6.35	6.13	6.38
15	B	Maurren Higa Maggi	Brazil	6.37	x	6.27	6.37
16	B	Chelsea Hayes	United States	6.11	6.37	6.05	6.37
17	A	Blessing Okagbare	Nigeria	6.32	6.20	6.34	6.34
18	A	Bianca Stuart	Bahamas	5.30	6.31	6.32	6.32
19	B	Concepción Montaner	Spain	6.30	6.13	x	6.30
20	B	Viktoriya Rybalko	Ukraine	x	6.21	6.29	6.29
21	B	Sostene Moguenara	Germany	6.23	x	x	6.23
22	A	Marestella Torres	Philippines	5.98	6.21	6.22	6.22
23	A	Ola Sesay	Sierra Leone	6.22	5.77	5.91	6.22
24	B	Viorica Țigău	Romania	6.21	x	x	6.21
25	B	Irene Pusterla	Switzerland	6.20	6.14	4.88	6.20
26	A	Marharyta Tverdohlib	Ukraine	x	6.19	6.19	6.19
27	B	Jana Velďáková	Slovakia	6.02	6.18	x	6.18
28	A	Lauma Grīva	Latvia	6.10	5.96	6.08	6.10
N/A	A	Maiko Gogoladze	Georgia	x	x	x	NM
N/A	A	Yuliya Tarasova	Uzbekistan	x	x	x	NM
N/A	B	Caterine Ibargüen	Colombia	–	–	–	DNS
N/A	B	Margrethe Renstrøm	Norway	–	–	–	DNS

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
01 !	Brittney Reese	United States	x	7.12	x	x	6.69	x	7.12
02 !	Yelena Sokolova	Russia	6.80	7.07	6.84	6.93	6.78	6.79	7.07	PB
03 !	Janay DeLoach	United States	6.77	x	6.71	6.74	6.89	x	6.89
4	Ineta Radēviča	Latvia	6.88	6.77	6.74	x	x	6.79	6.88	SB
5	Anna Nazarova	Russia	x	6.77	x	6.56	6.45	6.62	6.77
6	Lyudmila Kolchanova	Russia	x	x	6.76	6.44	x	5.97	6.76
7	Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova	Belarus	6.61	6.62	6.54	6.72	x	4.55	6.72
8	Éloyse Lesueur	France	6.57	x	x	x	6.67	x	6.67
9	Shara Proctor	Great Britain	6.55	x	6.37	–	–	–	6.55
10	Veronika Shutkova	Belarus	6.37	6.54	6.53	–	–	–	6.54
11	Ivana Španović	Serbia	4.29	6.33	6.35	–	–	–	6.35
N/A	Karin Mey Melis	Turkey	–	–	–	–	–	–	DNS

• Karin Mey Melis was forced to withdraw after testing positive for testosterone.

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