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| Women's long jump at the European Athletics Championships |
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The women's long jump at the 2012 European Athletics Championships was held at the Helsinki Olympic Stadium on 27 and 28 June.
| Gold | Éloyse Lesueur  France |
| Silver | Volha Sudarava  Belarus |
| Bronze | Margrethe Renstrøm  Norway |
| Standing records prior to the 2012 European Athletics Championships | ||||
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| World record |  Galina Chistyakova (URS) | 7.52 | Leningrad, Soviet Union | 11 June 1988 |
| European record | Galina Chistyakova (URS) | 7.52 | Leningrad, Soviet Union | 11 June 1988 |
| Championship record |  Heike Drechsler (GDR) | 7.30 | Split, Yugoslavia | 28 August 1990 |
| World Leading |  Brittney Reese (USA) | 7.12 | Walnut, United States | 21 April 2012 |
| European Leading |  Anna Nazarova (RUS) | 7.11 | Moscow, Russia | 20 June 2012 |
| Date | Time | Round |
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| 27 June 2012 | 9:00 | Qualification |
| 28 June 2012 | 17:25 | Final |
Qualification: Qualification Performance 6.65 (Q) or at least 12 best performers advance to the final
| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Éloyse Lesueur | France | 6.81 | x | 3.61 | 6.57 | x | x | 6.81 | SB |
 | Volha Sudarava | Belarus | 6.59 | 6.51 | x | 6.38 | 6.74 | 6.51 | 6.74 | |
 | Margrethe Renstrøm | Norway | x | x | 6.51 | x | 6.67 | x | 6.67 | SB |
| 4 | Sosthene Taroum Moguenara |  Germany | 6.59 | x | 6.53 | 6.57 | 6.48 | 6.66 | 6.66 | |
| DQ | Karin Melis Mey |  Turkey | Doping | |||||||
| 5 | Ineta Radēviča |  Latvia | 6.43 | x | 6.55 | x | 6.49 | 6.33 | 6.55 | |
| 6 | Irène Pusterla |  Switzerland | 6.53 | 6.50 | 4.96 | 6.32 | 6.40 | 6.25 | 6.53 | |
| 7 | Melanie Bauschke | Germany | 6.50 | x | 6.36 | 6.47 | 6.34 | 6.39 | 6.50 | |
| 8 | Svetlana Denyayeva | Russia | 6.40 | x | 6.33 | 6.40 | ||||
| 9 | Jana Velďáková |  Slovakia | 6.16 | x | 6.31 | 6.31 | ||||
| 10 | Concepción Montaner |  Spain | x | 6.07 | 6.26 | 6.26 | ||||
| Marharyta Tverdohlib |  Ukraine | x | x | x | NM |
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