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

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Women's long jump
at the Games of the XXX Olympiad
Venue Olympic Stadium
Date7–8 August
Competitors32 from 24 nations
Winning distance7.12 m
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Brittney Reese Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon.svg Yelena Sokolova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Bronze medal icon.svg Janay DeLoach Flag of the United States.svg  United States
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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] The winning margin was 5 cm.

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)

DateTimeRound
Tuesday, 7 August 201219:05Qualifications
Wednesday, 8 August 201220:05Finals

Records

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

World recordFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Galina Chistyakova  (URS)7.52 m Leningrad, USSR 11 June 1988
Olympic recordFlag of the United States.svg  Jackie Joyner-Kersee  (USA)7.40 m Seoul, South Korea 29 September 1988
2012 World leadingFlag of the United States.svg  Brittney Reese  (USA)7.15 m Eugene, United States1 July 2012

Results

Qualifying round

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

RankGroupNameNationality#1#2#3ResultNotes
1A Shara Proctor Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 6.83--6.83Q
2B Janay DeLoach Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.81--6.81Q
3A Karin Mey Melis Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 6.80--6.80DSQ (q)
4A Yelena Sokolova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 6.636.71-6.71Q
5B Ineta Radēviča Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 6.586.596.686.68DSQ (q)
6A Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 6.556.626.666.66DSQ (q)
7B Anna Nazarova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia x6.62x6.62DSQ (q)
8A Lyudmila Kolchanova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 6.57x6.546.57q
9A Brittney Reese Flag of the United States.svg  United States xx6.576.57q
10B Éloyse Lesueur Flag of France.svg  France 6.48x6.386.48q
11A Ivana Španović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia x6.216.416.41q
12B Veronika Shutkova Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 6.016.216.406.40q
13B Arantxa King Flag of Bermuda.svg  Bermuda 6.40x6.206.40
14A Volha Sudarava Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 6.386.356.136.38
15B Maurren Higa Maggi Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 6.37x6.276.37
16B Chelsea Hayes Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.116.376.056.37
17A Blessing Okagbare Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 6.326.206.346.34
18A Bianca Stuart Flag of the Bahamas.svg  Bahamas 5.306.316.326.32
19B Concepción Montaner Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 6.306.13x6.30
20B Viktoriya Rybalko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine x6.216.296.29
21B Sostene Moguenara Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 6.23xx6.23
22A Marestella Torres Flag of the Philippines.svg  Philippines 5.986.216.226.22
23A Ola Sesay Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone 6.225.775.916.22
24B Viorica Țigău Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 6.21xx6.21
25B Irene Pusterla Civil Ensign of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 6.206.144.886.20
26A Marharyta Tverdohlib Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine x6.196.196.19DSQ [5]
27B Jana Velďáková Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 6.026.18x6.18
28A Lauma Grīva Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 6.105.966.086.10
A Maiko Gogoladze Flag of Georgia.svg  Georgia xxxNM
A Yuliya Tarasova Flag of Uzbekistan (3-2).svg  Uzbekistan xxxNM
B Caterine Ibargüen Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia DNS
B Margrethe Renstrøm Flag of Norway.svg  Norway DNS

Final

RankAthleteNationality123456ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Brittney Reese Flag of the United States.svg  United States x7.12xx6.69x7.12
Silver medal icon.svg Yelena Sokolova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 6.807.076.846.936.786.797.07PB
Bronze medal icon.svg Janay DeLoach Flag of the United States.svg  United States 6.77x6.716.746.89x6.89
- Ineta Radēviča Flag of Latvia (3-2).svg  Latvia 6.886.776.74xx6.796.88DSQ [6]
- Anna Nazarova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia x6.77x6.566.456.626.77DSQ [7]
4 Lyudmila Kolchanova Flag of Russia.svg  Russia xx6.766.44x5.976.76
- Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 6.616.626.546.72x4.556.72DSQ [8]
5 Éloyse Lesueur Flag of France.svg  France 6.57xxx6.67x6.67
6 Shara Proctor Flag of the United Kingdom (3-2).svg  Great Britain 6.55x6.376.55
7 Veronika Shutkova Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 6.376.546.536.54
8 Ivana Španović Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia 4.296.336.356.35
Karin Mey Melis Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey DNS [a]
  1. Karin Melis Mey was forced to withdraw after testing positive for testosterone. [9]

References

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