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
VenueOlympic Stadium
Date7–8 August
Competitors32 from 24 nations
Winning distance7.12 m
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Brittney Reese  United States
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yelena Sokolova  Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Janay DeLoach  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]

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[edit]

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[edit]

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Date Time Round
Tuesday, 7 August 2012 19:05 Qualifications
Wednesday, 8 August 2012 20:05 Finals

Records[edit]

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[edit]

Qualifying round[edit]

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 DSQ (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 DSQ (q)
6 A Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova  Belarus 6.55 6.62 6.66 6.66 DSQ (q)
7 B Anna Nazarova  Russia x 6.62 x 6.62 DSQ (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 DSQ[5]
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
— A Maiko Gogoladze  Georgia x x x NM
— A Yuliya Tarasova  Uzbekistan x x x NM
— B Caterine Ibargüen  Colombia – – – DNS
— B Margrethe Renstrøm  Norway – – – DNS

Final[edit]

Rank Athlete Nationality 1 2 3 4 5 6 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Brittney Reese  United States x 7.12 x x 6.69 x 7.12
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Yelena Sokolova  Russia 6.80 7.07 6.84 6.93 6.78 6.79 7.07 PB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Janay DeLoach  United States 6.77 x 6.71 6.74 6.89 x 6.89
- Ineta Radēviča  Latvia 6.88 6.77 6.74 x x 6.79 6.88 DSQ[6]
- Anna Nazarova  Russia x 6.77 x 6.56 6.45 6.62 6.77 DSQ[7]
4 Lyudmila Kolchanova  Russia x x 6.76 6.44 x 5.97 6.76
- Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova  Belarus 6.61 6.62 6.54 6.72 x 4.55 6.72 DSQ[8]
5 Éloyse Lesueur  France 6.57 x x x 6.67 x 6.67
6 Shara Proctor  Great Britain 6.55 x 6.37 – – – 6.55
7 Veronika Shutkova  Belarus 6.37 6.54 6.53 – – – 6.54
8 Ivana Španović  Serbia 4.29 6.33 6.35 – – – 6.35
— Karin Mey Melis  Turkey – – – – – – DNS [a]
  1. ^ Karin Melis Mey was forced to withdraw after testing positive for testosterone.[9]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics". Archived from the original on 2012-09-05. Retrieved 2012-05-11.
  2. ^ "Two Olympians banned over doping". Sky News Australia. 19 December 2012. Archived from the original on 5 April 2013. Retrieved 19 February 2012.
  3. ^ "World Athletics".
  4. ^ "Women's Long Jump competition format". London 2012 Organising Committee. Archived from the original on 5 June 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  5. ^ "IOC sanctions 12 athletes for failing anti-doping test at London 2012". International Olympic Committee. 21 Nov 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-21.
  6. ^ "IOC sanctions two athletes for failing anti-doping tests at London 2012". International Olympic Committee. 10 May 2019. Retrieved 10 May 2019.
  7. ^ "IOC sanctions two athletes for failing anti-doping tests at London 2012". International Olympic Committee. 30 Nov 2017. Retrieved 30 Nov 2017.
  8. ^ "IOC sanctions seven athletes for failing anti-doping tests at Beijing 2008 and London2012". International Olympic Committee. 25 Nov 2016. Retrieved 2016-12-08.
  9. ^ Butler, Mark (2015). "Doping violations Olympic Athletics". IAAF World Championships Beijing 2015 Statistics Handbook. Monaco: IAAF. pp. 419–420.
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