The men's long jump at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on 9–10 March 2012 at the Ataköy Athletics Arena.

Participants tied for first place with jumps of 8.23 metres, so their second-best jumps were used to break the tie, with the second-best jumps differing by 6 cm. This was the first time such a tiebreaker had been used in the men's long jump at these championships. It would happen again twelve years later at the 2024 championships.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeMauro Vinícius da SilvaHenry FrayneAleksandr Menkov

Records Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor ChampionshipsWorld record8.79New York City, United States27 January 1984Championship record8.62Maebashi, Japan7 March 1999World Leading8.24Moscow, Russia5 February 2012Fayetteville, United States10 February 2012African record8.36Stockholm, Sweden2 February 2006Asian record8.27Nanjing, China11 March 2010European record8.71Turin, Italy8 March 2009North and Central American and Caribbean record8.79New York City, United States27 January 1984Oceanian Record8.19Doha, Qatar12 March 2010South American record8.42Paiania, Greece13 February 2008

Qualification standards Indoor 8.15

Schedule Date Time RoundMarch 9, 2012 18:20 QualificationMarch 10, 2012 18:50 Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification standard 8.00 m (Q) or at least best 8 qualified. 15 athletes from 14 countries participated. The qualification round started at 18:22 and ended at 19:09.

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes1 Mauro Vinícius da Silva 7.93 8.28 8.28 Q, WL, NR 2Luis Felipe Méliz 8.10 8.10 Q, SB 3Henry Frayne 7.77 8.02 8.02 Q 4Louis Tsatoumas 8.00 8.00 Q 5Aleksandr Menkov 7.80 7.98 7.98q 6Ndiss Kaba Badji 7.88 7.93 7.93q 7Will Claye 7.91 7.91q 8Ignisious Gaisah 7.77 7.79 7.89 7.89 q 9Michel Tornéus 7.77 7.85 7.85 10Tyrone Smith 7.76 7.80 7.80 11Eusebio Cáceres 7.37 7.71 7.67 7.71 12Alexandru Cuharenko 7.42 7.44 7.66 7.66 13Supanara Sukhasvasti 7.14 7.43 7.43 14Alper Kulaksız 7.42 7.15 7.42 SB 15Su Xiongfeng 7.42 7.42SB

Final 8 athletes from 8 countries participated. The final started at 18:53 and ended at 20:02.

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Mauro Vinícius da Silva 7.73 x x 7.77 8.23 8.23 8.23 Henry Frayne 8.17 x x x 7.89 8.23 8.23 AR Aleksandr Menkov 8.12 8.22 x x 8.10 x 8.22 4 Will Claye 7.78 x 7.98 x 8.04 x 8.04 5 Ndiss Kaba Badji 7.93 x x 7.97 x x 7.97 SB 6 Louis Tsatoumas 7.88 x x x 7.49 7.77 7.88 7 Ignisious Gaisah 7.76 7.70 7.83 7.75 7.86 7.85 7.86 8 Luis Felipe Méliz x x x x x 7.50 7.50

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