The women's long jump at the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships will be held at the Ataköy Athletics Arena on 10 and 11 March 2012.

The winning margin was 25 cm which as of July 2024 remains the greatest winning margin in the women's long jump at these championships.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeBrittney ReeseJanay DeLoach Shara Proctor

Records Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor ChampionshipsWorld record7.37Vienna, Austria13 February 1988Championship record7.10Indianapolis, United States7 March 1987World Leading6.91Krasnodar, Russia29 January 2012African record6.97Erfurt, Germany5 February 1997Asian record6.82Beijing, China13 March 1992European record7.37Vienna, Austria13 February 1988North and Central American and Caribbean record7.13Atlanta, United States5 March 1994Oceanian Record6.81Barcelona, Spain12 March 1995South American record6.89Valencia, Spain9 March 1998

Qualification standards Indoor 6.65

Schedule Date Time RoundMarch 10, 2012 11:45 QualificationMarch 11, 2012 14:05 Final

Results

Qualification

Qualification standard: 6.75 m (Q) or at least best 8 qualified (q). 19 athletes from 15 countries participated. The qualification round started at 09:37 and ended at 11:46.

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Notes 1 Janay DeLoach 6.52 6.55 6.90 6.90 Q, SB 2 Shara Proctor 6.52 6.86 6.86 Q, NR 3 Brittney Reese 6.72 6.66 6.72 q 4 Bianca Stuart 6.59 6.70 6.70q 5 Darya Klishina 6.56 6.65 6.65 q 6 Viorica Țigău 6.62 6.64 6.64 q, SB 7 Veronika Shutkova 6.63 6.44 6.63 q 8 Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova 6.60 6.62 6.62 q 9 Karin Melis Mey 6.62 6.62 10 Yelena Sokolova 6.58 6.58 11 Keila Costa 6.16 6.42 6.45 6.45 SB 12 Irène Pusterla 5.58 4.23 6.45 6.45 13 Nadja Käther 6.40 6.40 14 Yuliya Tarasova 6.37 6.24 6.34 6.37SB 15 Concepción Montaner 6.37 6.37 16 Inna Ahkozova 6.32 6.15 6.18 6.32 17 Cornelia Deiac 6.16 6.16 18 Aiga Grabuste 6.08 6.08 19 Marestella Torres 5.98 5.94 5.98SB Lauma Grīva

Final

8 athletes from 6 countries participated. The final started at 14:05 and ended at 15:15.

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes Brittney Reese 6.82 6.92 6.73 7.23 7.23 CR, AR, WL Janay DeLoach 6.74 6.78 6.67 6.73 6.98 6.98 SB Shara Proctor 6.86 6.55 6.74 6.89 6.89 NR 4 Darya Klishina 6.70 6.85 6.44 6.53 6.71 6.78 6.85 5 Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova 6.48 6.64 4.65 6.64 6 Veronika Shutkova 6.58 6.63 6.55 6.63 7 Viorica Țigău 6.34 6.09 6.34 8 Bianca Stuart 4.71 4.71

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