title: 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's long jump
text: # 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Women's long jump
  
  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.
  
  ## Medalists
  
  | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
  | - | - | - |
  | Brittney Reese United States | Janay DeLoach United States | Shara Proctor Great Britain |
  
  ## Records
  
  Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships :
  
  | World record | Heike Drechsler (GDR) | 7.37 | Vienna, Austria | 13 February 1988 |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Championship record | Heike Drechsler (GDR) | 7.10 | Indianapolis, United States | 7 March 1987 |
  | World Leading | Olga Kucherenko (RUS) | 6.91 | Krasnodar, Russia | 29 January 2012 |
  | African record | Chioma Ajunwa (NGR) | 6.97 | Erfurt, Germany | 5 February 1997 |
  | Asian record | Yang Juan (CHN) | 6.82 | Beijing, China | 13 March 1992 |
  | European record | Heike Drechsler (GDR) | 7.37 | Vienna, Austria | 13 February 1988 |
  | North and Central American and Caribbean record | Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) | 7.13 | Atlanta, United States | 5 March 1994 |
  | Oceanian Record | Nicole Boegman (AUS) | 6.81 | Barcelona, Spain | 12 March 1995 |
  | South American record | Maurren Maggi (BRA) | 6.89 | Valencia, Spain | 9 March 1998 |
  
  ## Qualification standards
  
  * Indoor
  * 6.65
  
  ## Schedule
  
  | Date | Time | Round |
  | - | - | - |
  | March 10, 2012 | 11:45 | Qualification |
  | March 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 | United States | 6.52 | 6.55 | 6.90 | 6.90 | Q, SB |
  | 2 | Shara Proctor | Great Britain | 6.52 | 6.86 | | 6.86 | Q, NR |
  | 3 | Brittney Reese | United States | 6.72 | x | 6.66 | 6.72 | q |
  | 4 | Bianca Stuart | Bahamas | 6.59 | x | 6.70 | 6.70 | q |
  | 5 | Darya Klishina | Russia | 6.56 | 6.65 | x | 6.65 | q |
  | 6 | Viorica Țigău | Romania | x | 6.62 | 6.64 | 6.64 | q, SB |
  | 7 | Veronika Shutkova | Belarus | x | 6.63 | 6.44 | 6.63 | q |
  | 8 | Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova | Belarus | x | 6.60 | 6.62 | 6.62 | q |
  | 9 | Karin Melis Mey | Turkey | x | 6.62 | x | 6.62 | |
  | 10 | Yelena Sokolova | Russia | x | 6.58 | x | 6.58 | |
  | 11 | Keila Costa | Brazil | 6.16 | 6.42 | 6.45 | 6.45 | SB |
  | 12 | Irène Pusterla | Switzerland | 5.58 | 4.23 | 6.45 | 6.45 | |
  | 13 | Nadja Käther | Germany | 6.40 | x | x | 6.40 | |
  | 14 | Yuliya Tarasova | Uzbekistan | 6.37 | 6.24 | 6.34 | 6.37 | SB |
  | 15 | Concepción Montaner | Spain | x | 6.37 | x | 6.37 | |
  | 16 | Inna Ahkozova | Ukraine | 6.32 | 6.15 | 6.18 | 6.32 | |
  | 17 | Cornelia Deiac | Romania | x | 6.16 | x | 6.16 | |
  | 18 | Aiga Grabuste | Latvia | x | x | 6.08 | 6.08 | |
  | 19 | Marestella Torres | Philippines | 5.98 | 5.94 | x | 5.98 | SB |
  | | Lauma Grīva | Latvia | x | x | x | NM | |
  
  ### 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 | United States | x | x | 6.82 | 6.92 | 6.73 | 7.23 | 7.23 | CR, AR, WL |
  | | Janay DeLoach | United States | x | 6.74 | 6.78 | 6.67 | 6.73 | 6.98 | 6.98 | SB |
  | | Shara Proctor | Great Britain | x | x | 6.86 | 6.55 | 6.74 | 6.89 | 6.89 | NR |
  | 4 | Darya Klishina | Russia | 6.70 | 6.85 | 6.44 | 6.53 | 6.71 | 6.78 | 6.85 | |
  | 5 | Nastassia Mironchyk-Ivanova | Belarus | x | x | 6.48 | 6.64 | x | 4.65 | 6.64 | |
  | 6 | Veronika Shutkova | Belarus | 6.58 | x | x | 6.63 | x | 6.55 | 6.63 | |
  | 7 | Viorica Țigău | Romania | 6.34 | x | x | 6.09 | x | x | 6.34 | |
  | 8 | Bianca Stuart | Bahamas | 4.71 | x | x | x | x | — | 4.71 | |
  