Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's long jump
The long jump women at the 2012 Olympic Games in London was held on 7 and 8 August 2012 at London's Olympic Stadium. 32 athletes took part in the competition.
Two qualifying groups were formed, each participant had three attempts. A width of 6.70 m qualified Springerin directly for the finals, where the number of directly -skilled was irrelevant. If less than 12 athletes reach the length, the following starters both groups qualified, stood firm to 12 finalists. In the finals, each athlete stood first three attempts. The best 8 then got another three attempts.
The directly qualified athletes are light blue, highlighted the determined over the next best size finalist light green.
Abbreviations: WR = World Record, OR = Olympic Record, NR = National record, PB = personal best, JWB = Jahresweltbestleistung
Existing Records
Title holders
Qualification
Group A
August 7, 2012
Group B
August 3, 2012
Caterine Ibargüen from Colombia and Margrethe Renstrom of Norway waived their right to participate.
Final
August 8, 2012, 21:05 Clock
Karin Mey Melis of Turkey did not participate after a positive doping test in the final.