2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's long jump explained

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

Because the two leaders were tied for first place with jumps of 8.23 metres, they were split based on their second-best jumps which differed by 6 cm. This was the first time this had happened in the men's long jump at these championships. It would happen again twelve years later at the 2024 championships.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Mauro Vinícius da Silva Brazil	Henry Frayne Australia	Aleksandr Menkov

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record		8.79	New York City, United States	27 January 1984
Championship record		8.62	Maebashi, Japan	7 March 1999
World Leading		8.24	Moscow, Russia	5 February 2012
			Fayetteville, United States	10 February 2012
African record		8.36	Stockholm, Sweden	2 February 2006
Asian record		8.27	Nanjing, China	11 March 2010
European record		8.71	Turin, Italy	8 March 2009
North and Central American and Caribbean record		8.79	New York City, United States	27 January 1984
Oceanian Record		8.19	Doha, Qatar	12 March 2010
South American record		8.42	Paiania, Greece	13 February 2008

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
March 9, 2012	18:20	Qualification
March 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.^[1]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1			7.93		8.28	8.28	Q, WL, NR
2			8.10			8.10	Q, SB
3			7.77	8.02		8.02	Q
4			8.00			8.00	Q
5			7.80	7.98		7.98	q
6			7.88	7.93		7.93	q
7				7.91		7.91	q
8			7.77	7.79	7.89	7.89	q
9				7.77	7.85	7.85
10			7.76		7.80	7.80
11			7.37	7.71	7.67	7.71
12			7.42	7.44	7.66	7.66
13			7.14	7.43		7.43
14			7.42	7.15		7.42	SB
15				7.42		7.42	SB

Final

8 athletes from 8 countries participated. The final started at 18:53 and ended at 20:02.^[2]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	4	5	6	Result	Notes
			7.73	x	x	7.77	8.23	8.23	8.23
			8.17	x	x	x	7.89	8.23	8.23	AR
			8.12	8.22	x	x	8.10	x	8.22
4			7.78	x	7.98	x	8.04	x	8.04
5			7.93	x	x	7.97	x	x	7.97	SB
6			7.88	x	x	x	7.49	7.77	7.88
7			7.76	7.70	7.83	7.75	7.86	7.85	7.86
8			x	x	x	x	x	7.50	7.50

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2012 World Indoor Championships – Men's long jump (qualification) . Omega Timing . 2012-03-09 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120827225519/http://iaaf.org/documents/pdf/4665/AT-LJ-M-q----.RS6.pdf . 2012-08-27 .
2. Web site: 2012 World Indoor Championships – Men's long jump (final). Omega Timing. 2012-03-11.