2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's long jump

Events at the
2012 IAAF World Indoor
Championships

Track events
60 m   men   women
400 m men women
800 m men women
1500 m men women
3000 m men women
60 m hurdles men women
4×400 m relay men women
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men women
Triple jump men women
Shot put men women
Combined events
Pentathlon women
Heptathlon men
Mauro Vinícius da Silva celebrating his win.

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

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Mauro Vinícius da Silva
 Brazil
Henry Frayne
 Australia
Aleksandr Menkov
 Russia

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 IAAF World Indoor Championships
World record  Carl Lewis (USA) 8.79 New York City, United States 27 January 1984
Championship record  Iván Pedroso (CUB) 8.62 Maebashi, Japan 7 March 1999
World Leading  Aleksandr Menkov (RUS) 8.24 Moscow, Russia 5 February 2012
 Will Claye (USA) Fayetteville, United States 10 February 2012
African record  Ignisious Gaisah (GHA) 8.36 Stockholm, Sweden 2 February 2006
Asian record  Su Xiongfeng (CHN) 8.27 Nanjing, China 11 March 2010
European record  Sebastian Bayer (GER) 8.71 Turin, Italy 8 March 2009
North and Central American
and Caribbean record
 Carl Lewis (USA) 8.79 New York City, United States 27 January 1984
Oceanian Record  Fabrice Lapierre (AUS) 8.19 Doha, Qatar 12 March 2010
South American record  Irving Saladino (PAN) 8.42 Paiania, Greece 13 February 2008

Qualification standards

Indoor
8.15

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 Mauro Vinícius da Silva  Brazil 7.93 x 8.28 8.28 Q, WL, NR
2Luis Felipe Méliz  Spain 8.10 8.10 Q, SB
3Henry Frayne  Australia 7.77 8.02 8.02 Q
4Louis Tsatoumas  Greece 8.00 8.00 Q
5Aleksandr Menkov  Russia 7.80 7.98 - 7.98q
6Ndiss Kaba Badji  Senegal 7.88 7.93 x 7.93q
7Will Claye  United States x 7.91 - 7.91q
8Ignisious Gaisah  Ghana 7.77 7.79 7.89 7.89 q
9Michel Tornéus  Sweden x 7.77 7.85 7.85
10Tyrone Smith  Bermuda 7.76 x 7.80 7.80
11Eusebio Cáceres  Spain 7.37 7.71 7.67 7.71
12Alexandru Cuharenko  Moldova 7.42 7.44 7.66 7.66
13Supanara Sukhasvasti  Thailand 7.14 7.43 x 7.43
14Alper Kulaksız  Turkey 7.42 7.15 x 7.42 SB
15Su Xiongfeng  China x 7.42 - 7.42SB

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
1st, gold medalist(s) Mauro Vinícius da Silva  Brazil 7.73 x x 7.77 8.23 8.23 8.23
2nd, silver medalist(s) Henry Frayne  Australia 8.17 x x x 7.89 8.23 8.23 AR
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Aleksandr Menkov  Russia 8.12 8.22 x x 8.10 x 8.22
4 Will Claye  United States 7.78 x 7.98 x 8.04 x 8.04
5 Ndiss Kaba Badji  Senegal 7.93 x x 7.97 x x 7.97 SB
6 Louis Tsatoumas  Greece 7.88 x x x 7.49 7.77 7.88
7 Ignisious Gaisah  Ghana 7.76 7.70 7.83 7.75 7.86 7.85 7.86
8 Luis Felipe Méliz  Spain x x x x x 7.50 7.50

References

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