The men's long jump at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held at the Estadi Olímpic Lluís Companys on 10 and 11 July.
Medalists
| Gold | Sergey Morgunov Russia
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| Silver | Andreas Trajkovski Denmark
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| Bronze | Jarrion Lawson United States
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Records
Prior to the competition, the existing world junior and championship records were as follows.
| World Junior Record | Sergey Morgunov (RUS)
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8.35 m | Cheboksary, Russia | 20 June 2012 |
| Championship Record | James Stallworth (USA)
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8.20 m | Plovdiv, Bulgaria | 9 August 1990 |
| World Junior Leading | Sergey Morgunov (RUS)
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8.35 m | Cheboksary, Russia | 20 June 2012 |
Results
Qualification
Qualification: Standard 7.70 m (Q) or at least best 12 qualified (q)
| Rank | Group | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | Result | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | B | Sergey Morgunov | Russia |
X | 8.01 | 8.01 | Q | |
| 2 | A | Stephan Hartmann |  Germany |
7.59 | 7.74 | 7.74 | Q | |
| 3 | B | Guy-Elphège Anouman |  France |
X | 7.73 | 7.73 | Q | |
| 4 | A | Andreas Trajkovski | Denmark |
7.72 | 7.72 | Q | ||
| 5 | A | Dairis Rincs |  Latvia |
7.67 | 7.33 | 7.67 | q | |
| 6 | A | Qing Lin |  China |
X | 7.36 | 7.64 | 7.64 | q |
| 7 | A | Elliot Safo |  Great Britain |
X | 7.62 | X | 7.62 | q |
| 8 | A | Jarrion Lawson |  United States |
7.27 | X | 7.58 | 7.58 | q |
| 9 | B | Toros Pilikoglu |  Turkey |
7.57 | X | 7.29 | 7.57 | q |
| 10 | B | Frederik Thomsen | Denmark |
7.39 | X | 7.55 | 7.55 | q |
| 11 | A | Tiago da Silva |  Brazil |
7.33 | 7.50 | 7.54 | 7.54 | q |
| 12 | B | Haibing Huang | China |
7.54 | X | 7.44 | 7.54 | q |
| 13 | A | Sergio Acera |  Spain |
7.48 | X | 7.24 | 7.48 | |
| 14 | B | Jarrett Samuels | United States |
7.45 | X | 7.32 | 7.45 | |
| 15 | A | Harrison Muller | France |
7.39 | 7.05 | X | 7.39 | |
| 16 | A | Prem Kumar Kumaravel |  India |
7.09 | 7.27 | 7.38 | 7.38 | |
| 17 | B | Asahi Iida |  Japan |
X | X | 7.38 | 7.38 | |
| 18 | B | Gor Nerkararyan |  Armenia |
7.34 | X | 7.30 | 7.34 | |
| 19 | A | Manuel Leitner |  Austria |
7.04 | 7.26 | X | 7.26 | |
| 20 | B | Higor Alves | Brazil |
X | X | 7.26 | 7.26 | |
| 21 | A | Johan Taléus |  Sweden |
7.24 | 7.13 | 5.39 | 7.24 | |
| 22 | B | Isaac Agyekum Nkansah |  Ghana |
7.04 | 7.22 | 7.13 | 7.22 | |
| 23 | B | Duwayne Boer |  South Africa |
6.43 | 5.36 | 7.22 | 7.22 | |
| 24 | B | Radek Juška |  Czech Republic |
6.46 | 7.11 | X | 7.11 | |
| – | A | Hiroaki Yonezawa | Japan |
X | X | X | NM | |
| – | A | Mpho Maphuta | South Africa |
X | X | NM | ||
| – | B | Izmir Smajlaj |  Albania |
X | NM | |||
| – | B | Babajide Okujala |  Nigeria |
– | – | – | DNS |
Final
| Rank | Name | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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Sergey Morgunov | Russia |
8.09 | X | X | X | X | 7.93 | 8.09 | |
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Andreas Trajkovski | Denmark |
7.53 | 7.56 | X | 7.48 | 7.44 | 7.82 | 7.82 | NJ |
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Jarrion Lawson | United States |
7.41 | X | X | 7.64 | X | 7.61 | 7.64 | |
| 4 | Haibing Huang | China |
7.16 | 7.53 | 7.64 | X | 7.48 | 7.42 | 7.64 | |
| 5 | Stephan Hartmann | Germany |
7.28 | 7.33 | 7.52 | 7.47 | 7.54 | X | 7.54 | |
| 6 | Elliot Safo | Great Britain |
7.51 | 7.43 | X | 5.21 | 7.51 | |||
| 7 | Qing Lin | China |
7.41 | X | 7.46 | 7.49 | X | 7.47 | 7.49 | |
| 8 | Frederik Thomsen | Denmark |
5.81 | 7.20 | 7.36 | 7.08 | 7.12 | X | 7.36 | |
| 9 | Dairis Rincs | Latvia |
7.16 | 7.31 | 6.91 | 7.31 | ||||
| 10 | Tiago da Silva | Brazil |
7.29 | 7.10 | 7.29 | 7.29 | ||||
| 11 | Guy-Elphège Anouman | France |
7.27 | 7.27 | 7.19 | 7.27 | ||||
| 12 | Toros Pilikoglu | Turkey |
7.15 | 7.03 | 6.71 | 7.15 |
Participation
According to an unofficial count, 27 athletes from 20 countries participated in the event.
- Albania (1)
- Armenia (1)
- Austria (1)
- Brazil (2)
- China (2)
- Czech Republic (1)
- Denmark (2)
- France (2)
- Germany (1)
- Ghana (1)
- India (1)
- Japan (2)
- Latvia (1)
- Russia (1)
- South Africa (2)
- Spain (1)
- Sweden (1)
- Turkey (1)
- United Kingdom (1)
- United States (2)
References
- "iaaf.org – International Association of Athletics Federations". Archived from the original on 27 July 2012.
- Peters, Lionel; Magnusson, Tomas, WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS WJC – 2012 Barcelona ESP Jul 10-15, WORLD JUNIOR ATHLETICS HISTORY ("WJAH"), archived from the original on 22 February 2014, retrieved 13 June 2015
- IAAF WORLD JUNIOR CHAMPIONSHIPS – Eugene 2014 – FACTS & FIGURES (PDF), IAAF, retrieved 13 June 2015
External links
| Long jump at the World Athletics U20 Championships | |
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| Women | |