The men's long jump event at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Addis Ababa Stadium on May 1.
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| 8.04 | x | 7.76 | x | 7.81 | x | 8.04 | |||||
| 7.61 | 7.72 | 7.61 | 7.99 | 7.36 | 7.65 | 7.99 | |||||
| x | 7.46 | 7.98 | x | 7.41 | x | 7.98 | |||||
| 7.86 | 7.59 | 7.70 | 7.97 | 7.41 | x | 7.97 | |||||
| 7.88 | 7.70 | 7.92 | 7.57 | 7.74 | 7.84 | 7.92 | |||||
| 7.51 | 7.74 | 7.67 | 7.85 | 7.87 | 7.64 | 7.87 | |||||
| 7.45 | 7.71 | x | 7.47 | 7.84 | 7.69 | 7.84 | |||||
| x | 7.71 | x | x | x | 7.48 | 7.71 | |||||
| x | x | 7.65 | 7.65 | ||||||||
| 10 | 7.55w | 7.63 | 7.39 | 7.63 | |||||||
| 11 | 7.12 | 6.99 | 6.99 | 7.12 | |||||||
| 12 | 6.83 | x | 7.06 | 7.06 | |||||||
| 13 | 7.01 | 6.79 | 6.48 | 7.01 | |||||||
| 14 | x | 6.91 | 6.80 | 6.91 | |||||||
| 15 | 6.77 | x | x | 6.77 | |||||||