2012 African Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump explained

The men's long jump at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle on 27 and 28 June.

Medalists

Gold	Ndiss Kaba Badji
Silver	Zarck Visser
Bronze	Ignisious Gaisah

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in Athletics
World record		8.95	Tokyo, Japan	30 August 1991
African record		8.50	Madrid, Spain	4 July 2009
Championship record		8.34	Algiers, Algeria	13 July 2000

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
27 June 2012	15:00	Qualification
28 June 2012	16:10	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualifying perf. 7.60 (Q) or 12 best performers (q) advanced to the Final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1	B			7.96w			7.96w	Q
2	A			7.87			7.87	Q
3	A			7.29	7.26	7.60	7.60	Q
4	A			7.55	7.45	7.56	7.56	q
5	B			7.55w	7.23		7.55w	q
6	B			7.33w	7.53w	6.06	7.53w	q
7	A			7.40	7.50	7.31	7.50	q
8	B			7.47	7.16		7.47	q
8	B			7.47w		7.16	7.47w	q
10	B			7.18w	7.33	7.21	7.33	q
11	A			7.02	7.31w		7.31w	q
12	B			7.16w	6.91	6.61	7.16w	q
13	A				7.01w	6.86	7.01w
14	B			6.98w	6.82	5.93	6.98w
15	A			6.96w			6.96w
16	B			6.91w	6.86		6.91w
17	A			6.38w	6.39w	6.15w	6.39w
18	A				5.75	4.88	5.75
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Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	5	5	6	Result	Notes
			7.95	7.89	8.04	7.73	7.82		8.04
			7.87	7.98	7.77	7.62	7.80	7.80	7.98
			7.61	7.72		7.73	7.61	7.68	7.73
			7.28	7.42	7.61	7.40	7.41	7.68	7.68
			7.60	7.41		7.65	7.46	7.36	7.65
			7.42	7.13	7.47	7.35	7.47	7.31	7.47
			7.05	7.37	7.39		7.23	7.25	7.39
			7.23		7.35			7.23	7.35
			7.13	7.31	7.21				7.31
10				7.26					7.26
11			7.21	3.97					7.21
12			6.88	6.64	6.84				6.88

References

• Results