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

The women's long jump at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle on 28 and 29 June.

Medalists

Gold	Blessing Okagbare
Silver	Janice Josephs
Bronze	Lynique Prinsloo

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in Athletics
World record		7.52	Leningrad, Soviet Union	11 June 1988
African record		7.12	Atlanta, United States	2 August 1996
Championship record		6.78	Mauritius	25 June 1992
			Dakar, Senegal	20 August 1998
Broken records during the 2012 African Championships in Athletics
Championship record		6.96	Porto Novo, Benin	29 June 2012

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
28 June 2012	13:30	Qualification
29 June 2012	16:40	Final

Results

Qualification

Qualifying perf. 6.25 (Q) or 12 best performers (q) advanced to the Final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	Result	Notes
1	A			6.34			6.34	Q
2	A			6.29			6.29	Q
3	A			5.80	5.91	6.15	6.15	q
4	B			6.01	6.04		6.04	q
5	A			5.90	5.88	5.96	5.96	q
6	B			5.10	5.77	5.89	5.89	q
7	A			5.70	5.89		5.89	q
8	A			5.74	5.82	5.68	5.82	q
9	A			5.58	5.40	5.79	5.79	q
10	B			5.75	5.59	5.77	5.77	q
11	A			5.74	5.61	5.67	5.74	q
12	B			5.38	5.72	5.51	5.72	q
13	B			5.66	5.69	5.56	5.69
14	B					5.59	5.59
15	A			5.24	5.53	5.55	5.55
16	B				5.35	5.13	5.35
17	B			5.01	4.80	4.97	5.01
18	A			4.52	4.43	4.54	4.54
	B
	A

Final

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1	2	3	5	5	6	Result	Notes
			6.26	6.96	6.43	6.29			6.96	CR
			6.13w	6.05	6.09	6.29	6.23	6.27	6.29
			6.09		6.15	5.98	6.22		6.22
			6.07	6.21w			5.96		6.21w
			6.04w		6.12	6.17			6.17
			6.08	5.94	5.92	5.93	6.13	6.01	6.13
			5.99w	6.00			5.71	5.81	6.00
			5.04	5.82w		5.64	5.82	5.95	5.95
			5.45	5.74	5.75				5.75
10				5.74w	5.65				5.74w
11			5.55	5.63	5.74				5.74

References

• Results