2012 African Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
20 km walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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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.

Gold	Ndiss Kaba Badji  Senegal
Silver	Zarck Visser  South Africa
Bronze	Ignisious Gaisah  Ghana

Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in Athletics
World record	Mike Powell (USA)	8.95	Tokyo, Japan	30 August 1991
African record	Godfrey Khotso Mokoena (RSA)	8.50	Madrid, Spain	4 July 2009
Championship record	Younès Moudrik (MAR)	8.34	Algiers, Algeria	13 July 2000

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	Ignisious Gaisah	Ghana	7.96w	x	x	7.96w	Q
2	A	Ndiss Kaba Badji	Senegal	7.87			7.87	Q
3	A	Stanley Gbagbeke	Nigeria	7.29	7.26	7.60	7.60	Q
4	A	Robert Martey	South Africa	7.55	7.45	7.56	7.56	q
5	B	Alaeddine Benhssine	Tunisia	7.55w	7.23	x	7.55w	q
6	B	Clive Chafausipo	Zimbabwe	7.33w	7.53w	6.06	7.53w	q
7	A	Mamadou Chérif Dia	Mali	7.40	7.50	7.31	7.50	q
8	B	Zarck Visser	South Africa	7.47	7.16	x	7.47	q
8	B	Fathallah Deifullah	Egypt	7.47w	x	7.16	7.47w	q
10	B	Elijah Kimitei	Kenya	7.18w	7.33	7.21	7.33	q
11	A	Lingo Obanga	Ethiopia	7.02	7.31w	x	7.31w	q
12	B	Ben Bande	Burkina Faso	7.16w	6.91	6.61	7.16w	q
13	A	Abdelhakim Mlaab	Morocco	x	7.01w	6.86	7.01w
14	B	Sewa Sourou	Benin	6.98w	6.82	5.93	6.98w
15	A	Roland Djossou	Benin	6.96w	x	–	6.96w
16	B	Jacouba Mamane	Niger	6.91w	6.86	x	6.91w
17	A	Jean Kanyangara	Rwanda	6.38w	6.39w	6.15w	6.39w
18	A	Jon Duschele	Zimbabwe	x	5.75	4.88	5.75
	A	Abrahams Nikiema	Burkina Faso				DNS
	A	Herman Sita Kihoue	Republic of the Congo				DNS

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#5	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Ndiss Kaba Badji	Senegal	7.95	7.89	8.04	7.73	7.82	x	8.04
	Zarck Visser	South Africa	7.87	7.98	7.77	7.62	7.80	7.80	7.98
	Ignisious Gaisah	Ghana	7.61	7.72	x	7.73	7.61	7.68	7.73
4	Clive Chafausipo	Zimbabwe	7.28	7.42	7.61	7.40	7.41	7.68	7.68
5	Stanley Gbagbeke	Nigeria	7.60	7.41	x	7.65	7.46	7.36	7.65
6	Elijah Kimitei	Kenya	7.42	7.13	7.47	7.35	7.47	7.31	7.47
7	Robert Martey	South Africa	7.05	7.37	7.39	x	7.23	7.25	7.39
8	Mamadou Chérif Dia	Mali	7.23	x	7.35	x	x	7.23	7.35
9	Alaeddine Benhssine	Tunisia	7.13	7.31	7.21				7.31
10	Lingo Obanga	Ethiopia	x	7.26	x				7.26
11	Fathallah Deifullah	Egypt	7.21	3.97	–				7.21
12	Ben Bande	Burkina Faso	6.88	6.64	6.84				6.88

• Results