2012 African Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump

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 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  Nigeria
Silver	Janice Josephs  South Africa
Bronze	Lynique Prinsloo  South Africa

Records[]

Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in Athletics
World record	Galina Chistyakova (URS)	7.52	Leningrad, Soviet Union	11 June 1988
African record	Chioma Ajunwa (NGR)	7.12	Atlanta, United States	2 August 1996
Championship record	Karen Botha (RSA)	6.78	Mauritius	25 June 1992
	Chioma Ajunwa (NGR)		Dakar, Senegal	20 August 1998
Broken records during the 2012 African Championships in Athletics
Championship record	Blessing Okagbare (NGR)	6.96	Porto Novo, Benin	29 June 2012

Schedule[]

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	Lynique Prinsloo	South Africa	6.34			6.34	Q
2	A	Blessing Okagbare	Nigeria	6.29			6.29	Q
3	A	Janice Josephs	South Africa	5.80	5.91	6.15	6.15	q
4	B	Chinaza Amadi	Nigeria	6.01	6.04	–	6.04	q
5	A		Morocco	5.90	5.88	5.96	5.96	q
6	B	Lissa Labiche	Seychelles	5.10	5.77	5.89	5.89	q
7	A		Seychelles	5.70	5.89	x	5.89	q
8	A		Morocco	5.74	5.82	5.68	5.82	q
9	A	Sarah Ngongoa	Cameroon	5.58	5.40	5.79	5.79	q
10	B		Egypt	5.75	5.59	5.77	5.77	q
11	A		Ghana	5.74	5.61	5.67	5.74	q
12	B		Ghana	5.38	5.72	5.51	5.72	q
13	B		Cameroon	5.66	5.69	5.56	5.69
14	B		South Africa	x	x	5.59	5.59
15	A		Senegal	5.24	5.53	5.55	5.55
16	B		Ivory Coast	x	5.35	5.13	5.35
17	B		Benin	5.01	4.80	4.97	5.01
18	A	Ghada Ali	Libya	4.52	4.43	4.54	4.54
	B		Algeria				DNS
	A		Burkina Faso				DNS

Final[]

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#5	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Blessing Okagbare	Nigeria	6.26	6.96	6.43	6.29	–	–	6.96	CR
	Janice Josephs	South Africa	6.13w	6.05	6.09	6.29	6.23	6.27	6.29
	Lynique Prinsloo	South Africa	6.09	x	6.15	5.98	6.22	x	6.22
4		Morocco	6.07	6.21w	x	x	5.96	x	6.21w
5	Chinaza Amadi	Nigeria	6.04w	x	6.12	6.17	x	x	6.17
6		Egypt	6.08	5.94	5.92	5.93	6.13	6.01	6.13
7		Morocco	5.99w	6.00	x	x	5.71	5.81	6.00
8	Sarah Ngongoa	Cameroon	5.04	5.82w	x	5.64	5.82	5.95	5.95
9		Seychelles	5.45	5.74	5.75				5.75
10		Ghana	x	5.74w	5.65				5.74w
11		Ghana	5.55	5.63	5.74				5.74
	Lissa Labiche	Seychelles	x	x	x				NM

References[]

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