2012 African Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump

Events at the 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

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

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 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 Jamaa Chnaik  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 Janet Boniface  Seychelles 5.70 5.89 x 5.89 q
8 A Yamina Hjaji  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 Enas Mansour  Egypt 5.75 5.59 5.77 5.77 q
11 A Deborah Amoah  Ghana 5.74 5.61 5.67 5.74 q
12 B Linda Simon  Ghana 5.38 5.72 5.51 5.72 q
13 B Sandrine Mbummin  Cameroon 5.66 5.69 5.56 5.69
14 B Patience Ntshingila  South Africa x x 5.59 5.59
15 A Sangone Kandji  Senegal 5.24 5.53 5.55 5.55
16 B Konan Akissi Issifou  Ivory Coast x 5.35 5.13 5.35
17 B Mariam Issofou  Benin 5.01 4.80 4.97 5.01
18 A Ghada Ali  Libya 4.52 4.43 4.54 4.54
B Tahani Romaissa Belabiod  Algeria DNS
A Mariette Mien  Burkina Faso DNS

Final

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #5 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) Blessing Okagbare  Nigeria 6.26 6.96 6.43 6.29 6.96CR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Janice Josephs  South Africa 6.13w 6.05 6.09 6.29 6.23 6.27 6.29
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Lynique Prinsloo  South Africa 6.09 x 6.15 5.98 6.22 x 6.22
4 Jamaa Chnaik  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 Enas Mansour  Egypt 6.08 5.94 5.92 5.93 6.13 6.01 6.13
7 Yamina Hjaji  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 Janet Boniface  Seychelles 5.45 5.74 5.75 5.75
10 Deborah Amoah  Ghana x 5.74w 5.65 5.74w
11 Linda Simon  Ghana 5.55 5.63 5.74 5.74
Lissa Labiche  Seychelles x x x NM

References

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