2012 African Championships in Athletics – Women's long jump

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 AthleticsWorld record7.52Leningrad, Soviet Union11 June 1988African record7.12Atlanta, United States2 August 1996Championship record6.78Mauritius25 June 1992Dakar, Senegal20 August 1998Broken records during the 2012 African Championships in AthleticsChampionship record6.96Porto Novo, Benin29 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 6.34 6.34 Q 2 A Blessing Okagbare 6.29 6.29 Q 3 A Janice Josephs 5.80 5.91 6.15 6.15 q 4 B Chinaza Amadi 6.01 6.04 6.04 q 5 A Jamaa Chnaik 5.90 5.88 5.96 5.96 q 6 B Lissa Labiche 5.10 5.77 5.89 5.89 q 7 A Janet Boniface 5.70 5.89 5.89 q 8 A Yamina Hjaji 5.74 5.82 5.68 5.82 q 9 A Sarah Ngongoa 5.58 5.40 5.79 5.79 q 10 B Enas Mansour 5.75 5.59 5.77 5.77 q 11 A Deborah Amoah 5.74 5.61 5.67 5.74 q 12 B Linda Simon 5.38 5.72 5.51 5.72 q 13 B Sandrine Mbummin 5.66 5.69 5.56 5.69 14 B Patience Ntshingila 5.59 5.59 15 A Sangone Kandji 5.24 5.53 5.55 5.55 16 B Konan Akissi Issifou 5.35 5.13 5.35 17 B Mariam Issofou 5.01 4.80 4.97 5.01 18 A Ghada Ali 4.52 4.43 4.54 4.54 B Roumeissa Belabiod A Mariette Mien

Final Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #5 #5 #6 Result Notes Blessing Okagbare 6.26 6.96 6.43 6.29 6.96CR Janice Josephs 6.13w 6.05 6.09 6.29 6.23 6.27 6.29 Lynique Prinsloo 6.09 6.15 5.98 6.22 6.22 Jamaa Chnaik 6.07 6.21w 5.96 6.21w Chinaza Amadi 6.04w 6.12 6.17 6.17 Enas Mansour 6.08 5.94 5.92 5.93 6.13 6.01 6.13 Yamina Hjaji 5.99w 6.00 5.71 5.81 6.00 Sarah Ngongoa 5.04 5.82w 5.64 5.82 5.95 5.95 Janet Boniface 5.45 5.74 5.75 5.75 10 Deborah Amoah 5.74w 5.65 5.74w 11 Linda Simon 5.55 5.63 5.74 5.74 Lissa Labiche

References

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