# 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 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 |
| Championship record | Chioma Ajunwa (NGR) | 6.78 | 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 | Roumeissa Belabiod | Algeria | | | | DNS | |
| | A | Mariette Mien | 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 | 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 | |