Athletics at the 2007 All-Africa Games – Men's long jump

The men's long jump
Long jump
The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength, and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a take off point...

at the 2007 All-Africa Games

Athletics at the 2007 All-Africa Games

The athletics competition at the 2007 All-Africa Games was held on the Stade 5 Juillet 1962 in Algiers, Algeria between 18 July and 22 July 2007. Nigeria was the most successful nation of the competition having won nine golds and 24 medals in total. South Africa was a close second with seven golds...

was held on July 20–22.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Gable Garenamotse Gable Garenamotse Gable Garenamotse is a Botswana long jumper who has won two silver medals at the Commonwealth Games....	Arnaud Casquette Arnaud Casquette Arnaud Casquette is a Mauritian long jumper.He finished seventh at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and fifth at the 2006 African Championships. He won the silver medal at the 2007 All-Africa Games. He also competed at the World Championships in 2001 and 2007 as well as the Olympic Games in 1996 and 2000...	Khotso Mokoena

Qualification

Qualifying perf. 7.85 (Q) or 12 best performers (q) advanced to the Final.

Rank	Group	Athlete	Result	Notes
1	A	Khotso Mokoena	8.21w	Q
2	B	Issam Nima Issam Nima Issam Nima is an Algerian long jumper.His personal best jump is 8.26 metres, achieved in July 2007 in Zaragoza.-Achievements:-References:...	8.05	Q
3	B	Ndiss Kaba Badji Ndiss Kaba Badji Ndiss Kaba Badji is a Senegalese athlete who competes in the long jump and triple jump. He is the Senegalese record holder for triple jump, with 17.07 metres achieved when he won the 2008 African Championships...	8.03	Q
4	B	Gable Garenamotse Gable Garenamotse Gable Garenamotse is a Botswana long jumper who has won two silver medals at the Commonwealth Games....	7.90	Q
5	B	Arnaud Casquette Arnaud Casquette Arnaud Casquette is a Mauritian long jumper.He finished seventh at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and fifth at the 2006 African Championships. He won the silver medal at the 2007 All-Africa Games. He also competed at the World Championships in 2001 and 2007 as well as the Olympic Games in 1996 and 2000...	7.86	Q
6	A	Ignisious Gaisah Ignisious Gaisah Ignisious Gaisah is a Ghanaian athlete competing in the long jump.Gaisah currently lives and trains in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. He came to the Netherlands in 2001 and soon flabbergasted everyone at his local club by saying his personal best was 7,85 metres and started proving it as well. He...	7.80	q
7	A	Keenan Watson	7.74w	q
8	A	Ngonidzashe Makusha Ngonidzashe Makusha Ngonidzashe Makusha is a Zimbabwean sprinter and long jumper. He is the national record holder over 100m and Long Jump for Zimbabwe with 9.89s and 8.40m respectively. Both performances achieved during the 2011 NCAA Division I Championships in Des Moines, Iowa where he completed the 100m long...	7.69	q
9	A	Stefan Louw Stéfan Louw Stéfan Louw is a South African lyric tenor. He was born in 1973.Louw started off his career in 1995 as a member of the Pretoria State Theatre Ad-hoc Opera Chorus. In 1996 he received the Chorister of the Year Award...	7.68	q
10	B	Mamadou Chérif Dia	7.67	q
11	B	Suleman Tunde	7.65	q
12	A	Stanley Gbabeke	7.52	q
13	B	Yah Fosu Amoah	7.35
14	A	Sewa Sourou	7.17
15	A	Gui Bertrand Boissy	7.09
16	B	Kelley Cadeau	7.00
17	B	Alia Soumah	6.39
	A	Emeka Okozi

Final

Rank	Athlete	Result	Notes
	Gable Garenamotse Gable Garenamotse Gable Garenamotse is a Botswana long jumper who has won two silver medals at the Commonwealth Games....	8.08
	Arnaud Casquette Arnaud Casquette Arnaud Casquette is a Mauritian long jumper.He finished seventh at the 2002 Commonwealth Games and fifth at the 2006 African Championships. He won the silver medal at the 2007 All-Africa Games. He also competed at the World Championships in 2001 and 2007 as well as the Olympic Games in 1996 and 2000...	8.03
	Khotso Mokoena	7.99
	Issam Nima Issam Nima Issam Nima is an Algerian long jumper.His personal best jump is 8.26 metres, achieved in July 2007 in Zaragoza.-Achievements:-References:...	7.98
	Ndiss Kaba Badji Ndiss Kaba Badji Ndiss Kaba Badji is a Senegalese athlete who competes in the long jump and triple jump. He is the Senegalese record holder for triple jump, with 17.07 metres achieved when he won the 2008 African Championships...	7.84
	Suleiman Tunde	7.76	SB
	Mamadou Dia Mamadou Dia Mamadou Dia was a Senegalese politician who served as the first Prime Minister of Senegal from 1957 until 1962, when he was forced to resign and was subsequently imprisoned amidst allegations that he was planning to stage a military coup to overthrow President Léopold Sédar Senghor.- Biography...	7.75
	Keenan Watson	7.62
	Stefan Louw Stéfan Louw Stéfan Louw is a South African lyric tenor. He was born in 1973.Louw started off his career in 1995 as a member of the Pretoria State Theatre Ad-hoc Opera Chorus. In 1996 he received the Chorister of the Year Award...	7.62
10	Stanley Gbabeke	7.43

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