2008 African Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump
# 2008 African Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump

The men's long jump event at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Addis Ababa Stadium on May 1.

## Results

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #4 | #5 | #6 | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Yahya Berrabah | Morocco | 8.04 | x | 7.76 | x | 7.81 | x | 8.04 |
| | Jonathan Chimier | Mauritius | 7.61 | 7.72 | 7.61 | 7.99 | 7.36 | 7.65 | 7.99 |
| | Stephan Louw | Namibia | x | 7.46 | 7.98 | x | 7.41 | x | 7.98 |
| 4 | Tarik Bouguetaïb | Morocco | 7.86 | 7.59 | 7.70 | 7.97 | 7.41 | x | 7.97 |
| 5 | Issam Nima | Algeria | 7.88 | 7.70 | 7.92 | 7.57 | 7.74 | 7.84 | 7.92 |
| 6 | Hatem Mersal | Egypt | 7.51 | 7.74 | 7.67 | 7.85 | 7.87 | 7.64 | 7.87 |
| 7 | Gable Garenamotse | Botswana | 7.45 | 7.71 | x | 7.47 | 7.84 | 7.69 | 7.84 |
| 8 | Robert Martey | Ghana | x | 7.71 | x | x | x | 7.48 | 7.71 |
| 9 | Keenan Watson | South Africa | x | x | 7.65 | | | | 7.65 |
| 10 | Yaw Fosu-amoah | South Africa | 7.55w | 7.63 | 7.39 | | | | 7.63 |
| 11 | Pegguy Sita Kihoue | Republic of the Congo | 7.12 | 6.99 | 6.99 | | | | 7.12 |
| 12 | Shola Anota | Nigeria | 6.83 | x | 7.06 | | | | 7.06 |
| 13 | Derebew Tadesse | Ethiopia | 7.01 | 6.79 | 6.48 | | | | 7.01 |
| 14 | Mama Edao | Ethiopia | x | 6.91 | 6.80 | | | | 6.91 |
| 15 | Galwake Galcote | Ethiopia | 6.77 | x | x | | | | 6.77 |
| | Larona Koosimile | Botswana | | | | | | | DNS |
