2012 African Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump
# 2012 African Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump

The men's high jump at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle on 1 July.

## Medalists

| Gold | Kabelo Kgosiemang Botswana |
| - | - |
| Silver | Ali Mohd Younes Idriss Sudan |
| Bronze | Mathieu Kiplagat Sawe Kenya |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in Athletics :

| World record | Javier Sotomayor (CUB) | 2.45 | Salamanca, Spain | 27 July 1993 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| African record | Jacques Freitag (RSA) | 2.38 | Oudtshoorn, South Africa | 5 March 2005 |
| Championship record | Abderrahmane Hammad (ALG) | 2.34 | Algiers, Algeria | 14 July 2000 |
| Championship record | Kabelo Kgosiemang (BOT) | 2.34 | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia | 4 May 2008 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| 1 July 2012 | 15:00 | Final |

## Results

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 1.90 | 2.00 | 2.05 | 2.10 | 2.15 | 2.18 | 2.22 | 2.25 | 2.28 | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Kabelo Kgosiemang | Botswana | – | – | – | o | o | xxo | xxo | xo | xxx | 2.25 |
| | Ali Mohd Younes Idriss | Sudan | – | – | – | xo | o | xxx | | | | 2.15 |
| | Mathieu Kiplagat Sawe | Kenya | – | o | o | xxo | o | xxx | | | | 2.15 |
| 4 | William Woodcock | Seychelles | – | xxo | xo | o | xxx | | | | | 2.10 |
| 5 | Jan Steytler | South Africa | – | o | xxx | | | | | | | 2.00 |
| 6 | Jah Bennett | Liberia | – | xo | xxx | | | | | | | 2.00 |
| 7 | Romain Akpo | Benin | o | xxx | | | | | | | | 1.90 |
| 7 | Manirou Dembele | Senegal | o | xxx | | | | | | | | 1.90 |
| | Hubert de Beer | South Africa | xxx | | | | | | | | | NM |
| | Boubacar Séré | Burkina Faso | – | xxx | | | | | | | | NM |
| | Abrahams Nikiema | Burkina Faso | | | | | | | | | | DNS |
| | Romeo N'tia | Benin | | | | | | | | | | DNS |
