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

The men's triple jump at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle on 30 June.

## Medalists

| Gold | Tosin Oke Nigeria |
| - | - |
| Silver | Issam Nima Algeria |
| Bronze | Hugo Mamba-Schlick Cameroon |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in Athletics :

| World record | Jonathan Edwards (GBR) | 18.29 | Gothenburg, Sweden | 7 August 1995 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| African record | Tarik Bouguetaïb (MAR) | 17.37 | Khémisset, Morocco | 14 July 2007 |
| Championship record | Andrew Owusu (GHA) | 17.23 | Dakar, Senegal | 19 August 1998 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| 30 June 2012 | 16:00 | Final |

## Results

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | #1 | #2 | #3 | #5 | #5 | #6 | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Tosin Oke | Nigeria | 16.21 | 15.59 | 16.54 | 16.74w | 16.98 | – | 16.98 |
| | Issam Nima | Algeria | 16.37 | 15.62 | x | 16.30 | 16.69 | 16.69 | 16.69 |
| | Hugo Mamba-Schlick | Cameroon | 16.25 | 16.07 | 14.77 | 16.01 | 16.08 | 16.34 | 16.34 |
| 4 | Tarik Bouguetaïb | Morocco | 15.37w | 16.19 | 16.02 | 15.97 | x | 16.29 | 16.29 |
| 5 | Elijah Kimitei | Kenya | 15.79 | 15.77 | 16.04 | 16.28 | 15.68 | 16.26 | 16.28 |
| 6 | Roger Haitengi | Namibia | 15.61 | x | 15.87 | x | x | 15.64 | 15.87 |
| 7 | Ammr Shouman | Egypt | 15.55 | 15.81 | 15.58 | 15.76 | 15.66 | 15.73 | 15.81 |
| 8 | Mamadou Chérif Dia | Mali | 14.59 | 15.69 | 15.64 | 15.48 | 15.09 | x | 15.69 |
| 9 | Sewa Sourou | Benin | 15.01 | 15.46 | 15.50 | | | | 15.50 |
| 10 | Tumelo Thagane | South Africa | 14.56 | x | 15.21 | | | | 15.21 |
| 11 | Jason Sewanyana | Uganda | 15.04w | x | x | | | | 15.04w |
| 12 | Romeo N'tia | Benin | x | x | 14.93 | | | | 14.93 |
| 13 | Ali Hasen | Libya | 14.38 | 14.05 | 13.93 | | | | 14.38 |
| | Diamama Mdamba | Republic of the Congo | x | x | x | | | | NM |
| | Tuan Wreh | Liberia | | | | | | | DNS |
