The men's long jump at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics was held on July 28–29.
| width=200 bgcolor=gold | Gold | width=200 bgcolor=silver | Silver | width=200 bgcolor=CC9966 | Bronze |
| Khotso Mokoena | Ndiss Kaba Badji | Stanley Gbagbeke |
Qualifying perf. 7.85 (Q) or 12 best performers (q) advanced to the Final.
| Rank | Group | Athlete | Nationality |
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| Result | Notes | |
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| B | 8.12 | 8.12 | Q | ||||||
| B | 8.09 | 8.09 | Q | ||||||
| B | 7.29 | 7.70 | 7.80 | 7.80 | q | ||||
| A | 7.48 | 7.72 | X | 7.72 | q | ||||
| B | 6.77 | X | 7.72 | 7.72 | q | ||||
| A | 7.69 | 7.50 | X | 7.69 | q | ||||
| A | 7.65 | 7.61 | 7.53 | 7.65 | q | ||||
| A | 7.61 | 7.50 | 7.65 | 7.65 | q | ||||
| B | 7.63 | – | X | 7.63 | q | ||||
| 10 | B | 7.53 | 7.54 | 7.33 | 7.54 | q | |||
| 11 | A | 7.54 | – | – | 7.54 | q | |||
| 12 | A | 7.31 | 7.40 | 7.46 | 7.46 | q | |||
| 13 | A | 7.25 | 7.10 | X | 7.25 | SB | |||
| 14 | A | X | 7.06 | 7.23 | 7.23 | ||||
| 15 | B | 6.81 | 7.15 | 7.02 | 7.15 | ||||
| 16 | A | 6.95 | 7.08 | 7.13 | 7.13 | ||||
| 17 | B | 6.66 | 5.66 | 6.66 | 6.66 | ||||
| B | X | X | X | ||||||
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| Rank | Athlete | Nationality |
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| Result | Notes | |
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| 7.98 | 8.06 | 7.96 | 8.23 | – | X | 8.23 | SB | ||||
| 8.10 | X | 8.10 | 6.96 | 7.70 | – | 8.10 | |||||
| 8.02 | 8.03 | 8.03 | 7.90 | 8.06 | 6.71 | 8.06 | |||||
| X | 7.80 | 7.89 | 7.80 | 7.50 | 7.47 | 7.89 | |||||
| 7.72 | 7.84 | 7.75 | 7.74 | 7.66 | X | 7.84 | |||||
| 7.73 | X | X | 7.70 | X | X | 7.73 | |||||
| X | 7.67 | 7.36 | 7.29 | 7.59 | 7.37 | 7.67 | |||||
| 7.51 | 5.62 | 7.20 | X | 5.42 | X | 7.51 | |||||
| 7.44 | 7.32 | 7.49 | 7.49 | ||||||||
| 10 | 7.48 | X | 7.48 | 7.48 | |||||||
| 11 | X | 7.36 | X | 7.36 | |||||||