2024 African Championships in Athletics explained

2024 African Championships
Dates:	21–26 June
Stadium:	Japoma Stadium Sports Complex
Nations Participating:	50
Athletes Participating:	618
Events:	45
Previous:	2022 Saint Pierre
Next:	2026 Accra

The 23rd African Championships in Athletics was held in Douala, Cameroon from 21 to 26 June 2024, at the Japoma Stadium Sports Complex. This was the second time the event took place in Cameroon, after they previously hosted the event in 1996. Over 800 athletes from 49 African countries competed at the championships.^[1]

Medal summary

Men

Joseph Fahnbulleh	10.13	Emmanuel Eseme	10.15	Benjamin Richardson	10.17
Joseph Fahnbulleh	20.25	Tapiwa Makarawu	20.51	Emmanuel Eseme	20.66
Cheikh Tidiane Diouf	45.23		45.39	Samuel Ogazi	45.47
Alex Kipngetich	1:45.02	Kethobogile Haingura	1:45.54	Tom Dradriga	1:46.01
Brian Komen	3:33.95		3:36.24		3:37.25
Mohamed Ismail Ibrahim	13:38.38	Nibret Melak	13:42.95	Abdi Waiss Mouhyadin	13:43.20
Nibret Melak	28:52.27	Gemechu Dida	28:52.79			28:52.94
Louis François Mendy	13.49	Amine Bouanani	13.59			13.79
Victor Ntweng	48.88		49.24	Abdelmalik Lahoulou	49.36
Leonard Chemutai	8:21.30		8:21.94		8:21.98
	38.63	Kayinsola Ajayi Usheoritse Itsekiri Alaba Olukunle Akintola Oke Oghenebrume Emmanuel Ifeanyi Ojeli	38.84	Arthur Cissé	39.77
	3:02.23		3:02.34		3:02.56
	1:22.49	Heristone Wanyonyi	1:23.26	Wayne Snyman	1:25.19
Brian Raats	2.18 m		2.15 m	Not awarded
	5.20 m		5.10 m		5.10 m
Cheswill Johnson	7.78 m		7.78 m		7.75 m
Hugues Fabrice Zango	17.18 m	Chengetayi Mapaya	16.87 m		16.54 m
Chukwuebuka Enekwechi	21.14 m	Mostafa Hassan	20.25 m	Mohamed Magdi Hamza	19.72 m
Oussama Khennoussi	63.90 m	Victor Hogan	63.87 m		56.78 m
Mostafa El Gamel	72.88 m		70.71 m	Allan Cumming	69.43 m
Julius Yego	80.24 m	Nnamdi Chinecherem	79.22 m	Mustafa Mahmoud Abdel Khaliq	77.25 m
Larbi Bourrada	7447 pts		7218 pts		7132 pts

Women

Gina Bass-Bittaye	11.14	Maia McCoy	11.16	Maboundou Koné	11.24
Jessica Gbai	22.84	Maboundou Koné	22.99	Asimenye Simwaka	23.05
Miranda Coetzee	51.16		51.56	Esther Elo Joseph	51.94
Sarah Moraa	2:00.27	Lilian Odira	2:00.36		2:00.91
Saron Berhe	4:06.05	Caroline Nyaga	4:06.76	Esther Chebet	4:06.90
Fantaye Belayneh	15:30.10		15:30.25	Samiyah Hassan Nour	15:42.63
	36:53.59		36:59.69		37:09.20
Ebony Morrison	12.70	Marione Fourie	12.74	Sidonie Fiadanantsoa	12.98
Rogail Joseph	55.71	Noura Ennadi	56.16	Linda Angounou	56.48
	9:24.47		9:35.19		9:36.33
Justina Tiana Eyakpobeyan Tima Seikeseye Godbless Olayinka Olajide Tobi Amusan	43.01	Mary Boakye Halutie Hor	43.62	Destiny Smith-Barnett Maia McCoy Ebony Morrison Thelma Davies	44.38
	3:27.31	Rhoda Njobvu	3:32.18	Veronica Kamumbe Mutua	3:32.65
Sintayehu Masire Teshager	1:37.46		1:40.36	Margret Gati Chacha	1:41.19
Rose Yeboah	1.87 m	Temitope Adeshina	1.84 m		1.84 m
Miré Reinstorf	4.10 m	Dorra Mahfoudhi	3.60 m	Not awarded
Ese Brume	6.73 m	Marthe Koala	6.72 m		6.44 m
Saly Sarr	14.06 m		13.45 m		13.35 m
Ashley Erasmus	18.17 m	Miné de Klerk	17.09 m		16.28 m
Ashley Anumba	59.30 m	Obiageri Amaechi	58.80 m	Chioma Onyekwere	57.93 m
Zahra Tatar	67.82 m	Oyesade Olatoye	67.72 m	Zouina Bouzebra	65.48 m
Jo-Ane van Dyk	57.03 m	Jana van Schalkwyk	55.14 m	Josephine Joyce Lalam	53.57 m
Odile Ahouanwanou	5777 pts		5527 pts		5239 pts

Mixed

Gardeo Isaacs

Miranda Coetzee

3:13.12

Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ojeli
Ella Onojuvwevwo
Dubem Nwachukwu
Patience Okon George

3:13.72

Leungo Scotch

Bayapo Ndori
Galefele Moroko

3:15.93

Participating nations

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(60)
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References

Official results
Results at World Athletics
Results at Tilastopaja

External links

Official site

Notes and References

Web site: Yomi . Omogbeja . 20 June 2024 . Coe delighted by strong proposals to host African Championships . 25 June 2024 . athletics.africa.