2024 African Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

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Men's hammer throw
at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics
Venue Japoma Stadium
Location Douala, Cameroon
Dates25 June
Competitors11 from 7 nations
Winning distance72.88 m
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
  2022
2026  

The men's hammer throw event at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics was held on 25 June in Douala, Cameroon. [1] [2]

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Records

Records before the 2024 African Athletics Championships
RecordAthlete (nation)Distance (m)LocationDate
World record [3] Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Yuriy Sedykh  (URS)86.74 Stuttgart, West Germany 30 August 1986
African record [4] Flag of Egypt.svg  Mostafa El Gamel  (EGY)81.27 Cairo, Egypt 21 March 2014
Championship record 79.09 Marrakesh, Morocco 13 August 2014
World leading [5] Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Ethan Katzberg  (CAN)84.38 Nairobi, Kenya 20 April 2024
African leading [6] Flag of Egypt.svg  Mostafa El Gamel  (EGY)74.35 Cairo, Egypt 2 May 2024

Results

RankAthleteNationality#1#2#3#4#5#6ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Mostafa El Gamel Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt x65.1365.7869.9370.1572.8872.88
Silver medal icon.svg Ahmed Tarek Ismail Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt x70.1870.7170.18xx70.71
Bronze medal icon.svg Allan Cumming Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 62.7265.5067.35x69.43x69.43
4 Mohsen Anani Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 67.3267.33x69.20x68.9169.20
5 Tshepang Makhethe Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 65.21xx67.1668.5867.1068.58
6 Dominic Ongidi Abunda Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya x54.0157.39x58.22x58.22
7 Mintestot Abebe Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 44.2346.9141.1747.7347.4146.7247.73
8 Don Wittz Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles xx44.6942.4244.5841.4544.69
9 Chucho Kebede Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 41.8644.33x44.33
10 Abreham Biruk Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia xx41.2241.22
11 Billy Jospen Takougoum Kuitche Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon xx22.0522.05
Kenya Sei Flag of Sierra Leone.svg  Sierra Leone DNS

See also

References

  1. Results at World Athletics
  2. Results
  3. "Hammer Throw men - World record distances". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  4. "Hammer Throw men - African record distances". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  5. "Hammer Throw men - 2024 World leading distances". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  6. "Hammer Throw men - 2024 African leading distances". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 April 2025.