2024 African Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon

Women's heptathlon at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics
Venue	Japoma Stadium
Location	Douala, Cameroon
Dates	21-22 June
Competitors	4 from 4 nations
Winning score	5777 pts
Medalists
Odile Ahouanwanou    Benin   Adèle Mafogang    Cameroon   Shannon Verster    South Africa
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The women's heptathlon event at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics was held on 21 and 22 June in Douala, Cameroon. ^[1]

Records

Records before the 2024 African Athletics Championships

Record	Athlete (nation)	Points	Location	Date
World record [2]	Jackie Joyner-Kersee  (USA)	7291	Seoul, South Korea	24 September 1998
African record [3]	Sunette Viljoen  (SLE)	6462	Arles, France	30 May 1999
Championship record	Uhunoma Osazuwa  (NGR)	6153	Durban, South Africa	25 June 2016
World leading [4]	Nafissatou Thiam  (BEL)	6848	Rome, Italy	8 June 2024
African leading [5]	No scores recorded

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Odile Ahouanwanou   Benin	Adèle Mafogang   Cameroon	Shannon Verster   South Africa

Results

100 metres hurdles

Wind: +0.4 m/s ^[6]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Points	Notes
1	3	Odile Ahouanwanou	Benin	14.13	960
2	6	Shannon Verster	South Africa	14.39	924
3	4	Adèle Mafogang	Cameroon	15.02	839
4	7	Nada Chroudi	Tunisia	17.34	559
	5	Kemi Francis-Petersen	Nigeria	DNS	0

High jump

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1.48	1.54	1.57	1.60	1.63	1.66	1.69	1.72	1.75	1.78	Result	Points	Notes	Total
1	Odile Ahouanwanou	Benin	–	–	o	–	–	o	o	xxo	xo	xxx	1.75	916		1876
2	Shannon Verster	South Africa	–	–	–	–	o	–	xo	xxo	xxx		1.72	879		1803
3	Adèle Mafogang	Cameroon	–	o	o	o	o	o	o	xxx			1.69	842		1681
4	Nada Chroudi	Tunisia	o	xo	xo	xo	xxx						1.60	736		1295

Shot put

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Points	Notes	Total
1	Odile Ahouanwanou	Benin	13.29	13.85	14.76	14.76	845		2721
2	Nada Chroudi	Tunisia	13.13	13.60	12.95	13.60	767		2027
3	Adèle Mafogang	Cameroon	11.67	11.81	11.13	11.81	649		2330
4	Shannon Verster	South Africa	9.72	11.01	10.66	11.01	596		2399

200 metres

Wind: +0.5 m/s ^[9]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Points	Notes	Total
1	6	Odile Ahouanwanou	Benin	25.45	846		3567
2	7	Shannon Verster	South Africa	25.59	833		3232
3	3	Adèle Mafogang	Cameroon	25.83	812		3142
4	5	Nada Chroudi	Tunisia	26.52	752		2779

Long jump

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Points	Notes	Total
1	Adèle Mafogang	Cameroon	5.78	5.44	5.90	5.90	819		3961
2	Nada Chroudi	Tunisia	5.29	5.55	5.65	5.65	744		3523
3	Odile Ahouanwanou	Benin	5.52	x	5.43	5.52	706		4273
4	Shannon Verster	South Africa	5.15	x	5.35	5.35	657		3889

Javelin throw

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Points	Notes	Total
1	Odile Ahouanwanou	Benin	40.46	39.72	42.56	42.56	716		4989
2	Adèle Mafogang	Cameroon	41.37	40.16	x	41.37	694		4655
3	Nada Chroudi	Tunisia	40.01	40.36	39.03	40.36	674		4197
4	Shannon Verster	South Africa	29.31	33.77	31.27	33.77	548		4437

800 metres

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Points	Notes
1	Adèle Mafogang	Cameroon	2:16.50	872
2	Shannon Verster	South Africa	2:21.59	802
3	Odile Ahouanwanou	Benin	2:22.61	788
4	Nada Chroudi	Tunisia	2:30.94	681

Final standings

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  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	100m H	HJ	SP	200m	LJ	JT	800m	Points	Notes
	Odile Ahouanwanou	Benin	14.13	1.75	14.76	25.45	5.52	42.56	2:22.61	5777
	Adèle Mafogang	Cameroon	15.02	1.69	11.81	25.83	5.90	41.37	2:16.50	5527	NR
	Shannon Verster	South Africa	14.39	1.72	11.01	25.59	5.35	33.77	2:21.59	5239
4	Nada Chroudi	Tunisia	17.34	1.57	13.60	26.52	5.65	40.36	2:30.94	4913
	Kemi Francis-Petersen	Nigeria	DNS	–	–	–	–	–	–	DNS

See also

• Athletics at the 2023 African Games – Women's heptathlon

References

1. Results at World Athletics
2. "Heptathlon - World record scores". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
3. "Heptathlon - African record scores". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
4. "Heptathlon - 2024 World leading scores". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
5. "Heptathlon - 2024 African leading scores". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
6. 100 m hurdles results
7. High jump results
8. Shot put results
9. 200 m results
10. Long jump results
11. Javelin throw results
12. 800 m results
13. Final results