2024 African Championships in Athletics – Men's discus throw

Men's discus throw at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics
Venue	Japoma Stadium
Location	Douala, Cameroon
Dates	23 June
Competitors	10 from 9 nations
Winning distance	63.90 m CR , NR
Medalists
Oussama Khennoussi    Algeria   Victor Hogan    South Africa   Ryan Williams    Namibia
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The men's discus throw event at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics was held on 23 June in Douala, Cameroon. ^{[1] [2]}

Records

Records before the 2024 African Athletics Championships

Record	Athlete (nation)	Distance (m)	Location	Date
World record [3]	Mykolas Alekna  (LTU)	74.35	Ramona, United States	14 April 2024
African record [4]	Frantz Kruger  (RSA)	70.32	Salon-de-Provence, France	26 May 2002
Championship record		63.85	Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo	14 July 2004
World leading [5]	Mykolas Alekna  (LTU)	74.35	Ramona, United States	14 April 2024
African leading [6]	Francois Prinsloo  (RSA)	67.26	Hattiesburg, United States	27 April 2024

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Oussama Khennoussi	Algeria	59.88	60.05	x	62.34	59.30	63.90	63.90	CR , NR
	Victor Hogan	South Africa	59.93	61.71	59.15	x	60.81	63.87	63.87
	Ryan Williams	Namibia	56.78	55.13	56.10	x	x	53.75	56.78
4	Fahige Kambou Sie	Burkina Faso	53.60	53.18	x	54.07	52.95	x	54.07
5	Christopher Sophie	Mauritius	52.93	51.86	52.05	53.68	52.50	51.36	53.68
6	El Bachir Mbarki	Morocco	52.65	53.47	x	50.80	50.40	52.71	53.47
7	Rexford Bugase	Ghana	50.72	x	49.04	46.40	x	48.35	50.72
8	Lucien Wangba	Cameroon	x	48.67	x				48.67
9	Tewodros Bogale	Ethiopia	30.45	42.72	x				42.72
10	Mekuria Haile	Ethiopia	39.14	41.08	39.50				41.08
	Israel Adeshina	Nigeria							DNS

See also

• Athletics at the 2023 African Games – Men's discus throw

References

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