2024 African Championships in Athletics – Men's high jump

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Men's high jump
at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics
Venue Japoma Stadium
Location Douala, Cameroon
Dates26 June
Competitors14 from 9 nations
Winning height2.18 m
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Brian Raats  Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Silver medal icon.svg   Asbel Kiprop Kemboi  Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Silver medal icon.svg   Saad Hammouda  Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco
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The men's high jump event at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics was held on 26 June in Douala, Cameroon. [1]

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Records

Records before the 2024 African Athletics Championships
RecordAthlete (nation)Height (m)LocationDate
World record [2] Flag of Cuba.svg  Javier Sotomayor  (CUB)2.45 Salamanca, Spain 27 July 1993
African record [3] Flag of South Africa.svg  Jacques Freitag  (RSA)2.38 Oudtshoorn, South Africa 5 March 2005
Championship record Flag of Algeria.svg  Abderrahmane Hammad  (ALG)2.34 Algiers, Algeria 14 July 2000
Flag of Botswana.svg  Kabelo Kgosiemang  (BOT) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia 4 May 2008
World leading [4] Flag of Italy.svg  Gianmarco Tamberi  (ITA)2.37 Rome, Italy 11 June 2024
African leading [5] Flag of South Africa.svg  Brian Raats  (RSA)2.25 Potchefstroom, South Africa 14 March 2024

Results

RankAthleteNationality1.901.952.002.052.102.152.182.21ResultNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Brian Raats Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa –––xooooxxx2.18
Silver medal icon.svg Asbel Kiprop Kemboi Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya oooooxxoxxx2.15
Silver medal icon.svg Saad Hammouda Flag of Morocco.svg  Morocco –––ooxxoxxx2.15
4 Breyton Poole Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa ––ooxxoxxx2.10
5 François Moudio Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon o–ooxx–x2.05
5 Duop Lim Koung Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia ooooxxx2.05
5 Cadman Yamoah Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana –––oxxx2.05
8 Kennedy Ocansey Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana ––oxoxxx2.05
9 Freddy Oyono Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon oooxxoxxx2.05
10 Tshwanelo Aabobe Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana –ooxxx2.00
10 Raphael Moudoulou Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon ––ox–xx2.00
10 Prosper Dezardin Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius ––oxxx2.00
13 Mal Gony Win Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia xxoxxx1.90
Liam Barbe Flag of Seychelles.svg  Seychelles xxx NM

See also

References

  1. ↑ Results
  2. ↑ "High Jump men - World record heights". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "High Jump men - African record heights". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "High Jump men - 2024 World leading heights". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  5. ↑ "High Jump men - 2024 African leading heights". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
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