2024 African Championships in Athletics – Men's long jump

Men's long jump at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics
Venue	Japoma Stadium
Location	Douala, Cameroon
Dates	21 June (qualification) 22 June (final)
Competitors	17 from 13 nations
Winning distance	7.78 m
Medalists
Cheswill Johnson    South Africa   Chenoult Coetzee    Namibia   Goodness Iredia    Nigeria
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The men's long jump 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)	Distance (m)	Location	Date
World record [2]	Mike Powell  (USA)	8.95	Tokyo, Japan	30 August 1991
African record [3]	Luvo Manyonga  (RSA)	8.65	Potchefstroom, South Africa	22 April 2017
Championship record	Rushwal Samaai  (RSA)	8.45	Asaba, Nigeria	2 August 2018
World leading [4]	Miltiadis Tentoglou  (GRE)	8.65	Rome, Italy	8 June 2024
African leading [5]	Jovan van Vuuren  (RSA)	8.30	Pretoria, South Africa	9 March 2024

Results

Qualification

Qualifying performance: ? (Q) or 12 best performers (q) advanced to the final. ^{[6] [7]}

Rank	Group	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	Result	Notes
1	A	Cheswill Johnson	South Africa	7.76	7.79	–	7.79	q
2	A	Emmanuel Njoku	Nigeria	7.30	5.41	7.77	7.77	q
3	B	Goodness Iredia	Nigeria	7.70	–	–	7.70	q
4	B	Romeo N'tia	Benin	7.63	7.48	–	7.63	q
5	B	Komi Bernard Konu	Togo	x	7.56	x	7.56	q
6	B	Chenoult Coetzee	Namibia	7.48	7.55	–	7.55	q
7	A	Tafadzwa Chikomba	Zimbabwe	7.29	7.48	7.28	7.48	q
8	B	Thapelo Monaiwa	Botswana	7.25	7.37	7.43	7.43	q
9	B	Appolinaire Yinra	Cameroon	7.35	7.39	7.02	7.39	q
10	A	Buli Melaku	Ethiopia	7.25	7.38	7.14	7.38	q
11	A	Raymond Nkwemy Tchomfa	Cameroon	7.24	7.30	7.37	7.37	q
12	A	Louai Lamraoui	Algeria	x	x	7.34	7.34	q
13	A	Soumaila Sabo	Burkina Faso	7.21	6.99	7.01	7.21
14	B	Charles Okello	Uganda	6.97	7.19	x	7.19
15	A	Birhanu Mosisa	Ethiopia	6.89	6.96	–	6.96
16	B	Freddy Kevin Oyono	Cameroon	6.89	x	6.64	6.89
17	A	Gregorio Ndong Oye	Equatorial Guinea	6.45	x	6.43	6.45
	A	Edwin Kipmutai Too	Kenya				DNS

Final

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Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result	Notes
	Cheswill Johnson	South Africa	7.43	7.78	x	7.73	7.73	x	7.78
	Chenoult Coetzee	Namibia	7.58	7.73	7.78	7.57	7.17	7.58	7.78
	Goodness Iredia	Nigeria	7.54	7.75	7.70	7.69	x	x	7.75
4	Emmanuel Njoku	Nigeria	7.37	7.72	7.53	7.41	7.61	x	7.72
5	Thapelo Monaiwa	Botswana	7.68	7.53	7.44	7.44	7.48	?	7.68
6	Tafadzwa Chikomba	Zimbabwe	7.41	7.34	7.51	7.59	7.40	7.53	7.59
7	Appolinaire Yinra	Cameroon	6.90	7.06	7.52	7.57	x	7.39	7.57
8	Raymond Nkwemy Tchomfa	Cameroon	x	7.39	7.10	6.50	7.19	7.47	7.47
9	Buli Melaku	Ethiopia	7.32	x	7.26				7.32
10	Romeo N'tia	Benin	7.14	7.29	x				7.29
11	Louai Lamraoui	Algeria	7.29	x	x				7.29
12	Komi Bernard Konu	Togo	7.25	6.96	7.13				7.25

See also

• Athletics at the 2023 African Games – Men's long jump

References

1. Results at World Athletics
2. "Long Jump men - World record distances". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
3. "Long Jump men - African record distances". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
4. "Long Jump men - 2024 World leading distances". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
5. "Long Jump men - 2024 African leading distances". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
6. Qualification Group A results
7. Qualification Group B results
8. Final results