2024 African Championships in Athletics – Women's high jump

Women's high jump at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics
Venue	Japoma Stadium
Location	Douala, Cameroon
Dates	22 June
Competitors	12 from 9 nations
Winning height	1.87 m
Medalists
Rose Yeboah    Ghana   Temitope Simbiat Adeshina    Nigeria   Fatoumata Balley    Guinea
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The women's high jump event at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics was held on 22 June in Douala, Cameroon. ^{[1] [2]}

Records

Records before the 2024 African Athletics Championships

Record	Athlete (nation)	Height (m)	Location	Date
World record [3]	Stefka Kostadinova  (BUL)	2.09	Rome, Italy	30 August 1987
African record [4]	Hestrie Cloete  (RSA)	2.06	Paris, France	31 August 2003
Championship record	Lucienne N'Da  (CIV)	1.95	Belle Vue Harel, Mauritius	28 June 1992
	Hestrie Cloete  (RSA)		Radès, Tunisia	7 August 2002
World leading [5]	Yaroslava Mahuchikh  (UKR)	2.04	Cottbus, Germany	31 January 2024
African leading [6]	Rose Amoanimaa Yeboah  (GHA)	1.97	Eugene, United States	8 June 2024

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	1.60	1.65	1.70	1.75	1.78	1.81	1.84	1.87	1.90	Result	Notes
	Rose Yeboah	Ghana	–	–	–	–	o	xxo	o	xo	xxx	1.87
	Temitope Simbiat Adeshina	Nigeria	–	–	–	o	o	o	xo	xxx		1.84
	Fatoumata Balley	Guinea	–	–	–	o	xo	o	xo	xxx		1.84
4	Laura Salin-Eyike	Cameroon	–	–	o	o	o	xxx				1.78
5	Yvonne Robson	South Africa	o	o	o	o	xxo	xxx				1.78
5	Pwoch Omod	Ethiopia	o	o	o	o	xxo	xxx				1.78
7	Safae Maskani	Morocco	o	xo	o	o	xxx					1.75
8	Michelle Ngozo	South Africa	o	o	o	xo	xxx					1.75
9	Darina Hadil Rezik	Algeria	–	–	o	xxx						1.70
10	Zeddy Jesire Chongwo	Kenya	o	o	xxx							1.65
10	Esther Obenewaa	Ghana	o	o	xxx							1.65
	Adele Prakale Dairou	Cameroon	xxx									NM

See also

• Athletics at the 2023 African Games – Women's high jump

References

1. Results
2. Results at World Athletics
3. "High Jump women - World record heights". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
4. "High Jump women - African record heights". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
5. "High Jump women - 2024 World leading heights". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
6. "High Jump women - 2024 African leading heights". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 April 2025.