2024 African Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

Men's hammer throw
at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics
VenueJapoma Stadium
LocationDouala, Cameroon
Dates25 June
Competitors11 from 7 nations
Winning distance72.88 m
Medalists
gold medal Mostafa El Gamel   Egypt
silver medal Ahmed Tarek Ismail   Egypt
bronze medal Allan Cumming   South Africa
2024 African Championships
in Athletics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		menwomen
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
mixed
Road events
20 km walkmenwomen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmenwomen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

The men's hammer throw event at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics was held on 25 June in Douala, Cameroon.[1][2]

Records

Records before the 2024 African Athletics Championships
Record Athlete (nation) Distance (m) Location Date
World record[3]  Yuriy Sedykh (URS) 86.74 Stuttgart, West Germany 30 August 1986
African record[4]  Mostafa El Gamel (EGY) 81.27 Cairo, Egypt 21 March 2014
Championship record 79.09 Marrakesh, Morocco 13 August 2014
World leading[5]  Ethan Katzberg (CAN) 84.38 Nairobi, Kenya 20 April 2024
African leading[6]  Mostafa El Gamel (EGY) 74.35 Cairo, Egypt 2 May 2024

Results

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 Result Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mostafa El Gamel  Egypt x 65.13 65.78 69.93 70.15 72.88 72.88
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ahmed Tarek Ismail  Egypt x 70.18 70.71 70.18 x x 70.71
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Allan Cumming  South Africa 62.72 65.50 67.35 x 69.43 x 69.43
4 Mohsen Anani  Tunisia 67.32 67.33 x 69.20 x 68.91 69.20
5 Tshepang Makhethe  South Africa 65.21 x x 67.16 68.58 67.10 68.58
6 Dominic Ongidi Abunda  Kenya x 54.01 57.39 x 58.22 x 58.22
7 Mintestot Abebe  Ethiopia 44.23 46.91 41.17 47.73 47.41 46.72 47.73
8 Don Wittz  Seychelles x x 44.69 42.42 44.58 41.45 44.69
9 Chucho Kebede  Ethiopia 41.86 44.33 x 44.33
10 Abreham Biruk  Ethiopia x x 41.22 41.22
11 Billy Jospen Takougoum Kuitche  Cameroon x x 22.05 22.05
Kenya Sei  Sierra Leone DNS

See also

References

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