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

2024 African Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
	mixed
Road events
20 km walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump		women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

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 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

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

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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

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