2024 African Championships in Athletics – Men's hammer throw

Men's hammer throw
at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics
Men's hammer throw ; at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics
Venue	Japoma Stadium
Location	Douala, Cameroon
Dates	25 June
Competitors	11 from 7 nations
Winning distance	72.88 m
Medalists
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Quick facts Men's hammer throw at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics, Venue ...

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	Mostafa El Gamel (EGY)	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

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	#1	#2	#3	#4	#5	#6	Result
	Mostafa El Gamel	Egypt	x	65.13	65.78	69.93	70.15	72.88	72.88
	Ahmed Tarek Ismail	Egypt	x	70.18	70.71	70.18	x	x	70.71
	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

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