2024 African Championships in Athletics – Women's heptathlon

Women's heptathlon
at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics
VenueJapoma Stadium
LocationDouala, Cameroon
Dates21-22 June
Competitors4 from 4 nations
Winning score5777 pts
Medalists
gold medal Odile Ahouanwanou   Benin
silver medal Adèle Mafogang   Cameroon
bronze medal Shannon Verster   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 throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlon
Decathlonmen

The women's heptathlon 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) Points Location Date
World record[2]  Jackie Joyner-Kersee (USA) 7291 Seoul, South Korea 24 September 1998
African record[3]  Sunette Viljoen (SLE) 6462 Arles, France 30 May 1999
Championship record  Uhunoma Osazuwa (NGR) 6153 Durban, South Africa 25 June 2016
World leading[4]  Nafissatou Thiam (BEL) 6848 Rome, Italy 8 June 2024
African leading[5] No scores recorded

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Odile Ahouanwanou
 Benin 		Adèle Mafogang
 Cameroon 		Shannon Verster
 South Africa

Results

100 metres hurdles

Wind: +0.4 m/s[6]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Points Notes
1 3 Odile Ahouanwanou  Benin 14.13 960
2 6 Shannon Verster  South Africa 14.39 924
3 4 Adèle Mafogang  Cameroon 15.02 839
4 7 Nada Chroudi  Tunisia 17.34 559
5 Kemi Francis-Petersen  Nigeria DNS 0

High jump

[7]

Rank Athlete Nationality 1.48 1.54 1.57 1.60 1.63 1.66 1.69 1.72 1.75 1.78 Result Points Notes Total
1 Odile Ahouanwanou  Benin – – o – – o o xxo xo xxx 1.75 916 1876
2 Shannon Verster  South Africa – – – – o – xo xxo xxx 1.72 879 1803
3 Adèle Mafogang  Cameroon – o o o o o o xxx 1.69 842 1681
4 Nada Chroudi  Tunisia o xo xo xo xxx 1.60 736 1295

Shot put

[8]

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Points Notes Total
1 Odile Ahouanwanou  Benin 13.29 13.85 14.76 14.76 845 2721
2 Nada Chroudi  Tunisia 13.13 13.60 12.95 13.60 767 2027
3 Adèle Mafogang  Cameroon 11.67 11.81 11.13 11.81 649 2330
4 Shannon Verster  South Africa 9.72 11.01 10.66 11.01 596 2399

200 metres

Wind: +0.5 m/s[9]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Points Notes Total
1 6 Odile Ahouanwanou  Benin 25.45 846 3567
2 7 Shannon Verster  South Africa 25.59 833 3232
3 3 Adèle Mafogang  Cameroon 25.83 812 3142
4 5 Nada Chroudi  Tunisia 26.52 752 2779

Long jump

[10]

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Points Notes Total
1 Adèle Mafogang  Cameroon 5.78 5.44 5.90 5.90 819 3961
2 Nada Chroudi  Tunisia 5.29 5.55 5.65 5.65 744 3523
3 Odile Ahouanwanou  Benin 5.52 x 5.43 5.52 706 4273
4 Shannon Verster  South Africa 5.15 x 5.35 5.35 657 3889

Javelin throw

[11]

Rank Athlete Nationality #1 #2 #3 Result Points Notes Total
1 Odile Ahouanwanou  Benin 40.46 39.72 42.56 42.56 716 4989
2 Adèle Mafogang  Cameroon 41.37 40.16 x 41.37 694 4655
3 Nada Chroudi  Tunisia 40.01 40.36 39.03 40.36 674 4197
4 Shannon Verster  South Africa 29.31 33.77 31.27 33.77 548 4437

800 metres

[12]

Rank Name Nationality Time Points Notes
1 Adèle Mafogang  Cameroon 2:16.50 872
2 Shannon Verster  South Africa 2:21.59 802
3 Odile Ahouanwanou  Benin 2:22.61 788
4 Nada Chroudi  Tunisia 2:30.94 681

Final standings

[13]

  The highest mark recorded in each event is highlighted in yellow
Rank Athlete Nationality 100m H HJ SP 200m LJ JT 800m Points Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Odile Ahouanwanou  Benin 14.13 1.75 14.76 25.45 5.52 42.56 2:22.61 5777
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Adèle Mafogang  Cameroon 15.02 1.69 11.81 25.83 5.90 41.37 2:16.50 5527 NR
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Shannon Verster  South Africa 14.39 1.72 11.01 25.59 5.35 33.77 2:21.59 5239
4 Nada Chroudi  Tunisia 17.34 1.57 13.60 26.52 5.65 40.36 2:30.94 4913
Kemi Francis-Petersen  Nigeria DNS – – – – – – DNS

See also

References

  1. ^ Results at World Athletics
  2. ^ "Heptathlon - World record scores". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
  3. ^ "Heptathlon - African record scores". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
  4. ^ "Heptathlon - 2024 World leading scores". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
  5. ^ "Heptathlon - 2024 African leading scores". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
  6. ^ 100 m hurdles results
  7. ^ High jump results
  8. ^ Shot put results
  9. ^ 200 m results
  10. ^ Long jump results
  11. ^ Javelin throw results
  12. ^ 800 m results
  13. ^ Final results
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