2012 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

Events at the 2012 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
Road events
20 km walk men women
Field events
High jump men women
Pole vault men women
Long jump men 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 20 kilometre walk at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle on 29 June.

Medalists

Gold Hédi Teraoui
 Tunisia
Silver David Kimutai
 Kenya
Bronze Mohamed Ameur
 Algeria

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in Athletics
World record  Vladimir Kanaykin (RUS) 1:17:16 Saransk, Russia 29 September 2007
African record  Hatem Ghoula (TUN) 1:19:02 Eisenhüttenstadt, Germany 10 May 1997
Championship record  Hassanine Sebei (TUN) 1:20:36 Nairobi, Kenya 1 August 2010

Schedule

Date Time Round
29 June 2012 10:35 Final

Results

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Note
1st Hédi Teraoui  Tunisia
2nd David Kimutai  Kenya
3rd Mohamed Ameur  Algeria
4 Marc Mundell  South Africa
5 Chernet Mikoro  Ethiopia
6 Misebo Minamo  Ethiopia
Hichem Medjeber  Algeria DNF
Aseffa Gizachew Kassa  Ethiopia DNF
Gabriel Nghintedem  Cameroon DNF
Mikael Songnaba  Burkina Faso DNS

References

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