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
	Hédi Teraoui	Tunisia
	David Kimutai	Kenya
	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

• Results