2024 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 20 kilometres walk

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The men's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics was held on 25 June in Douala, Cameroon. [1]

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Records

Records before the 2024 African Athletics Championships
RecordAthlete (nation)Time (s)LocationDate
World record [2] Flag of Japan.svg  Yusuke Suzuki  (JPN)1:16:36 Nomi, Japan 15 March 2015
African record [3] Flag of Kenya.svg  Samuel Gathimba  (KEN)1:18:23 Nairobi, Kenya 18 June 2021
Championship record 1:19:24 Durban, South Africa 26 June 2016
World leading [4] Flag of Japan.svg  Koki Ikeda  (JPN)1:16:51 Kobe, Japan 18 February 2024
African leading [5] Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Misgana Wakuma  (ETH)1:20:51 Antalya, Turkey 21 April 2024

Results

RankAthleteNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Misgana Wakuma Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 1:22:49
Silver medal icon.svg Heristone Wanyoni Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 1:23:26
Bronze medal icon.svg Wayne Snyman Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 1:25:19
4 Ismail Benhammouda Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 1:29:08
5 Matebie Endasha Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 1:35:08
6 Malese Mulu Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia 1:36:03
7 Aymen Ben Saha Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria 1:38:00
8 Nzossie Herve Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 1:52:40
9 Akamsembah Akamsembah Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 1:54:35

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Results".
  2. ↑ "20 Kilometres Race Walk men - World record times". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "20 Kilometres Race Walk men - African record times". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "20 Kilometres Race Walk men - 2024 World leading times". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  5. ↑ "20 Kilometres Race Walk men - 2024 African leading times". World Athletics. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
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