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

Women's 20 kilometres walk at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics
Venue	Japoma Stadium
Location	Douala, Cameroon
Dates	25 June
Competitors	9 from 5 nations
Winning time	1:37:46
Medalists
Sintayehu Masire    Ethiopia   Souad Azzi    Algeria   Margret Gati Chacha    Kenya
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The women's 20 kilometres walk event at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics was held on 25 June in Douala, Cameroon. ^{[1] [2]}

Records

Records before the 2024 African Athletics Championships

Record	Athlete (nation)	Time (s)	Location	Date
World record [3]	Yelena Lashmanova  (RUS)	1:23:39	Cheboksary, Russia	9 June 2018
African record [4]	Grace Wanjiru  (KEN)	1:30:40	Nairobi, Kenya	6 June 2018
Championship record		1:30:43	Durban, South Africa	26 June 2016
World leading [5]	Elvira Chepareva  (RUS)	1:24:31	Sochi, Russia	27 February 2024
African leading [6]	Souad Azzi  (ALG)	1:37:15	Algiers, Algeria	13 April 2024

Results

Rank	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Sintayehu Masire	Ethiopia	1:37:46
	Souad Azzi	Algeria	1:40:36
	Margret Gati Chacha	Kenya	1:41:19
4	Wubalem Shugute	Ethiopia	1:42:41
5	Marissa Swanepoel	South Africa	1:46:25
6	Jessica Groenewald	South Africa	1:48:58
7	Melissa Touloum	Algeria	1:48:58
8	Hamadou Takio	Cameroon	1:59:49
	Alem Tafes	Ethiopia	DNF

See also

• Athletics at the 2023 African Games – Women's 20 kilometres walk

References

1. Official results
2. Results at World Athletics
3. "20 Kilometres Race Walk women - World record times". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
4. "20 Kilometres Race Walk women - African record times". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
5. "20 Kilometres Race Walk women - 2024 World leading times". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 April 2025.
6. "20 Kilometres Race Walk women - 2024 African leading times". World Athletics. Retrieved 17 April 2025.