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

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Men's 20 kilometres walk
at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics
Venue Japoma Stadium
Location Douala, Cameroon
Dates25 June
Competitors9 from 5 nations
Winning time1:22:49
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
  2022
2026  

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.