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

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 |
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| 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 |
| - | - | - | - |
| | 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 | Ethiopia | DNF |
| | Gabriel Nghintedem | Cameroon | DNF |
| | Mikael Songnaba | Burkina Faso | DNS |
