2012 African Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault
# 2012 African Championships in Athletics – Men's pole vault

The men's pole vault at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle on 30 June.

## Medalists

| Gold | Mouhcine Cheaouri Morocco |
| - | - |
| Silver | Samir El Mafhoum Morocco |
| Bronze | Ruan Van Wyk South Africa |

## Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in Athletics :

| World record | Sergey Bubka (UKR) | 6.14 | Sestriere, Italy | 31 July 1994 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| African record | Okkert Brits (RSA) | 6.03 | Cologne, Germany | 18 August 1995 |
| Championship record | Okkert Brits (RSA) | 5.40 | Durban, South Africa | 1993 |
| Championship record | Okkert Brits (RSA) | 5.40 | Dakar, Senegal | 21 August 1998 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| - | - | - |
| 30 June 2012 | 14:40 | Final |

## Results

### Final

| Rank | Athlete | Nationality | 4.30 | 4.40 | 4.40 | 4.60 | 4.70 | 4.80 | 4.90 | 5.00 | 5.05 | 5.10 | 5.30 | Result |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Mouhcine Cheaouri | Morocco | – | – | – | – | – | xo | – | o | – | xxo | xxx | 5.10 |
| | Samir El Mafhoum | Morocco | – | o | – | o | – | o | xo | o | – | xxx | | 5.00 |
| | Ruan Van Wyk | South Africa | – | – | – | – | o | o | o | xxx | | | | 4.90 |
| 4 | Heinrich Smit | South Africa | – | – | – | – | o | – | xxo | xxx | | | | 4.90 |
| 5 | Sami Berrhaiem | Tunisia | – | o | – | – | xo | – | xxx | | | | | 4.70 |
| 6 | Eben Beukes | South Africa | – | – | – | – | xxo | – | xxx | | | | | 4.70 |
| | Larbi Bouraada | Algeria | | | | | | | | | | | | DNS |
| | Mourad Souissi | Algeria | | | | | | | | | | | | DNS |
| | Guillaume Thierry | Mauritius | | | | | | | | | | | | DNS |
| | Ahmed Hamed | Egypt | | | | | | | | | | | | DNS |
