2012 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 20 kilometres walk

Events at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men		women
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
20 km walk		men		women
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

The women's 20 kilometre walk at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle on 29 June.

Medalists

Gold	Grace Wanjiru  Kenya
Silver	Olfa Lafi  Tunisia
Bronze	Aynalem Eshetu Shefrawe  Ethiopia

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in Athletics
World record	Vera Sokolova (RUS)	1:25:08	Sochi, Russia	26 February 2011
African record	Grace Wanjiru (KEN)	1:34:19	Nairobi, Kenya	1 August 2010
Championship record	Grace Wanjiru (KEN)	1:34:19	Nairobi, Kenya	1 August 2010

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
29 June 2012	10:30	Final

Results

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	Grace Wanjiru	Kenya	1:40:53
	Olfa Lafi	Tunisia	1:46:17
	Aynalem Eshetu	Ethiopia	1:49:45
4	Askale Tiksa	Ethiopia	1:56:01
5	Adanech Mengistu	Ethiopia	2:04:45
	Chaïma Trabelsi	Tunisia	DNF

References

• Results