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

Women's 20 kilometres walk
at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics
VenueJapoma Stadium
LocationDouala, Cameroon
Dates25 June
Competitors9 from 5 nations
Winning time1:37:46
Medalists
gold medal Sintayehu Masire   Ethiopia
silver medal Souad Azzi   Algeria
bronze medal Margret Gati Chacha   Kenya
2024 African Championships
in Athletics
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmenwomen
10,000 mmenwomen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmenwomen
3000 m
steeplechase		menwomen
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
mixed
Road events
20 km walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmenwomen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmenwomen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmenwomen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Heptathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Sintayehu Masire  Ethiopia 1:37:46
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Souad Azzi  Algeria 1:40:36
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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

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.
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