2012 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 10,000 metres

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 men's 10,000 metres at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle on 28 June.

Medalists

Gold Kenneth Kipkemoi
 Kenya
Silver Mark Kiptoo
 Kenya
Bronze Lewis Mosoti
 Kenya

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in Athletics
World record  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 26:17.53 Brussels, Belgium 26 August 2005
African record  Kenenisa Bekele (ETH) 26:17.53 Brussels, Belgium 26 August 2005
Championship record  William Sigei (KEN) 27:25.33 Durban, South Africa 24 June 1993
Broken records during the 2012 African Championships in Athletics
Championship record  Kenneth Kipkemoi (KEN) 27:19.74 Porto Novo, Benin 28 June 2012

Schedule

Date Time Round
28 June 2012 17:45 Final

Results

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Note
1st, gold medalist(s) Kenneth Kipkemoi  Kenya 27:19.74 CR
2nd, silver medalist(s) Mark Kiptoo  Kenya 27:20.77
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Lewis Mosoti  Kenya 27:22.54
4 Tebalu Zawude Heyi  Ethiopia 28:03.16
5 Robert Kajuga  Rwanda 28:03.24
6 Olivier Irabaruta  Burundi 28:17.77
7 Vianney Ndiho  Burundi 28:25.57
8 Stephen Mokoka  South Africa 28:49.14
Solomon Deksisa Gonfa  Ethiopia DNF
Gebretsadik Abraha  Ethiopia DNF
Hezekiel Jafari  Tanzania DNS
Thomas Ayeko  Uganda DNS
Ibrahim Ismael  Djibouti DNS
Abdenacer Fathi  Morocco DNS

References

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