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

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

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bgcolor="gold"\|Gold	Kenneth Kipkemoi {{KEN}}
bgcolor="silver"\|Silver	Mark Kiptoo {{KEN}}
bgcolor="CC9966"\|Bronze	Lewis Mosoti {{KEN}}

Records

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colspan="5"\|Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in Athletics
World record \|{{flagathlete\|Kenenisa Bekele\|ETH}} \|26:17.53 \|Brussels, Belgium \|26 August 2005
African record \|{{flagathlete\|Kenenisa Bekele\|ETH}} \|26:17.53 \|Brussels, Belgium \|26 August 2005
Championship record \|{{flagathlete\|William Sigei\|KEN}} \|27:25.33 \|Durban, South Africa \|24 June 1993
colspan="5"\|Broken records during the 2012 African Championships in Athletics
Championship record \|{{flagathlete\|Kenneth Kipkemoi\|KEN}} \|27:19.74 \|Porto Novo, Benin \|28 June 2012

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colspan="5"|Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in Athletics

World record

|{{flagathlete|Kenenisa Bekele|ETH}}

|26:17.53

|Brussels, Belgium

|26 August 2005

African record

|{{flagathlete|Kenenisa Bekele|ETH}}

|26:17.53

|Brussels, Belgium

|26 August 2005

Championship record

|{{flagathlete|William Sigei|KEN}}

|27:25.33

|Durban, South Africa

|24 June 1993

colspan="5"|Broken records during the 2012 African Championships in Athletics

Championship record

|{{flagathlete|Kenneth Kipkemoi|KEN}}

|27:19.74

|Porto Novo, Benin

|28 June 2012

Schedule

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! Date

! Time

! Round

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| 28 June 2012

17:45

Final

Results

=Final=

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
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{{gold01}}	align="left" \| Kenneth Kipkemoi	align=left\| {{KEN}}	27:19.74	CR
{{silver02}}	align="left" \| Mark Kiptoo	align=left\| {{KEN}}	27:20.77
{{bronze03}}	align="left" \| Lewis Mosoti	align=left\| {{KEN}}	27:22.54
{{sort\|04\|4}}	align="left" \| Tebalu Zawude	align=left\| {{ETH}}	28:03.16
{{sort\|05\|5}}	align="left" \| Robert Kajuga	align=left\| {{RWA}}	28:03.24
{{sort\|06\|6}}	align="left" \| Olivier Irabaruta	align=left\| {{BDI}}	28:17.77
{{sort\|07\|7}}	align="left" \| Vianney Ndiho	align=left\| {{BDI}}	28:25.57
{{sort\|08\|8}}	align="left" \| Stephen Mokoka	align=left\| {{RSA}}	28:49.14
{{sort\|99

} || align="left" | Solomon Deksisa ||align=left| {{ETH}} || {{sort|99:99.99|DNF}} ||

| {{sort|99|}} || align="left" | Gebretsadik Abraha ||align=left| {{ETH}} || {{sort|99:99.99|DNF}} ||

| {{sort|99|}} || align="left" | Hezekiel Jafari ||align=left| {{TAN}} || {{sort|99:99.99|DNS}} ||

| {{sort|99|}} || align="left" | Thomas Ayeko ||align=left| {{UGA}} || {{sort|99:99.99|DNS}} ||

| {{sort|99|}} || align="left" | Ibrahim Ismael ||align=left| {{DJI}} || {{sort|99:99.99|DNS}} ||

| {{sort|99|}} || align="left" | Abdenacer Fathi ||align=left| {{MAR}} || {{sort|99:99.99|DNS}} ||

References

[https://web.archive.org/web/20120811111035/http://www.resultcaa.org/pdf/Book_all_Results.pdf Results]

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10000 Men

Category:10,000 metres at the African Championships in Athletics