The men's pole vault at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle on 30 June.
Medalists edit
| Gold | Mouhcine Cheaouri Morocco
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| Silver | Samir El Mafhoum Morocco
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| Bronze | Ruan Van Wyk South Africa
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Records edit
| Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in Athletics | ||||
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| World record |  Sergey Bubka (UKR)
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6.14 | Sestriere, Italy | 31 July 1994 |
| African record | Okkert Brits (RSA)
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6.03 | Cologne, Germany | 18 August 1995 |
| Championship record | Okkert Brits (RSA)
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5.40 | Durban, South Africa | 1993 |
| Dakar, Senegal | 21 August 1998 | |||
Schedule edit
| Date | Time | Round |
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| 30 June 2012 | 14:40 | Final |
Results edit
Final edit
| 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 | Notes |
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Mouhcine Cheaouri | Morocco |
– | – | – | – | – | xo | – | o | – | xxo | xxx | 5.10 | |
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Samir El Mafhoum | Morocco |
– | o | – | o | – | o | xo | o | – | xxx | 5.00 | ||
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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 |
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| Mourad Souissi | Algeria |
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| Guillaume Thierry |  Mauritius |
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| Ahmed Hamed |  Egypt |
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