2012 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle on 27, 28 and 29 June.

Medalists

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Gold Isaac Makwala
  Botswana
Silver Oscar Pistorius
  South Africa
Bronze Willem de Beer
  South Africa

Records

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Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in Athletics
World record   Michael Johnson (USA) 43.18 Seville, Spain 26 August 1999
African record   Gary Kikaya (COD) 44.10 Stuttgart, Germany 9 September 2006
Championship record   Clement Chukwu (NGR) 44.65 Dakar, Senegal 20 August 1998

Schedule

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Date Time Round
27 June 2012 15:45 Round 1
28 June 2012 16:10 Semifinals
29 June 2012 15:45 Final

Results

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Round 1

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First 4 in each heat (Q) and 4 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Note
1 5 4 Isaac Makwala   Botswana 45.50 Q
2 2 2 Abiola Onakoya   Nigeria 46.04 Q
3 5 6 Oscar Pistorius   South Africa 46.32 Q
4 2 3 Ofentse Mogawane   South Africa 46.37 Q
5 5 3 Mohamed Khouaja   Libya 46.40 Q
6 2 8 Ali Ngaimoko   Uganda 46.43 Q
7 4 6 Saviour Kombe   Zambia 46.49 Q
8 5 7 Mathieu Gnanligo   Benin 46.50 Q
9 3 5 Salihu Isah   Nigeria 46.58 Q
9 3 8 Thapelo Ketlogetswe   Botswana 46.58 Q
11 1 2 Vincent Kiilu Mumo   Kenya 46.73 Q
12 1 4 Seguo Ogunkule   Nigeria 46.77 Q
13 3 7 Willem de Beer   South Africa 46.80 Q
14 2 4 Bereket Desta   Ethiopia 47.02 Q
15 5 8 Marvin Lewis   Liberia 47.12 q
16 4 8 Daniel Gyasi   Ghana 47.25 Q
17 1 7 Frank Puriza   Namibia 47.37 Q
18 1 3 Nicholas Fordjour   Ghana 47.39 Q
19 4 3 Hago Tadesse   Ethiopia 47.47 Q
20 3 6 Mark Mutai   Kenya 47.48 Q
21 3 4 Mohamedine Mahamadou   Niger 47.89 q
22 3 2 Ali Abd Salem   Libya 47.96 q
23 2 7 Yaovi Michael Gougou   Benin 48.08 q
24 5 2 David Tinago   Zimbabwe 48.53
25 4 1 Pako Seribe   Botswana 49.12 Q
26 4 7 Djakalia Bamba   Mali 49.19
27 5 5 Gonfa Bekele   Ethiopia 49.64
28 1 5 Abdoul Razack Robo Samma   Niger 49.71
29 4 5 Emmanuel Ntakiyimana   Rwanda 49.75
30 1 8 Christ Bitsindou   Republic of the Congo 50.28
31 1 1 Abdallah Al Bain Abbo   Chad 50.30
32 1 6 Djama Iitireh Said   Djibouti 50.89
33 3 3 Izequiel Evora   Cape Verde 51.56
2 5 Anderson Mureta   Kenya DSQ
2 6 Jiddou Ould Haye   Mauritania DNS
4 2 Abdelkerim Mohammed   Eritrea DNS
4 4 Youssef Rabat   Sudan DNS

Semifinals

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First 2 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Note
1 2 3 Isaac Makwala   Botswana 45.70 Q
2 2 6 Oscar Pistorius   South Africa 46.14 Q
3 1 7 Mathieu Gnanligo   Benin 46.32 Q
4 1 8 Willem de Beer   South Africa 46.33 Q
5 3 5 Vincent Kiilu Mumo   Kenya 46.39 Q
6 1 6 Salihu Isah   Nigeria 46.46 q
7 3 6 Abiola Onakoya   Nigeria 46.64 Q
8 1 5 Ali Ngaimoko   Uganda 46.68 q
9 3 3 Ofentse Mogawane   South Africa 46.79
10 3 4 Mohamed Khouaja   Libya 46.82
11 3 8 Bereket Desta   Ethiopia 47.05
12 3 7 Frank Puriza   Namibia 47.13
13 2 4 Seguo Ogunkule   Nigeria 47.14
14 1 5 Saviour Kombe   Zambia 47.24
15 2 1 Mark Mutai   Kenya 47.35
16 1 4 Daniel Gyasi   Ghana 47.86
17 1 1 Mohamedine Mahamadou   Niger 47.95
18 1 3 Thapelo Ketlogetswe   Botswana 47.96
19 2 7 Nicholas Fordjour   Ghana 48.14
20 2 8 Hago Tadesse   Ethiopia 48.19
22 2 2 Ali Abd Salem   Libya 48.57
22 3 2 Yaovi Michael Gougou   Benin 48.65
1 3 Marvin Lewis   Liberia DNF
3 1 Pako Seribe   Botswana DNF

Final

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Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Note
  5 Isaac Makwala   Botswana 45.25 PB
  3 Oscar Pistorius   South Africa 45.52
  7 Willem de Beer   South Africa 45.67
4 6 Mathieu Gnanligo   Benin 45.82 NR
5 4 Vincent Kiilu Mumo   Kenya 46.13
6 8 Abiola Onakoya   Nigeria 46.21
7 2 Ali Ngaimoko   Uganda 46.78
8 1 Salihu Isah   Nigeria 46.98

References

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