2012 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres

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
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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[]

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

Records[]

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[]

Results[]

Round 1[]

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		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		Liberia	47.12	q
16	4	8	Daniel Gyasi	Ghana	47.25	Q
17	1	7		Namibia	47.37	Q
18	1	3		Ghana	47.39	Q
19	4	3		Ethiopia	47.47	Q
20	3	6	Mark Mutai	Kenya	47.48	Q
21	3	4		Niger	47.89	q
22	3	2		Libya	47.96	q
23	2	7		Benin	48.08	q
24	5	2		Zimbabwe	48.53
25	4	1	Pako Seribe	Botswana	49.12	Q
26	4	7		Mali	49.19
27	5	5		Ethiopia	49.64
28	1	5		Niger	49.71
29	4	5		Rwanda	49.75
30	1	8		Republic of the Congo	50.28
31	1	1		Chad	50.30
32	1	6		Djibouti	50.89
33	3	3		Cape Verde	51.56
	2	5		Kenya	DSQ
	2	6		Mauritania	DNS
	4	2		Eritrea	DNS
	4	4		Sudan	DNS

Semifinals[]

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		Namibia	47.13
13	2	4		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		Niger	47.95
18	1	3	Thapelo Ketlogetswe	Botswana	47.96
19	2	7		Ghana	48.14
20	2	8		Ethiopia	48.19
22	2	2		Libya	48.57
22	3	2		Benin	48.65
	1	3		Liberia	DNF
	3	1	Pako Seribe	Botswana	DNF

Final[]

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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