2012 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 100 metres relay

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 4 x 100 metres relay at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle on 28 and 29 June.

Medalists[]

Gold	Hannes Dreyer, Simon Magakwe Roscoe Engel, Thuso Mpuang  South Africa
Silver	Peter Emelieze, Obinna Metu , Ogho-Oghene Egwero  Nigeria
Bronze	, Tim Abeyie ,  Ghana

Records[]

Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in Athletics
World record	Jamaica Nesta Carter, Michael Frater Yohan Blake, Usain Bolt	37.04	Daegu, South Korea	4 September 2011
African record	Nigeria Osmond Ezinwa, Olapade Adeniken Francis Obikwelu, Davidson Ezinwa	37.94	Athens, Greece	9 August 1997
Championship record	South Africa Hannes Dreyer, Corne Du Plessis , Thuso Mpuang	38.75	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	2 May 2008

Schedule[]

Results[]

Round 1[]

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	1	6	Ghana	, Tim Abeyie, ,	39.38	Q
2	1	5	South Africa	Ruan de Vries, Simon Magakwe, Roscoe Engel, Thuso Mpuang	39.47	Q
3	1	7	Nigeria	Peter Emelieze, Obinna Metu, ,	39.48	Q
4	2	3	Benin	, , ,	40.19	Q
5	1	4	Cameroon	Jean Tarcicius Batambok, , , Idrissa Adam	40.24	q
6	2	4	Ivory Coast	Siapade Marius Loua, Hua Wilfried Koffi, Ben Youssef Meité, Gogbeu Francis Koné	40.27	Q
7	1	3	Gambia	Isaac Jones, Adama Jammeh, , Suwaibou Sanneh	40.42	q, NR
8	2	5	Botswana	, , Fanuel Kenosi,	40.51	Q
9	2	7	Seychelles	Jean-Yves Esparon, , Danny D'Souza,	41.33
10	2	6	Ethiopia	, , ,	41.44
	1	2	Burkina Faso	Innocent Bologo, , Gérard Kobéané,	DNF
	1	8	Zimbabwe		DNS
	2	2	Chad		DNS

Final[]

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	4	South Africa	Hannes Dreyer, Simon Magakwe, Roscoe Engel, Thuso Mpuang	39.26
	8	Nigeria	Peter Emelieze, Obinna Metu, , Ogho-Oghene Egwero	39.34
	6	Ghana	, Tim Abeyie, ,	39.40
4	3	Ivory Coast	Gogbeu Francis Koné, Hua Wilfried Koffi, Siapade Marius Loua, Ben Youssef Meité	40.10
5	2	Cameroon	Jean Tarcicius Batambok, , , Idrissa Adam	40.16
6	7	Botswana	Fanuel Kenosi, Obakeng Ngwigwa, ,	40.42
7	5	Benin	, , ,	40.86
	1	Gambia	Isaac Jones, , Adama Jammeh, Suwaibou Sanneh	DSQ

References[]

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