2012 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 4 × 400 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 women's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle on 1 July.^[1]

Medalists[]

Gold	Endurance Abinuwa, Omolara Omotosho Margaret Etim, Bukola Abogunloko  Nigeria
Silver	Goitseone Seleka, Lydia Mashila , Amantle Montsho  Botswana
Bronze	Mame Fatou Faye, Amy Mbacke Thiam , Ndeye Fatou Soumah  Senegal

Records[]

Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in Athletics
World record	Soviet Union Tatyana Ledovskaya, Olga Nazarova Mariya Pinigina, Olha Bryzhina	3:15.17	Seoul, South Korea	1 October 1988
African record	Nigeria Olabisi Afolabi, Fatima Yusuf Charity Opara, Falilat Ogunkoya	3:21.04	Atlanta, United States	3 August 1996
Championship record	Nigeria Shade Abugan, Margaret Etim Bukola Abogunloko, Muizat Ajoke Odumosu	3:29.26	Nairobi, Kenya	1 August 2010
Broken records during the 2012 African Championships in Athletics
Championship record	Nigeria Endurance Abinuwa, Omolara Omotosho Margaret Etim, Bukola Abogunloko	3:28.77	Porto Novo, Benin	1 July 2012

Schedule[]

Results[]

Final[]

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	8	Nigeria	Endurance Abinuwa, Omolara Omotosho, Margaret Etim, Bukola Abogunloko	3:28.77	CR
	6	Botswana	Goitseone Seleka, Lydia Mashila, , Amantle Montsho	3:31.27	NR
	7	Senegal	Mame Fatou Faye, Amy Mbacke Thiam, , Ndeye Fatou Soumah	3:31.64
4	4	South Africa	, Estie Wittstock, Tsholofelo Thipe, Wenda Theron	3:33.21
5	3	Liberia	Phobay Kutu-Akoi, Raasin McIntosh, , Kou Luogon	3:33.24	NR
6	1	Kenya	Joyce Sakari, , , Maureen Jelagat	3:35.06
7	2	Ethiopia	Tigst Assefa, , ,	3:41.10
8	5	Ghana	, , ,	3:41.46

References[]

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