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

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

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

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

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

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