2012 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

Events at the 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

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

Medalists

Gold Amaechi Morton
 Nigeria
Silver Mamadou Kasse Hanne
 Senegal
Bronze Boniface Mucheru
 Kenya

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in Athletics
World record  Kevin Young (USA) 46.78 Barcelona, Spain 6 August 1992
African record  Samuel Matete (ZAM) 47.10 Zürich, Switzerland 7 August 1991
Championship record  Amadou Dia Ba (SEN) 48.29 Cairo, Egypt 1985

Schedule

Date Time Round
28 June 2012 17:00 Round 1
29 June 2012 16:10 Final

Results

Round 1

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

Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Note
1 1 3 Mamadou Kasse Hanne  Senegal 49.86 Q
2 2 3 Amaechi Morton  Nigeria 50.10 Q
3 1 4 Kurt Couto  Mozambique 50.20 Q
4 3 4 Boniface Mucheru  Kenya 50.51 Q
5 2 4 Vincent Kiplangat Koskei  Kenya 50.75 Q
6 1 7 Christopher Ngetich  Kenya 50.79 q
7 3 2 Mohamed Sghaier  Tunisia 50.90 Q
8 3 3 L. J. van Zyl  South Africa 51.14 q
9 1 2 Zied Azizi  Tunisia 51.25
10 1 6 Hussein Hafiz  Sudan 51.66
11 2 7 PC Beneke  South Africa 51.87
12 1 5 Akobuntu Ikwamikow  Nigeria 52.19
13 2 5 Philippe Djaovazaha  Madagascar 52.38
14 3 6 Amadou N'Diaye  Senegal 52.73
15 3 5 Lankantien Lamboni  Togo 53.99
16 1 8 Hadama Bagayogo  Mali 55.36
17 2 2 Raoul Idohou  Benin 57.46
99 2 8 Barnabé Bationo  Burkina Faso DNS
99 2 6 Robert Dwumfuor  Ghana DNS
99 2 6 Maoulida Darouèche  Comoros DNS

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Note
1st 3 Amaechi Morton  Nigeria 49.32
2nd 6 Mamadou Kasse Hanne  Senegal 49.39
3rd 5 Boniface Mucheru  Kenya 49.45
4 8 Vincent Kiplangat Koskei  Kenya 50.31
5 7 Mohamed Sghaier  Tunisia 50.37
6 2 Christopher Ngetich  Kenya 50.46
7 1 Kurt Couto  Mozambique 1:09.53
1 L. J. van Zyl  South Africa DNF

References

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