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

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
Silver	Oscar Pistorius
Bronze	Willem de Beer

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in Athletics
World record		43.18	Seville, Spain	26 August 1999
African record		44.10	Stuttgart, Germany	9 September 2006
Championship record		44.65	Dakar, Senegal	20 August 1998

Schedule

Date	Time	Round
27 June 2012	15:45	Round 1
28 June 2012	16:10	Semifinals
29 June 2012	15:45	Final

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			45.50	Q
2	2	2			46.04	Q
3	5	6			46.32	Q
4	2	3			46.37	Q
5	5	3			46.40	Q
6	2	8			46.43	Q
7	4	6			46.49	Q
8	5	7			46.50	Q
9	3	5			46.58	Q
9	3	8			46.58	Q
11	1	2			46.73	Q
12	1	4			46.77	Q
13	3	7			46.80	Q
14	2	4			47.02	Q
15	5	8			47.12	q
16	4	8			47.25	Q
17	1	7			47.37	Q
18	1	3			47.39	Q
19	4	3			47.47	Q
20	3	6			47.48	Q
21	3	4			47.89	q
22	3	2			47.96	q
23	2	7			48.08	q
24	5	2			48.53
25	4	1			49.12	Q
26	4	7			49.19
27	5	5			49.64
28	1	5			49.71
29	4	5			49.75
30	1	8			50.28
31	1	1			50.30
32	1	6			50.89
33	3	3			51.56
	2	5
	2	6
	4	2
	4	4

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			45.70	Q
2	2	6			46.14	Q
3	1	7			46.32	Q
4	1	8			46.33	Q
5	3	5			46.39	Q
6	1	6			46.46	q
7	3	6			46.64	Q
8	1	5			46.68	q
9	3	3			46.79
10	3	4			46.82
11	3	8			47.05
12	3	7			47.13
13	2	4			47.14
14	1	5			47.24
15	2	1			47.35
16	1	4			47.86
17	1	1			47.95
18	1	3			47.96
19	2	7			48.14
20	2	8			48.19
22	2	2			48.57
22	3	2			48.65
	1	3
	3	1

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	5			45.25	PB
	3			45.52
	7			45.67
	6			45.82	NR
	4			46.13
	8			46.21
	2			46.78
	1			46.98

References

• Results