| 2012 African Championships | |
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| Dates | 27 June – 1 July |
| Host city | Porto Novo, Benin  |
| Venue | Stade Charles de Gaulle |
| Events | 44 |
| Participation | 569 athletes from 47 nations |
| Records set | Championship records |
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The 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle in Porto Novo, Benin from 27 June to 1 July 2012. It was the first time that Benin had hosted the event.
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| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1 |  Nigeria | 10 | 6 | 4 | 20 |
| 2 |  Kenya | 9 | 9 | 9 | 27 |
| 3 |  South Africa | 6 | 10 | 8 | 24 |
| 4 |  Senegal | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 5 |  Botswana | 3 | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 6 |  Algeria | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 |  Morocco | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 8 |  Tunisia | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 |  Ghana | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
| 10 |  Ivory Coast | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 11 |  Uganda | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12 |  Burundi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Gabon | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Madagascar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
 Seychelles | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 16 |  Egypt | 0 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| 17 |  Ethiopia | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 18 |  Burkina Faso | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Djibouti | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
 Sudan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 21 |  Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 22 |  Liberia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 Mauritius | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (23 entries) | 44 | 44 | 45 | 133 | |
A total of fifty countries and 816 athletes have stated their intention to take part in the competition – a record high. [1] There were, however, numerous non-starters with some countries like Tanzania or Eritrea not sending any athletes after all and the actual number of participants was about 569 from 47 countries, numbers comparable to last few editions.
Algeria (13)
Angola (1) Benin (33) Botswana (16) Burkina Faso (9) Burundi (4) Cameroon (19)
Cape Verde (2)
Central African Republic (1)
Chad (6)
Comoros (1) Ivory Coast (13)
Democratic Republic of the Congo (3) Djibouti (6) Egypt (12)
Equatorial Guinea (4) Ethiopia (56) Gabon (3)
Gambia (10) Ghana (28)
Guinea-Bissau (1) Kenya (43)
Lesotho (2) Liberia (8)
Libya (15) Madagascar (4)
Mali (10) Mauritius (8) Morocco (16)
Mozambique (2)
Namibia (6)
Niger (11) Nigeria (43)
Republic of the Congo (8)
Rwanda (5)
São Tomé and Príncipe (1) Senegal (16) Seychelles (10)
Sierra Leone (2) South Africa (69) Sudan (4)
Swaziland (2)
Togo (12) Tunisia (11) Uganda (11)
Zambia (3)
Zimbabwe (6)
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