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

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 Ndiaye	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
	2	8	Barnabé Bationo	Burkina Faso	DNS
	2	6	Robert Dwumfuor	Ghana	DNS
	2	6	Maoulida Darouèche	Comoros	DNS

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Note
	3	Amaechi Morton	Nigeria	49.32
	6	Mamadou Kasse Hanne	Senegal	49.39
	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

• Results