# 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 |

## Records

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 |

## 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 | 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 | |

### 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 | 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 | |

### Final

| 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 | |