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