The women'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 Amantle Montsho Silver Regina George Bronze Amy Mbacké Thiam
Records Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in AthleticsWorld record47.60Canberra, Australia6 October 1985African record49.10Atlanta, United States29 July 1996Championship record49.83Addis Ababa, Ethiopia2 May 2008Broken records during the 2012 African Championships in AthleticsChampionship record49.54Porto Novo, Benin29 June 2012
Schedule Date Time Round 27 June 2012 15:25 Round 1 28 June 2012 15:50 Semifinals 29 June 2012 15:30 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 2 8 Amantle Montsho 50.42 Q 2 2 3 Regina George 51.39 Q 3 1 4 Tsholofelo Thipe 52.06 Q 4 4 6 Bukola Abogunloko 52.11 Q 5 2 2 Joyce Sakari 52.38 Q 6 2 7 Ndeye Fatou Soumah 52.57 Q 7 1 3 Raasin McIntosh 52.63 Q 8 5 1 Lydia Mashila 52.65 Q 9 4 8 Goitseone Seleka 53.11 Q 10 1 5 Salam Abrhaley 53.47 Q 11 3 3 Rorisang Ramonnye 53.58 Q 11 4 2 Estie Wittstock 53.58 Q 13 1 8 Endurance Abinuwa 53.65 Q 14 5 8 Tigst Assefa 54.05 Q 15 1 6 Matacha Ngoye Akamabi 54.31 q 16 2 4 Adelaide Nkrumah 54.49 q 17 1 7 Fatou Dyabaye 54.60 q 18 3 4 Amy Mbacké Thiam 54.65 Q 19 1 2 Audrey Nkamsao 54.67 q 20 3 7 Grace Kidake 54.91 Q 21 5 3 Yvonne Amegashie 54.98 Q 22 4 3 Catherine Nandi 54.99 Q 23 2 6 Phumlile Ndzinisa 55.37 24 4 5 Mahlet Mulugeta 55.62 25 3 2 Souliatou Saka 55.77 Q 26 3 1 Lydie Besme Hawa 57.01 27 3 8 Natasha Bibi 57.36 28 5 6 Kadia Dembele 57.74 Q 29 5 4 Bana Lafia Gounou 58.65 30 2 5 Mohmed Ali Sourah 5 5 Vanice Monteiro 5 7 Tjipekapora Herunga 3 5 Rahma Mohammed 3 6 Angele Cooper 4 4 Ramata Nikiema 4 7 Graciela Maitius 5 2 Racheal Nachula
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 5 Amantle Montsho 51.25 Q 2 1 4 Regina George 51.71 Q 3 3 6 Bukola Abogunloko 52.12 Q 4 3 5 Amy Mbacké Thiam 52.35 Q 5 1 5 Joyce Sakari 52.36 Q 6 1 6 Tsholofelo Thipe 52.51 q 7 3 8 Estie Wittstock 52.61 q 8 1 8 Ndeye Fatou Soumah 52.85 9 2 6 Raasin McIntosh 52.91 Q 10 2 4 Rorisang Ramonnye 52.93 11 3 3 Lydia Mashila 53.60 12 2 8 Endurance Abinuwa 53.75 13 1 3 Goitseone Seleka 54.09 14 2 3 Salam Abrhaley 54.84 15 3 7 Catherine Nandi 54.91 16 2 2 Fatou Dyabaye 55.19 17 1 1 Audrey Nkamsao 55.20 18 2 7 Grace Kidake 55.47 19 3 4 Tigst Assefa 55.58 20 1 7 Yvonne Amegashie 55.82 21 3 2 Adelaide Nkrumah 55.85 22 2 1 Souliatou Saka 56.64 23 3 1 Matacha Ngoye Akamabi 57.47 24 1 2 Kadia Dembele 57.64
Final
Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Note 3 Amantle Montsho 49.54 CR 5 Regina George 51.11 4 Amy Mbacké Thiam 51.68 6 Bukola Abogunloko 51.78 2 Tsholofelo Thipe 52.26 8 Joyce Sakari 52.28 1 Estie Wittstock 52.84 7 Raasin McIntosh
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