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2012 African Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
20 km walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2012 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Charles de Gaulle on 1 July.

Medalists

Gold	Saul Weigopwa, Amaechi Morton Abiola Onakoya, Isah Salihu  Nigeria
Silver	PC Beneke, Ofentse Mogawane Oscar Pistorius, Willem de Beer  South Africa
Bronze	Vincent Kiplangat Koskei, Vincent Mumo Kiilu Boniface Mucheru, Mark Mutai  Kenya

Records

Standing records prior to the 2012 African Championships in Athletics
World record	United States Andrew Valmon, Quincy Watts Butch Reynolds, Michael Johnson	2:54.29	Stuttgart, Germany	22 August 1993
African record	Nigeria Clement Chukwu, Jude Monye Sunday Bada, Enefiok Udo-Obong	2:58.68	Sydney, Australia	30 September 2000
Championship record	Kenya Julius Sang, Tito Sawe Alfred Nyambane, David Kitur	3:01.86	Cairo, Egypt	18 August 1985

Schedule

Results

Final

Rank	Lane	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	8	Nigeria	Saul Weigopwa, Amaechi Morton, Abiola Onakoya, Isah Salihu	3:02.39
	6	South Africa	PC Beneke, Ofentse Mogawane, Oscar Pistorius, Willem de Beer	3:04.01
	1	Kenya	Vincent Kiplangat Koskei, Vincent Kiilu Mumo, Boniface Mucheru, Mark Mutai	3:04.12
4	7	Ghana	Nicholas Fordjour, Keith Nkrumah, Lumax Selasi, Daniel Gyasi	3:10.43
5	4	Niger	Abdoul Razack Robo Samma, Jacouba Boubacar Soumana, Salifou Bumarou, Mohamedine Mahamadou	3:15.54
6	5	Benin	Narcisse Tevoedjre, Adam Yarou, Seigneur Blais de Campos, Yaovi Michael Gougou	3:16.28
	2	Ethiopia	Hago Tadesse, Solomon Hailu, Gebril Galcha, Bereket Desta	DSQ
	3	Botswana	Isaac Makwala, Obakeng Ngwigwa, Nigel Amos, Omphemetse Mokgadi	DSQ

References

• Results

• 2012 African Championships in Athletics
• Relays at the African Championships in Athletics