2008 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Addis Ababa Stadium on April 30–May 2.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr Sudan	Isaac Makwala Botswana	James Godday Nigeria

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr	Sudan	46.54	Q
2	2	Isaac Makwala	Botswana	47.00	Q
3	4	Eric Milazar	Mauritius	47.02	Q
4	1	James Godday	Nigeria	47.03	Q
5	3	Mathieu Gnanligo	Benin	47.10	Q
6	5	Sibusiso Sishi	South Africa	47.15	Q
7	5	Sofiane Labidi	Tunisia	47.31	Q
8	5	Noah Akwu	Nigeria	47.38	Q
9	1	Thomas Musembi	Kenya	47.44	Q
10	4	Ofentse Mogawane	South Africa	47.46	Q
11	1	Pieter Smith	South Africa	47.57	Q
12	2	Nouha Badji	Senegal	47.67	Q
13	5	Ompehmetse Mokgadi	Botswana	47.81	Q
14	3	Mohamed Amin Guezmil	Tunisia	47.81	Q
15	4	Marouane Maadadi	Morocco	47.86	Q
16	5	Rabah Yousif	Sudan	47.87	q
17	2	Saul Weipogwa	Nigeria	47.94	Q
18	1	Awad El Karim Makki	Sudan	48.55	Q
19	3	Bereket Desta	Ethiopia	48.64	Q
20	2	George Kwmoba	Kenya	48.71	Q
21	1	Lukungu Waiswa	Uganda	48.78	q
22	4	Emmanuel Simpson	Ghana	49.21	q
23	5	Issah Awudu	Ghana	49.24	q
24	3	Mamadou Gueye	Senegal	49.32	Q
25	2	Zemenu Kassa	Ethiopia	49.42
26	1	Fernando Augustin	Mauritius	49.44
27	4	Anteneh Getachew	Ethiopia	49.53
28	2	Jean François Degrace	Mauritius	49.76
29	4	Houssein Nour Ali	Djibouti	50.45	NR
30	2	Abdalla Mohamed Hussein	Somalia	51.97
31	3	Nathan Kpebah	Ghana	52.49
32	3	Emmanuel Ntakiyimana	Rwanda	52.92
33	3	Mahamat Kadre Moussa	Chad	54.49
	1	Etienne Gashagaza	Rwanda	DNS
	3	Gary Kikaya	Democratic Republic of the Congo	DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Mathieu Gnanligo	Benin	45.88	Q, NR
2	1	James Godday	Nigeria	46.11	Q
3	2	Sibusiso Sishi	South Africa	46.21	Q
4	2	Isaac Makwala	Botswana	46.28	Q
5	3	Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr	Sudan	46.45	Q
6	3	Eric Milazar	Mauritius	46.48	Q
7	2	Thomas Musembi	Kenya	46.50	q
8	1	Nouha Badji	Senegal	46.58	q, PB
9	1	Pieter Smith	South Africa	46.64
10	3	Ofentse Mogawane	South Africa	47.01
11	1	Mohamed Amin Guezmil	Tunisia	47.17
12	2	Noah Akwu	Nigeria	47.17
13	1	Rabah Yousif	Sudan	47.22
14	3	George Kwmoba	Kenya	47.44
15	1	Ompehmetse Mokgadi	Botswana	47.53
16	2	Bereket Desta	Ethiopia	47.56
17	3	Marouane Maadadi	Morocco	48.05
18	2	Awad El Karim Makki	Sudan	48.10
19	2	Mamadou Gueye	Senegal	48.20
20	1	Lukungu Waiswa	Uganda	48.63
21	3	Issah Awudu	Ghana	49.20
22	2	Emmanuel Simpson	Ghana	49.36
	3	Sofiane Labidi	Tunisia	DNF
	3	Saul Weipogwa	Nigeria	DNS

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr	Sudan	45.64
	8	Isaac Makwala	Botswana	45.64
	6	James Godday	Nigeria	45.77
4	5	Sibusiso Sishi	South Africa	45.84
5	7	Eric Milazar	Mauritius	45.96
6	2	Thomas Musembi	Kenya	46.11
7	4	Mathieu Gnanligo	Benin	46.19
8	1	Nouha Badji	Senegal	48.00

References

• Results (Archived)