2008 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

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[edit]

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

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

• Results (Archived)