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 GoldSilverBronzeNagmeldin Ali AbubakrIsaac MakwalaJames Godday

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

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

Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr 45.64 8 Isaac Makwala 45.64 6 James Godday 45.77 4 5 Sibusiso Sishi 45.84 5 7 Eric Milazar 45.96 6 2 Thomas Musembi 46.11 7 4 Mathieu Gnanligo 46.19 8 1 Nouha Badji 48.00

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