2006 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres

Events at the 2006 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 400 metres event at the 2006 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Germain Comarmond on August 9–11.

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Gary Kikaya
 Democratic Republic of the Congo		 Paul Gorries
 South Africa		 Talkmore Nyongani
 Zimbabwe

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Lewis Banda  Zimbabwe 46.19 Q
2 2 California Molefe  Botswana 46.23 Q
3 1 Gary Kikaya  Democratic Republic of the Congo 46.27 Q
4 4 Talkmore Nyongani  Zimbabwe 46.42 Q
5 1 Paul Gorries  South Africa 46.52 Q
6 2 Ofentse Mogawane  South Africa 46.53 Q
7 3 Malik Louahla  Algeria 46.66 Q
8 3 George Kwoba  Kenya 46.71 Q
9 2 James Godday  Nigeria 46.83 q
10 1 Fernando Augustin  Mauritius 46.89 q
11 4 Sammy Rono  Kenya 46.93 Q
12 4 Gakologelwang Masheto  Botswana 46.95 Q
13 3 Eric Milazar  Mauritius 46.96 Q
14 1 Thomas Musembi  Kenya 46.97 q
15 1 Younés Belkaifa  Morocco 46.99 q
16 2 Ismail Daif  Morocco 47.06 q
17 4 Bobby Young  Liberia 47.27
18 3 Obakeng Ngwigwa  Botswana 47.45
19 3 Abeje Habtamu  Ethiopia 47.61
20 3 Abdelkrim Khoudri  Morocco 47.69
21 4 Mathieu Gnanligo  Benin 47.76
22 3 Jan van der Merwe  South Africa 47.79
23 1 Narcisse Tevoedjre  Benin 48.26
23 4 Jean François Degrace  Mauritius 48.26
25 2 Travis Hardy  Seychelles 50.62
26 1 Stephen Moosoudee  Seychelles 50.71
27 4 Etienne Gashagaza  Rwanda 52.07
28 1 Bawa Fuseini  Ghana DNS
28 2 Bright Dozokotoa  Ghana DNS
28 2 Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr  Sudan DNS
28 3 Daniel Mensah Kwei  Ghana DNS
28 4 Saul Weigopwa  Nigeria DNS

Semifinals

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Gary Kikaya  Democratic Republic of the Congo 45.78 Q
2 2 Paul Gorries  South Africa 45.90 Q
3 1 Malik Louahla  Algeria 46.05 Q
4 1 Ofentse Mogawane  South Africa 46.11 Q
5 2 Talkmore Nyongani  Zimbabwe 46.17 Q
6 2 George Kwoba  Kenya 46.30 Q
7 1 James Godday  Nigeria 46.33 Q
8 1 Lewis Banda  Zimbabwe 46.35 Q
9 1 California Molefe  Botswana 46.39
10 1 Sammy Rono  Kenya 46.79
11 1 Eric Milazar  Mauritius 46.81
12 2 Thomas Musembi  Kenya 46.93
13 2 Gakologelwang Masheto  Botswana 47.30
14 1 Ismail Daif  Morocco 47.35
15 2 Fernando Augustin  Mauritius 47.67
16 2 Younés Belkaifa  Morocco 47.80

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st 3 Gary Kikaya  Democratic Republic of the Congo 45.03
2nd 6 Paul Gorries  South Africa 45.56
3rd 7 Talkmore Nyongani  Zimbabwe 45.60
4 4 Malik Louahla  Algeria 45.69
5 2 James Godday  Nigeria 46.15
6 5 Ofentse Mogawane  South Africa 46.44
7 8 Lewis Banda  Zimbabwe 47.18
8 1 George Kwoba  Kenya 47.66

References