2008 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres

Events at the 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
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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

GoldSilverBronze
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
34 1 Etienne Gashagaza  Rwanda DNS
34 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
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
23 3 Sofiane Labidi  Tunisia DNF
24 3 Saul Weipogwa  Nigeria DNS

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st 3 Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr  Sudan 45.64
2nd 8 Isaac Makwala  Botswana 45.64
3rd 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