2014 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres

Events at the 2014 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 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held August 10–12 on Stade de Marrakech.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Isaac Makwala  Botswana	Wayde van Niekerk  South Africa	Boniface Mucheru  Kenya

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Isaac Makwala	Botswana	45.87	Q
2	4	Savior Kombe	Zambia	46.07	Q
3	3	Pako Seribe	Botswana	46.12	Q
4	3	Boniface Mucheru	Kenya	46.58	Q
5	1	Wayde van Niekerk	South Africa	46.78	Q
5	2	Onkabetse Nkobolo	Botswana	46.78	Q
7	1	Gyles Afoumba	Republic of the Congo	46.80	Q
8	1	Kenenisa Hailu	Ethiopia	46.82	Q
9	2	Noah Akwu	Nigeria	46.88	Q
10	2	Haji Turie	Ethiopia	46.90	Q
11	2	Mark Mutai	Kenya	46.93	q
12	4	Younés Belkaifa	Morocco	46.96	Q
13	3	Mohamed Khwaja	Libya	46.98	Q
14	4	Daniel Gyasi	Ghana	47.07	q
15	1	Kwadwo Acheampong	Ghana	47.08	q
15	4	Denis Opio	Uganda	47.08	q
17	3	Isah Salihu	Nigeria	47.12
18	3	Emmanuel Mwewa	Zambia	47.26
19	2	Diakalia Bamba	Mali	47.31
20	1	Solomon Buoga	Kenya	47.41
21	4	Abdulsalam Abutorkia	Libya	48.07
22	3	Gebra Galcha	Ethiopia	48.24
23	1	Cephas Nyimbili	Zambia	48.67
24	3	Mustapha Ghizlane	Morocco	49.51
25	3	Yonas Amanuel	Eritrea	51.49
26	2	Alseny Conde	Guinea	51.76
27	1	Robert Simmons	Nigeria	99.98 !DQ	R162.6[2]
28	4	Rodwell Leroy Ndhlovu	Zimbabwe	99.99 !DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Isaac Makwala	Botswana	45.58	Q
2	1	Pako Seribe	Botswana	45.62	Q
3	2	Savior Kombe	Zambia	45.74	Q
4	2	Noah Akwu	Nigeria	45.86	Q
5	2	Mohamed Khwaja	Libya	46.28	q
6	1	Boniface Mucheru	Kenya	46.38	Q
7	1	Daniel Gyasi	Ghana	46.65	Q
8	2	Wayde van Niekerk	South Africa	46.67	q
9	2	Mark Mutai	Kenya	46.77
10	1	Haji Turie	Ethiopia	46.90
11	1	Younés Belkaifa	Morocco	47.07
12	1	Gyles Afoumba	Republic of the Congo	47.09
13	2	Kwadwo Acheampong	Ghana	47.86
14	2	Kenenisa Hailu	Ethiopia	48.79
15	1	Onkabetse Nkobolo	Botswana	99.98 !DNF
165	1	Denis Opio	Uganda	99.99 !DNS

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	4	Isaac Makwala	Botswana	44.23	CR
02 !	2	Wayde van Niekerk	South Africa	45.00
03 !	3	Boniface Mucheru	Kenya	45.07
4	5	Savior Kombe	Zambia	45.27
5	1	Mohamed Khwaja	Libya	45.40
6	6	Pako Seribe	Botswana	45.50
7	7	Noah Akwu	Nigeria	46.40
8	8	Daniel Gyasi	Ghana	46.94

References