2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 22, 23 and 24 June in Kings Park Stadium.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Baboloki Thebe Botswana	Karabo Sibanda Botswana	Chidi Okezie 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	5	Karabo Sibanda	Botswana	45.99	Q
2	2	Baboloki Thebe	Botswana	46.00	Q
3	5	Sadam Koumi	Sudan	46.04	Q
4	1	Isaac Makwala	Botswana	46.14	Q
5	2	Chidi Okezie	Nigeria	46.30	Q
6	3	Pieter Conradie	South Africa	46.45	Q
7	3	Alagie Salim Drammeh	Gambia	46.55	Q
8	1	Alphas Kishoyian	Kenya	46.56	Q
9	5	Stanley Kieti	Kenya	46.64	Q
10	3	Emmanuel Dasor	Ghana	46.71	Q
11	2	Raymond Kibet	Kenya	46.78	Q
12	3	Tubotein Taylor	Nigeria	46.93	Q
13	1	Gilles Antony Afoumba	Congo	47.08	Q
14	2	Leonard Opiny	Uganda	47.15	Q
15	1	Nigel Tom	Zimbabwe	47.45	Q
16	1	Thapelo Phora	South Africa	47.64	q
17	1	Louis Mashaba	Swaziland	47.92	q
18	4	Shaun de Jager	South Africa	48.06	Q
19	3	Orukpe Eraiyokan	Nigeria	48.10	q
20	2	Manqoba Nyoni	Swaziland	48.76	q
21	5	Basilius Karupu	Namibia	48.86	Q
22	5	Connias Mudzingwa	Zimbabwe	48.89	q
23	2	Saviour Kombe	Zambia	49.07
23	3	Gemchu Alemu	Ethiopia	49.07
25	4	Ahmat Mahamat Bachir	Chad	49.13	Q
26	1	Pius Adome	Uganda	49.44
27	4	Abdelazim Mohamed	Sudan	50.42	Q
28	3	Gift Ngewnya	Zimbabwe	50.58
29	2	Gilberto Leite	São Tomé and Príncipe	51.77
	4	Onkabetse Nkobolo	Botswana	DQ
	1	Papy Kibambe-Ngoy	Democratic Republic of the Congo	DNS
	2	Abdallah Albein Abbo	Chad	DNS
	4	Samuel Yaro	Ghana	DNS
	4	Adekunle Fasasi	Nigeria	DNS
	4	Abduraman Abdo	Ethiopia	DNS
	5	Creve Machava	Mozambique	DNS
	5	Stephan Ukele	South Sudan	DNS

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Baboloki Thebe	Botswana	45.75	Q
2	2	Chidi Okezie	Nigeria	45.80	Q
2	3	Sadam Koumi	Sudan	45.80	Q
4	3	Isaac Makwala	Botswana	45.96	Q
5	1	Karabo Sibanda	Botswana	46.23	Q
6	1	Alagie Salim Drammeh	Gambia	46.41	Q
7	2	Alphas Kishoyian	Kenya	46.51	q
8	1	Raymond Kibet	Kenya	46.70	q
9	3	Stanley Kieti	Kenya	46.81
10	3	Orukpe Eraiyokan	Nigeria	46.84
11	1	Pieter Conradie	South Africa	46.94
12	1	Tubotein Taylor	Nigeria	47.00
13	2	Emmanuel Dasor	Ghana	47.12
14	2	Leonard Opiny	Uganda	47.40
15	3	Gilles Antony Afoumba	Congo	47.62
16	2	Thapelo Phora	South Africa	47.73
17	3	Connias Mudzingwa	Zimbabwe	47.82
18	1	Nigel Tom	Zimbabwe	47.93
19	2	Manqoba Nyoni	Swaziland	48.08
20	1	Louis Mashaba	Swaziland	48.33
21	2	Basilius Karupu	Namibia	49.29
22	3	Ahmat Mahamat Bachir	Chad	49.36
	3	Shaun de Jager	South Africa	DQ
	1	Abdelazim Mohamed	Sudan	DNS

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Baboloki Thebe	Botswana	44.69
	5	Karabo Sibanda	Botswana	45.42
	3	Chidi Okezie	Nigeria	45.76
4	7	Isaac Makwala	Botswana	46.58
5	8	Alagie Salim Drammeh	Gambia	46.71
6	2	Raymond Kibet	Kenya	46.80
7	1	Alphas Kishoyian	Kenya	46.95
	6	Sadam Koumi	Sudan	DQ