Athletics at the 2015 African Games – Men's 400 metres

Athletics at the 2015 African Games
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
Half marathon		men		women
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 2015 African Games was held between 13 and 15 September.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Isaac Makwala   Botswana	Boniface Mweresa   Kenya	Onkabetse Nkobolo   Botswana

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Onkabetse Nkobolo	Botswana	45.46	Q
2	4	Isaac Makwala	Botswana	45.63	Q
3	4	Boniface Mweresa	Kenya	45.83	Q
4	3	Orukpe Erayokan	Nigeria	45.84	Q
5	1	Sadam Elnour	Sudan	45.85	Q
6	2	Alex Sampao	Kenya	46.10	Q
7	3	Saviour Kombe	Zambia	46.12	Q
8	1	Samson Oghenewegba Nathaniel	Nigeria	46.24	Q
9	2	Emmanuel Dasor	Ghana	46.27	Q
10	4	Rodwell Ndhlovu	Zimbabwe	46.40	Q
11	3	Daniel Gyasi	Ghana	46.43	Q
12	4	Robert Simmonson	Nigeria	46.60	Q
13	1	Raymond Kibet	Kenya	46.67	Q
14	2	Ofentse Mogawane	South Africa	46.70	Q
15	1	George Effah	Ghana	46.79	Q
16	2	Ernst Narib	Namibia	47.07	Q
17	1	Leaname Maotoanong	Botswana	47.16	q
18	4	Kenenisa Hailu	Ethiopia	47.19	q
18	3	Mahamat Bachir Ahmat	Chad	47.19	q, SB
20	3	Denis Opio	Uganda	47.27	q
21	2	Diakalia Bamba	Mali	47.39	q
22	3	Mamadou Gueye	Senegal	47.49	q
23	1	Marie Heddy	Seychelles	47.70	q
24	4	Mohamed Khouaja	Libya	47.82	q
25	1	Leonard Opiny	Uganda	48.40
26	4	Gustave Ndadobo	Republic of the Congo	48.59
27	2	Haji Ture	Ethiopia	49.01
28	1	Fasum Tesfahuney	Eritrea	49.54
29	1	Joseph Sinkala	Zambia	49.55
30	4	Ibdalazim Mohamed	Sudan	49.90
31	3	Bockarie Sesay	Sierra Leone	50.17
	2	Gilles Anthony Afoumba	Republic of the Congo	DQ	R162.8^[2]
	2	Retselistisoe Gsoeu	Lesotho	DNS
	3	Fikru Abu	Ethiopia	DNS
	4	Gatkuoth Ruben Yutchol	South Sudan	DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Isaac Makwala	Botswana	44.87	Q
2	2	Orukpe Erayokan	Nigeria	44.95	Q
3	2	Onkabetse Nkobolo	Botswana	45.10	Q, SB
4	1	Boniface Mweresa	Kenya	45.15	Q, SB
5	3	Alex Sampao	Kenya	45.31	Q, SB
6	3	Sadam Elnour	Sudan	45.41	Q
7	3	Saviour Kombe	Zambia	45.57	q, SB
8	2	Raymond Kibet	Kenya	45.66	q, SB
9	1	Ofentse Mogawane	South Africa	45.75
10	1	Samson Oghenewegba Nathaniel	Nigeria	45.80
11	3	Leaname Maotoanong	Botswana	45.99
12	2	Emmanuel Dasor	Ghana	46.02
13	3	Rodwell Ndhlovu	Zimbabwe	46.04
14	1	Daniel Gyasi	Ghana	46.45
15	2	George Effah	Ghana	46.65	SB
16	2	Kenenisa Hailu	Ethiopia	46.83
17	3	Diakalia Bamba	Mali	46.96
18	2	Mahamat Bachir Ahmat	Chad	47.13	SB
19	3	Mamadou Gueye	Senegal	47.26
20	1	Denis Opio	Uganda	47.39
21	1	Ernst Narib	Namibia	47.49
	1	Marie Heddy	Seychelles	DNS
	2	Mohamed Khouaja	Libya	DNS
	3	Robert Simmonson	Nigeria	DNS

Final

^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Isaac Makwala	Botswana	44.35
	8	Boniface Mweresa	Kenya	45.01	SB
	6	Onkabetse Nkobolo	Botswana	45.50
4	4	Alex Sampao	Kenya	45.59
5	9	Sadam Elnour	Sudan	45.69
6	7	Orukpe Erayokan	Nigeria	45.73
7	3	Raymond Kibet	Kenya	45.79
8	2	Saviour Kombe	Zambia	46.65

References

1. Heats results
2. False start
3. Semifinal 1 results, Semifinal 2 results, Semifinal 3 results
4. Final results