# 2002 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 2002 African Championships in Athletics was held in Radès, Tunisia on August 6–8.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Eric Milazar Mauritius | Sofiane Labidi Tunisia | Marcus la Grange South Africa |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Adem Hecini | Algeria | 46.45 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Fernando Augustin | Mauritius | 46.56 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Marcus la Grange | South Africa | 46.69 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Abdellatif El Ghazaoui | Morocco | 46.72 | q |
| 5 | 2 | Amin Badany Goma'a | Egypt | 46.75 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | Nabil Jabir | Morocco | 46.83 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Ezrah Sambu | Kenya | 47.22 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Seydina Doucouré | Senegal | 47.41 | q |
| 9 | 4 | Sofiane Labidi | Tunisia | 47.65 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | Eric Milazar | Mauritius | 47.69 | Q |
| 11 | 4 | Johnson Kubisa | Botswana | 47.74 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Narcisse Tevoedjre | Benin | 47.75 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | Papa Serigne Diene | Senegal | 48.13 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | Abdelkrim Khoudri | Morocco | 48.37 | q |
| 15 | 2 | Laroussi Titi | Tunisia | 48.54 | q |
| 16 | 1 | Gezahegn Alemu | Ethiopia | 48.56 | q |
| 17 | 5 | Youba Hmeida | Mauritania | 48.72 | |
| 18 | 3 | Evans Marie | Seychelles | 48.77 | |
| 19 | 4 | Ousmane Niang | Senegal | 48.93 | |
| 20 | 5 | Abubaker El Gatroni | Libya | 49.27 | |
| 21 | 1 | Jean-François Degrace | Mauritius | 49.36 | |
| 22 | 4 | Vital Manibakiza | Rwanda | 50.40 | |
| 23 | 5 | Joseph Kagisye | Burundi | 50.46 | |
| 24 | 3 | Antonio Nzovo Ngonga | Angola | 50.80 | |
| 25 | 2 | Michael Tesfay | Eritrea | 54.81 | |
| | 1 | Manuel Marques | Angola | DNS | |
| | 1 | Thomas Sahr | Sierra Leone | DNS | |
| | 1 | Frank Turay | Sierra Leone | DNS | |
| | 2 | John Fullah | Sierra Leone | DNS | |
| | 3 | Gary Kikaya | Democratic Republic of the Congo | DNS | |
| | 3 | Young Talkmore Nyongani | Zimbabwe | DNS | |
| | 3 | Malik Louahla | Algeria | DNS | |
| | 4 | Lewis Banda | Zimbabwe | DNS | |
| | 4 | Benjamin Youla | Republic of the Congo | DNS | |
| | 5 | Philip Mukomana | Zimbabwe | DNS | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Adem Hecini | Algeria | 45.98 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Eric Milazar | Mauritius | 46.07 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Sofiane Labidi | Tunisia | 46.09 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Marcus la Grange | South Africa | 46.53 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Johnson Kubisa | Botswana | 46.55 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Fernando Augustin | Mauritius | 46.64 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Ezrah Sambu | Kenya | 46.70 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Abdellatif El Ghazaoui | Morocco | 46.80 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Amin Badany Goma'a | Egypt | 47.04 | |
| 10 | 1 | Seydina Doucouré | Senegal | 47.38 | |
| 11 | 1 | Nabil Jabir | Morocco | 47.77 | |
| 12 | 1 | Narcisse Tevoedjre | Benin | 48.09 | |
| 13 | 2 | Abdelkrim Khoudri | Morocco | 48.36 | |
| 14 | 1 | Gezahegn Alemu | Ethiopia | 48.43 | |
| 15 | 2 | Laroussi Titi | Tunisia | 48.76 | |
| | 2 | Papa Serigne Diene | Senegal | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Eric Milazar | Mauritius | 45.67 |
| | Sofiane Labidi | Tunisia | 45.87 |
| | Marcus la Grange | South Africa | 45.95 |
| 4 | Adem Hecini | Algeria | 46.26 |
| 5 | Fernando Augustin | Mauritius | 47.03 |
| 6 | Abdellatif El Ghazaoui | Morocco | 47.26 |
| 7 | Johnson Kubisa | Botswana | 1:07.97 |
| | Ezrah Sambu | Kenya | DNS |