# 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 |
| | 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 |