# 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.
| 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 | 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.
| 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

| 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 | |