# 2006 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 2006 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Germain Comarmond on August 9–11.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Gary Kikaya Democratic Republic of the Congo | Paul Gorries South Africa | Talkmore Nyongani Zimbabwe |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Lewis Banda | Zimbabwe | 46.19 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | California Molefe | Botswana | 46.23 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Gary Kikaya | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 46.27 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Talkmore Nyongani | Zimbabwe | 46.42 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Paul Gorries | South Africa | 46.52 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Ofentse Mogawane | South Africa | 46.53 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Malik Louahla | Algeria | 46.66 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | George Kwoba | Kenya | 46.71 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | James Godday | Nigeria | 46.83 | q |
| 10 | 1 | Fernando Augustin | Mauritius | 46.89 | q |
| 11 | 4 | Sammy Rono | Kenya | 46.93 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | Gakologelwang Masheto | Botswana | 46.95 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | Eric Milazar | Mauritius | 46.96 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | Thomas Musembi | Kenya | 46.97 | q |
| 15 | 1 | Younés Belkaifa | Morocco | 46.99 | q |
| 16 | 2 | Ismail Daif | Morocco | 47.06 | q |
| 17 | 4 | Bobby Young | Liberia | 47.27 | |
| 18 | 3 | Obakeng Ngwigwa | Botswana | 47.45 | |
| 19 | 3 | Abeje Habtamu | Ethiopia | 47.61 | |
| 20 | 3 | Abdelkrim Khoudri | Morocco | 47.69 | |
| 21 | 4 | Mathieu Gnanligo | Benin | 47.76 | |
| 22 | 3 | Jan van der Merwe | South Africa | 47.79 | |
| 23 | 1 | Narcisse Tevoedjre | Benin | 48.26 | |
| 23 | 4 | Jean François Degrace | Mauritius | 48.26 | |
| 25 | 2 | Travis Hardy | Seychelles | 50.62 | |
| 26 | 1 | Stephen Moosoudee | Seychelles | 50.71 | |
| 27 | 4 | Etienne Gashagaza | Rwanda | 52.07 | |
| | 1 | Bawa Fuseini | Ghana | DNS | |
| | 2 | Bright Dzokoto | Ghana | DNS | |
| | 2 | Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr | Sudan | DNS | |
| | 3 | Daniel Mensah Kwei | Ghana | DNS | |
| | 4 | Saul Weigopwa | Nigeria | DNS | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Gary Kikaya | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 45.78 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Paul Gorries | South Africa | 45.90 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Malik Louahla | Algeria | 46.05 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Ofentse Mogawane | South Africa | 46.11 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Talkmore Nyongani | Zimbabwe | 46.17 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | George Kwoba | Kenya | 46.30 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | James Godday | Nigeria | 46.33 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Lewis Banda | Zimbabwe | 46.35 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | California Molefe | Botswana | 46.39 | |
| 10 | 1 | Sammy Rono | Kenya | 46.79 | |
| 11 | 1 | Eric Milazar | Mauritius | 46.81 | |
| 12 | 2 | Thomas Musembi | Kenya | 46.93 | |
| 13 | 2 | Gakologelwang Masheto | Botswana | 47.30 | |
| 14 | 1 | Ismail Daif | Morocco | 47.35 | |
| 15 | 2 | Fernando Augustin | Mauritius | 47.67 | |
| 16 | 2 | Younés Belkaifa | Morocco | 47.80 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 3 | Gary Kikaya | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 45.03 |
| | 6 | Paul Gorries | South Africa | 45.56 |
| | 7 | Talkmore Nyongani | Zimbabwe | 45.60 |
| 4 | 4 | Malik Louahla | Algeria | 45.69 |
| 5 | 2 | James Godday | Nigeria | 46.15 |
| 6 | 5 | Ofentse Mogawane | South Africa | 46.44 |
| 7 | 8 | Lewis Banda | Zimbabwe | 47.18 |
| 8 | 1 | George Kwoba | Kenya | 47.66 |