# Athletics at the 2019 African Games – Men's 400 metres

Athletics at the 2019 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 2019 African Games was held on 26, 27 and 28 August in Rabat.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Leungo Scotch Botswana | Thapelo Phora South Africa | Chidi Okezie Nigeria |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Derrick Mokaleng | South Africa | 46.41 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Ditiro Nzamani | Botswana | 46.42 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Alphas Kishoyian | Kenya | 46.46 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ojeli | Nigeria | 46.48 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Chidi Okezie | Nigeria | 46.65 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | Thapelo Phora | South Africa | 46.83 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Gilles Anthony Afoumba | Republic of the Congo | 46.87 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Erayokan Orukpe | Nigeria | 46.94 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | Va-Sheku Sheriff | Sierra Leone | 46.98 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | Leonard Opiny | Uganda | 47.05 | q |
| 11 | 5 | Kennedy Luchembe | Zambia | 47.07 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Gardeo Isaacs | South Africa | 47.15 | q |
| 13 | 2 | Leungo Scotch | Botswana | 47.32 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | Cheikh Tidiane Diouf | Senegal | 47.39 | Q |
| 15 | 6 | Joseph Poghisio Loshangar | Kenya | 47.41 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | Isaac Makwala | Botswana | 47.48 | q |
| 17 | 3 | Modou Lamin Bah | Gambia | 47.51 | q |
| 18 | 3 | Andile Lusenga | Eswatini | 47.53 | q |
| 19 | 5 | Sadam Koumi | Sudan | 47.58 | Q |
| 20 | 3 | Gideon Ernst Narib | Namibia | 47.68 | q |
| 21 | 6 | Said El Guebbaz | Morocco | 47.72 | Q |
| 22 | 4 | Leon Tafirenyika | Zimbabwe | 47.73 | |
| 23 | 5 | Alexander Bock | Namibia | 47.78 | |
| 24 | 2 | Haron Adoli | Uganda | 47.87 | Q |
| 25 | 1 | Djakaridia Bamba | Mali | 47.98 | |
| 26 | 3 | Nsangou Tetndap | Cameroon | 48.06 | |
| 27 | 2 | Frederick Mendy | Senegal | 48.23 | Q |
| 28 | 5 | Dickson Kapandura | Zimbabwe | 48.42 | |
| 29 | 5 | Moussa Zaroumey | Niger | 48.46 | |
| 30 | 6 | Jeremy Cotte | Mauritius | 48.46 | Q |
| 31 | 1 | Abduraman Abdo | Ethiopia | 48.60 | |
| 32 | 2 | Golden Gunde | Malawi | 48.67 | |
| 33 | 6 | Efrem Mekonnen | Ethiopia | 48.67 | |
| 34 | 4 | Raymond Kibet | Kenya | 48.86 | |
| 35 | 4 | Ali Khamis Gulam | Tanzania | 48.96 | |
| 36 | 6 | Stefano Bibi | Seychelles | 49.04 | |
| 37 | 1 | Rodwell Ndlovu | Zimbabwe | 49.05 | |
| 38 | 2 | Bachir Ahmat Mahamat | Chad | 49.14 | |
| 39 | 2 | Mustefa Edeo | Ethiopia | 49.21 | |
| 40 | 1 | Akoon Akoon | South Sudan | 49.77 | |
| 41 | 6 | Esmaiel Freitas | São Tomé and Príncipe | 50.33 | |
| 42 | 2 | Alford Conteh | Sierra Leone | 50.35 | |
| 43 | 6 | Benjamini Michael Kulwa | Tanzania | 50.85 | |
| | 5 | Younes Chattoui | Morocco | 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 | Leungo Scotch | Botswana | 45.52 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Thapelo Phora | South Africa | 45.67 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Chidi Okezie | Nigeria | 46.20 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ojeli | Nigeria | 46.21 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Gilles Anthony Afoumba | Republic of the Congo | 46.22 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Ditiro Nzamani | Botswana | 46.23 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Gardeo Isaacs | South Africa | 46.52 | q |
| 8 | 3 | Isaac Makwala | Botswana | 46.55 | |
| 9 | 2 | Alphas Kishoyian | Kenya | 46.61 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | Sadam Koumi | Sudan | 46.63 | |
| 11 | 1 | Va-Sheku Sheriff | Sierra Leone | 46.66 | |
| 12 | 2 | Derrick Mokaleng | South Africa | 46.67 | |
| 13 | 1 | Joseph Poghisio Loshangar | Kenya | 46.69 | |
| 14 | 1 | Andile Lusenga | Eswatini | 46.78 | |
| 15 | 3 | Cheikh Tidiane Diouf | Senegal | 46.85 | |
| 16 | 3 | Kennedy Luchembe | Zambia | 46.98 | |
| 17 | 3 | Modou Lamin Bah | Gambia | 47.09 | |
| 18 | 1 | Frederick Mendy | Senegal | 47.41 | |
| 19 | 2 | Leonard Opiny | Uganda | 47.56 | |
| 20 | 1 | Said El Guebbaz | Morocco | 47.78 | |
| 21 | 2 | Haron Adoli | Uganda | 48.01 | |
| | 2 | Gideon Ernst Narib | Namibia | DNF | |
| | 2 | Jeremy Cotte | Mauritius | DQ | |
| | 2 | Erayokan Orukpe | Nigeria | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 5 | Leungo Scotch | Botswana | 45.27 |
| | 3 | Thapelo Phora | South Africa | 45.59 |
| | 4 | Chidi Okezie | Nigeria | 45.61 |
| 4 | 2 | Gilles Anthony Afoumba | Republic of the Congo | 45.96 |
| 5 | 7 | Alphas Kishoyian | Kenya | 45.97 |
| 6 | 8 | Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ojeli | Nigeria | 46.05 |
| 7 | 6 | Ditiro Nzamani | Botswana | 46.15 |
| 8 | 1 | Gardeo Isaacs | South Africa | 46.79 |