# Athletics at the 2003 All-Africa Games – Men's 400 metres

Athletics at the 2003 All-Africa 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 | |
| 4×100 m relay | men | women |
| 4×400 m relay | men | women |
| Road events |||||
| 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 at the 2003 All-Africa Games were held on October 11–13.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Ezra Sambu Kenya | Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr Sudan | Sofiane Labidi Tunisia |

## 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 | 4 | Lloyd Zvasiya | Zimbabwe | 45.70 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr | Sudan | 45.89 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Vincent Mumo | Kenya | 46.28 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | California Molefe | Botswana | 46.31 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Musa Audu | Nigeria | 46.37 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Johnson Kubisa | Botswana | 46.54 | Q |
| 7 | 5 | Ezra Sambu | Kenya | 46.67 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Amin Badany Goma'a | Egypt | 46.87 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Seydina Doucouré | Senegal | 46.92 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Saul Weigopwa | Nigeria | 47.09 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | Sofiane Labidi | Tunisia | 47.09 | Q |
| 12 | 5 | Young Talkmore Nyongani | Zimbabwe | 47.15 | Q |
| 13 | 3 | Jeffrey Wilson | Zimbabwe | 47.20 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | James Godday | Nigeria | 47.31 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | Fernando Augustin | Mauritius | 47.43 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | Saliou Mbaye | Senegal | 47.59 | Q |
| 17 | 5 | Alemayehu Abebo | Ethiopia | 47.82 | Q |
| 18 | 1 | Hassan Fullah | Sierra Leone | 47.91 | Q |
| 18 | 5 | Kapena Rukero | Namibia | 47.91 | Q |
| 20 | 4 | Narcisse Tévoédjre | Benin | 47.93 | q |
| 21 | 5 | Albert Kobba | Sierra Leone | 48.09 | q |
| 22 | 1 | Brian Veron | Liberia | 48.43 | Q |
| 23 | 3 | Oumar Bella Bah | Guinea | 48.50 | q |
| 24 | 4 | Amadou Bocoum | Mali | 48.80 | q |
| 25 | 2 | Youba Hmeida | Mauritania | 48.92 | |
| 26 | 3 | Samuel Kiazolu | Liberia | 49.17 | |
| 27 | 2 | Mohamed Abdel Wahid | Sudan | 49.28 | |
| 28 | 2 | Varney Saidi | Liberia | 49.32 | |
| 29 | 1 | Moses Kondowe | Malawi | 49.71 | |
| 30 | 4 | David Aruna | Sierra Leone | 50.12 | |
| 31 | 5 | Ghirmay Tikabo | Eritrea | 50.54 | |
| 32 | 1 | Kitenge Fibel | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 50.56 | |
| 33 | 4 | Edgar Mbakouo Tsambi | Republic of the Congo | 51.48 | |
| | 1 | Fredrerick Kimou | Ivory Coast | DNS | |
| | 5 | Arlindo Leocadio Pinheiro | São Tomé and Príncipe | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Lloyd Zvasiya | Zimbabwe | 45.51 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Sofiane Labidi | Tunisia | 45.58 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Ezra Sambu | Kenya | 45.65 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr | Sudan | 45.93 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Vincent Mumo | Kenya | 46.20 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | California Molefe | Botswana | 46.24 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Johnson Kubisa | Botswana | 46.38 | q |
| 8 | 1 | Musa Audu | Nigeria | 46.52 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Saul Weigopwa | Nigeria | 46.70 | |
| 10 | 3 | James Godday | Nigeria | 46.71 | |
| 11 | 1 | Jeffrey Wilson | Zimbabwe | 47.00 | |
| 12 | 2 | Amin Badany Goma'a | Egypt | 47.15 | |
| 13 | 2 | Saliou Mbaye | Senegal | 47.20 | |
| 14 | 2 | Fernando Augustin | Mauritius | 47.30 | |
| 15 | 3 | Young Talkmore Nyongani | Zimbabwe | 47.45 | |
| 16 | 3 | Narcisse Tévoédjre | Benin | 47.76 | |
| 17 | 1 | Seydina Doucouré | Senegal | 47.96 | |
| 18 | 3 | Hassan Fullah | Sierra Leone | 48.30 | |
| 19 | 1 | Alemayehu Abebo | Ethiopia | 48.35 | |
| 20 | 1 | Kapena Rukero | Namibia | 48.62 | |
| 21 | 2 | Albert Kobba | Sierra Leone | 48.85 | |
| 22 | 1 | Amadou Bocoum | Mali | 48.97 | |
| 23 | 3 | Oumar Bella Bah | Guinea | 49.07 | |
| 24 | 2 | Brian Veron | Liberia | 49.29 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | Ezra Sambu | Kenya | 44.98 |
| | Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr | Sudan | 45.22 |
| | Sofiane Labidi | Tunisia | 45.42 |
| 4 | Vincent Mumo | Kenya | 45.63 |
| 5 | Lloyd Zvasiya | Zimbabwe | 45.97 |
| 6 | Musa Audu | Nigeria | 45.98 |
| 7 | Johnson Kubisa | Botswana | 46.03 |
| 8 | California Molefe | Botswana | 47.09 |