# Athletics at the 2007 All-Africa Games – Men's 400 metres

Athletics at the 2007 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 | 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 at the 2007 All-Africa Games were held on July 18–20.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| California Molefe Botswana | Talkmore Nyongani Zimbabwe | Mathieu Gnanligo Benin |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | California Molefe | Botswana | 45.67 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | James Godday | Nigeria | 45.81 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr | Sudan | 45.84 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Eric Milazar | Mauritius | 46.03 | Q, SB |
| 5 | 2 | Mathieu Gnanligo | Benin | 46.08 | q |
| 6 | 1 | Talkmore Nyongani | Zimbabwe | 46.24 | Q |
| 7 | 6 | George Kwoba | Kenya | 46.59 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Ezra Sambu | Kenya | 46.62 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Thomas Musembi | Kenya | 46.72 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Mamadou Hanne | Mali | 46.67 | q, SB |
| 11 | 6 | Lewis Banda | Zimbabwe | 46.68 | Q |
| 12 | 6 | Ali Khamis M. Kadam | Tanzania | 46.73 | Q, PB |
| 13 | 5 | Nelton Ndebele | Zimbabwe | 46.75 | Q |
| 14 | 1 | Miloud Rahmani | Algeria | 46.76 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | Mamadou Gueye | Senegal | 46.94 | q, PB |
| 16 | 3 | Saul Weigopwa | Nigeria | 47.03 | Q |
| 16 | 5 | Mohamed Mosbah | Libya | 47.03 | Q, NR |
| 18 | 5 | Isaac Makwala | Botswana | 47.24 | q |
| 19 | 4 | Gakolokelwang Masheto | Botswana | 47.30 | Q |
| 20 | 3 | Fernando Augustin | Mauritius | 47.46 | Q |
| 21 | 1 | Samuel Egadu | Uganda | 47.48 | q |
| 22 | 4 | Bola Lawal | Nigeria | 47.51 | Q |
| 23 | 4 | Jean François Degrace | Mauritius | 47.81 | Q, SB |
| 24 | 3 | Ofentse Mogawane | South Africa | 48.10 | q |
| 25 | 5 | Haile Merih Weldemicael | Eritrea | 48.25 | NR |
| 26 | 1 | Modou Lamin Kujabi | Gambia | 48.27 | PB |
| 27 | 1 | Aboubakar Tawerghi | Libya | 48.41 | PB |
| 28 | 5 | Nicolau Palanca | Angola | 48.43 | NJR |
| 29 | 4 | Ismaïla Manga | Gambia | 48.94 | PB |
| 30 | 5 | Moissa Bizimana | Rwanda | 49.22 | |
| 31 | 1 | Souleimone Chabal | Mauritania | 49.30 | |
| 32 | 3 | Ahmat Ousmane | Chad | 49.47 | |
| 33 | 2 | Sangwa Kibambe | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 50.11 | |
| 34 | 6 | Geramias da Silva | Guinea-Bissau | 50.22 | |
| 35 | 4 | Oumar Bella Bah | Guinea | 50.41 | |
| 36 | 6 | Paul Gorries | South Africa | 50.74 | |
| 37 | 6 | Jiddou Khoye | Mauritania | 51.28 | |
| 38 | 4 | Thibault Biwawou | Gabon | 51.34 | |
| | 6 | Adam El Nour | Sudan | DNF | |
| | 2 | Frank Puriza | Namibia | DNS | |
| | 3 | Nouha Badji | Senegal | DNS | |
| | 3 | Zemenu Kassa | Ethiopia | DNS | |
| | 4 | Tangeni Akwenye | Namibia | 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 | 3 | Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr | Sudan | 45.25 | Q, SB |
| 2 | 2 | California Molefe | Botswana | 45.64 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Talkmore Nyongani | Zimbabwe | 45.66 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | James Godday | Nigeria | 45.70 | q, SB |
| 5 | 1 | Mathieu Gnanligo | Benin | 46.05 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Bola Lawal | Nigeria | 46.08 | Q, SB |
| 7 | 2 | George Kwoba | Kenya | 46.21 | q, SB |
| 8 | 3 | Eric Milazar | Mauritius | 46.29 | |
| 9 | 1 | California Molefe | Botswana | 46.30 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Saul Weigopwa | Nigeria | 46.51 | |
| 11 | 2 | Mohamed Mosbah | Libya | 46.55 | NR |
| 12 | 2 | Miloud Rahmani | Algeria | 46.57 | PB |
| 13 | 2 | Nelton Ndebele | Zimbabwe | 46.57 | PB |
| 14 | 1 | Ezra Sambu | Kenya | 46.71 | |
| 15 | 3 | Thomas Musembi | Kenya | 46.75 | |
| 16 | 3 | Mamadou Gueye | Senegal | 46.98 | |
| 17 | 3 | Isaac Makwala | Botswana | 47.02 | |
| 18 | 3 | Ai Khamis M. Kadam | Tanzania | 47.08 | |
| 19 | 1 | Samuel Egadu | Uganda | 47.15 | PB |
| 20 | 1 | Lewis Banda | Zimbabwe | 47.22 | |
| 21 | 1 | Jean-François Degrace | Mauritius | 47.88 | |
| 22 | 2 | Ofentse Mogawane | South Africa | 47.96 | |
| 23 | 2 | Fernando Augustin | Mauritius | 48.02 | |
| 24 | 1 | Mamadou Hanne | Mali | 48.19 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | California Molefe | Botswana | 45.59 | SB |
| | Talkmore Nyongani | Zimbabwe | 45.76 | |
| | Mathieu Gnanligo | Benin | 45.89 | NR |
| 4 | James Godday | Nigeria | 46.02 | |
| 5 | Bola Lawal | Nigeria | 46.26 | |
| 6 | Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr | Sudan | 46.29 | |
| 7 | Gakolokelwang Masheto | Botswana | 46.43 | |
| 8 | George Kwoba | Kenya | 46.45 | |