2010 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics were held on July 28–30.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mohamed Khawaja Libya	Rabah Yousif Sudan	Gary Kikaya Democratic Republic of the Congo

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	James Godday	Nigeria	46.01	Q
2	5	Isaac Makwala	Botswana	46.07	Q
3	2	Mark Kiprotich Mutai	Kenya	46.11	Q
4	3	Rabah Yousif	Sudan	46.36	Q
5	1	Geoffrey Ngeno	Kenya	46.39	Q
6	4	Gary Kikaya	Democratic Republic of the Congo	46.54	Q
7	5	Ofentse Mogawane	South Africa	46.65	Q
8	3	Obakeng Ngwigwa	Botswana	46.66	Q
9	4	Anderson Mureta Mutegi	Kenya	46.72	Q
10	1	Marvin Lewis	Liberia	46.78	Q
11	3	Mohamed Khawaja	Libya	46.78	Q
12	3	Saul Weigopwa	Nigeria	46.94	Q
13	1	Eric Milazar	Mauritius	46.97	Q
14	4	Noah Akwu	Nigeria	47.03	Q
15	4	Mamadou Gueye	Senegal	47.16	Q
16	2	Bereket Desta	Ethiopia	47.16	Q
17	1	Saviour Kombe	Zambia	47.45	Q
18	3	Emmanuel Tugumisirize	Uganda	47.88	q
19	5	Lukungu Waisswa	Uganda	48.13	Q
20	3	David Tinago	Zimbabwe	48.42	q
21	2	Gift Soko	Zambia	48.55	Q
22	5	Zemenu Kassaw	Ethiopia	48.65	q
23	3	Yaovi Michael Gougou	Benin	49.06	q
24	2	Ramadhan Akula	Uganda	49.07	Q
25	4	Nicolau Ernesto Palanca	Angola	49.54
26	2	Thimote Bagina	Rwanda	49.97
27	2	Jeremias Silva	Guinea-Bissau	50.16	SB
	4	Hago Tadesse	Ethiopia	DQ
	1	Sakaria Kamberuka	Botswana	DNF
	5	Fousseni Mathie Gnanligo	Benin	DNF
	1	Golden Gunde	Malawi	DNS
	1	Sandro Rocha	Cape Verde	DNS
	1	Michael Taapatsa	Zimbabwe	DNS
	2	Jean Francois Degrace	Mauritius	DNS
	2	Awad Makki	Sudan	DNS
	4	Nelton Ndebele	Zimbabwe	DNS
	5	Fernando Augustin	Mauritius	DNS

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	Mohamed Khawaja	Libya	45.42	Q, SB
2	2	Gary Kikaya	Democratic Republic of the Congo	45.55	Q
3	2	Mark Kiprotich Mutai	Kenya	45.69	Q, SB
4	1	Rabah Yousif	Sudan	45.82	Q
5	3	Anderson Mureta Mutegi	Kenya	45.83	Q
6	1	Bereket Desta	Ethiopia	45.97	Q
7	2	Obakeng Ngwigwa	Botswana	46.12	q
8	1	Saul Weigopwa	Nigeria	46.21	q
9	1	Marvin Lewis	Liberia	46.26	PB
10	2	Ofentse Mogawane	South Africa	46.41
11	1	Geoffrey Ngeno	Kenya	46.45
12	3	James Godday	Nigeria	46.55
13	3	Eric Milazar	Mauritius	46.79
14	3	Isaac Makwala	Botswana	46.92
15	2	Mamadou Gueye	Senegal	46.98
16	3	Saviour Kombe	Zambia	47.32
17	1	Emmanuel Tugumisirize	Uganda	47.44
18	1	David Tinago	Zimbabwe	47.95
19	1	Gift Soko	Zambia	48.20
20	3	Lukungu Waisswa	Uganda	48.39
21	2	Ramadhan Akula	Uganda	48.48
22	2	Zemenu Kassaw	Ethiopia	49.04
23	3	Yaovi Michael Gougou	Benin	49.27
	2	Noah Akwu	Nigeria	DNS

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Mohamed Khawaja	Libya	44.98	NR
	5	Rabah Yousif	Sudan	45.18
	6	Gary Kikaya	Democratic Republic of the Congo	45.28
4	4	Mark Kiprotich Mutai	Kenya	45.28	SB
5	2	Obakeng Ngwigwa	Botswana	45.50	PB
6	7	Anderson Mureta Mutegi	Kenya	45.62
7	1	Saul Weigopwa	Nigeria	45.93
8	8	Bereket Desta	Ethiopia	47.14