2024 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Cheikh Tidiane Diouf Senegal	Lee Eppie Botswana	Samuel Ogazi Nigeria

Qualification: First 2 of each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Antony Pesela	Botswana	45.85	Q
2	4	Cheikh Tidiane Diouf	Senegal	46.09	Q
3	4	Boitumelo Masilo	Botswana	46.11	Q
4	1	Kevin Kipkorir	Kenya	46.13	Q
4	3	Dubem Amene	Nigeria	46.13	Q
6	2	Chidi Okezie	Nigeria	46.15	Q
7	3	Adrian Swart	South Africa	46.17	Q
8	5	Dennis Hove	Zimbabwe	46.18	Q
9	2	Boniface Mweresa	Kenya	46.32	Q
10	4	Takudzwa Chiyangwa	Zimbabwe	46.47	q
11	5	Mthi Mthimkulu	South Africa	46.50	q
12	2	Lee Eppie	Botswana	46.52	q
13	1	Samuel Ogazi	Nigeria	46.56	Q
14	3	Aaron Adoli	Uganda	46.70	q
15	2	Abdennour Bendjemaa	Algeria	46.74	q
16	1	Mohamed Zerhoum	Morocco	46.76	q
17	2	Gerren Muwishi	Zimbabwe	46.82
18	1	Gardeo Isaacs	South Africa	46.85
19	5	El Hadji Malick Soumare	Senegal	46.98
20	5	Kelvin Sane Tauta	Kenya	47.49
21	4	Elvis Gaseb	Namibia	47.58
22	1	Ivan Geldenhuys	Namibia	48.22
23	2	Evariste Nana Kuate	Cameroon	48.29
24	2	Elton Hoeseb	Namibia	48.57
25	5	Jules Waiga	Benin	48.73
26	3	Melkamu Assefa	Ethiopia	49.45
27	4	Godwin Edmond Hounthon	Benin	49.59
28	3	Nsangous Tetdap	Cameroon	50.51
	2	Fabrice Tenkeu Kengne	Cameroon	DNF
	5	Caleb Vadivello	Seychelles	DNF
	3	Abdou Idhat	Senegal	DNS
	3	Patrice Remandro	Madagascar	DNS
	4	El-Mir Reale	Reunion	DNS

Qualification: First 3 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Antony Pesela	Botswana	45.40	Q
2	2	Samuel Ogazi	Nigeria	45.44	Q
3	2	Takudzwa Chiyangwa	Zimbabwe	45.51	Q
4	2	Aaron Adoli	Uganda	45.66	Q
5	1	Boniface Mweresa	Kenya	45.70	Q
6	2	Cheikh Tidiane Diouf	Senegal	45.74	q
7	1	Dubem Amene	Nigeria	45.83	Q
8	1	Lee Eppie	Botswana	45.96	q
9	1	Chidi Okezie	Nigeria	45.96
10	2	Kevin Kipkorir	Kenya	46.01
11	2	Boitumelo Masilo	Botswana	46.16
12	1	Mohamed Zerhoum	Morocco	46.51
13	2	Abdennour Bendjemaa	Algeria	46.61
14	1	Mthi Mthimkulu	South Africa	46.73
15	2	Adrian Swart	South Africa	46.97
16	1	Dennis Hove	Zimbabwe	46.98

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time
	1	Cheikh Tidiane Diouf	Senegal	45.23
	2	Lee Eppie	Botswana	45.39
	4	Samuel Ogazi	Nigeria	45.47
4	5	Boniface Mweresa	Kenya	45.62
5	8	Aaron Adoli	Uganda	45.93
6	6	Antony Pesela	Botswana	46.17
7	7	Dubem Amene	Nigeria	46.27
8	3	Takudzwa Chiyangwa	Zimbabwe	46.51