Athletics at the 2023 African Games – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 2023 African Games was held on 18, 19 and 20 March 2024 in Accra, Ghana.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Chidi Okezie Nigeria	Muzala Samukonga Zambia	Cheikh Tidiane Diouf Senegal

Held on 18 March
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Cheikh Tidiane Diouf	Senegal	45.64	Q
2	2	Chidi Okezie	Nigeria	45.89	Q
3	6	Muzala Samukonga	Zambia	46.11	Q
4	6	Hamza Dair	Morocco	46.11	Q
5	2	David Sanayek	Kenya	46.18	Q
6	4	Aaron Adoli	Uganda	46.21	Q
7	1	Gerren Muwishi	Zimbabwe	46.23	Q
8	4	Dubem Nwachukwu	Nigeria	46.29	Q
9	3	Kenneddy Kimeu	Kenya	46.30	Q
10	5	Ernest Kumevu	Botswana	46.41	Q
11	6	Gilles Anthony Afoumba	Republic of the Congo	46.43	Q
12	6	Omphile Seribe	Botswana	46.45	q
13	1	Boitumelo Masilo	Botswana	46.46	Q
14	3	El Hadji Malick Soumare	Senegal	46.48	Q
15	4	Kennedy Luchembe	Zambia	46.60	Q
16	6	Tumisang Shezi	South Africa	46.68	q
17	1	Sikiru Adeyemi	Nigeria	46.72	Q
18	5	Biruk Tadesse	Ethiopia	46.84	Q
19	2	Abdou Aziz N'diaye	Senegal	47.05	Q
20	1	Andre Retief	Namibia	47.21	q
21	3	Zuze Leeford	Zimbabwe	47.29	Q
22	5	Rachid Mhamdi	Morocco	47.35	q
23	4	Ivan Geldenhuys	Namibia	47.56	q
24	1	Abdennour Bendjemaa	Algeria	47.59	q
25	1	Amara Conte	Guinea	47.65
26	2	Caleb Vadivello	Seychelles	47.66
27	2	Anas Es Saddik Hammouni	Algeria	47.69
28	2	Dux Lutahezi	Namibia	47.70
29	5	Martin Owusu-Antwi	Ghana	47.72
30	3	Solomon Diafo	Ghana	47.85
31	4	Melkamu Assefa	Ethiopia	48.06
32	1	Godwin Hounthon	Benin	48.20
33	3	Yohannes Kiflemariam	Eritrea	48.24	NR
34	3	Fouad Hamada	Algeria	48.37
35	6	Derek Kargbo	Sierra Leone	48.52
36	6	Abate Addisu	Ethiopia	48.68
37	5	Simon Atwell	Zimbabwe	48.91
38	3	Yash Aubeeluck	Mauritius	49.16
39	2	Esmael Freitas	São Tomé and Príncipe	49.26
40	5	Nabine Tabiou	Togo	49.44
41	3	Abu Bakarr Sesay	Sierra Leone	49.91
42	4	Neil Azemia	Seychelles	50.81
	4	Frank Addo	Ghana	DNS

Held on 19 March
Qualification: First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Muzala Samukonga	Zambia	45.51	Q
2	2	Cheikh Tidiane Diouf	Senegal	45.59	Q
3	1	Chidi Okezie	Nigeria	45.63	Q
4	1	Boitumelo Masilo	Botswana	45.87	Q
5	3	Ernest Kumevu	Botswana	45.89	Q
5	3	Dubem Nwachukwu	Nigeria	45.89	Q
7	3	Aaron Adoli	Uganda	45.95	q
8	1	Gerren Muwishi	Zimbabwe	46.16
9	2	Gilles Anthony Afoumba	Republic of the Congo	46.17	Q
10	2	Kenneddy Kimeu	Kenya	46.39
11	1	Tumisang Shezi	South Africa	46.40
12	1	David Sanayek	Kenya	46.48
13	2	Hamza Dair	Morocco	46.66
14	3	Biruk Tadesse	Ethiopia	46.77
15	3	Rachid Mhamdi	Morocco	46.84
16	1	Abdou Aziz N'diaye	Senegal	47.13
17	2	Zuze Leeford	Zimbabwe	47.25
18	2	Omphile Seribe	Botswana	47.28
19	2	Abdennour Bendjemaa	Algeria	47.48
20	1	Ivan Geldenhuys	Namibia	48.01
21	3	Andre Retief	Namibia	48.09
22	2	El Hadji Malick Soumare	Senegal	50.13
	1	Kennedy Luchembe	Zambia	DNF
	3	Sikiru Adeyemi	Nigeria	DNF

Held on 20 March^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	3	Chidi Okezie	Nigeria	45.06
	5	Muzala Samukonga	Zambia	45.37
	6	Cheikh Tidiane Diouf	Senegal	45.49
4	4	Boitumelo Masilo	Botswana	45.81
5	8	Ernest Kumevu	Botswana	46.09
6	1	Aaron Adoli	Uganda	46.16
7	2	Gilles Anthony Afoumba	Republic of the Congo	46.65
8	7	Dubem Nwachukwu	Nigeria	47.13