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

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