2014 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres

Events at the 2014 African
Championships in Athletics

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
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

The men's 400 metres event at the 2014 African Championships in Athletics was held August 10–12 on Stade de Marrakech.[1]

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Isaac Makwala
 Botswana
Wayde van Niekerk
 South Africa
Boniface Mucheru
 Kenya

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 4 Isaac Makwala  Botswana 45.87 Q
2 4 Savior Kombe  Zambia 46.07 Q
3 3 Pako Seribe  Botswana 46.12 Q
4 3 Boniface Mucheru  Kenya 46.58 Q
5 1 Wayde van Niekerk  South Africa 46.78 Q
5 2 Onkabetse Nkobolo  Botswana 46.78 Q
7 1 Gyles Afoumba  Republic of the Congo 46.80 Q
8 1 Kenenisa Hailu  Ethiopia 46.82 Q
9 2 Noah Akwu  Nigeria 46.88 Q
10 2 Haji Turie  Ethiopia 46.90 Q
11 2 Mark Mutai  Kenya 46.93 q
12 4 Younés Belkaifa  Morocco 46.96 Q
13 3 Mohamed Khwaja  Libya 46.98 Q
14 4 Daniel Gyasi  Ghana 47.07 q
15 1 Kwadwo Acheampong  Ghana 47.08 q
15 4 Denis Opio  Uganda 47.08 q
17 3 Isah Salihu  Nigeria 47.12
18 3 Emmanuel Mwewa  Zambia 47.26
19 2 Diakalia Bamba  Mali 47.31
20 1 Solomon Buoga  Kenya 47.41
21 4 Abdulsalam Abutorkia  Libya 48.07
22 3 Gebra Galcha  Ethiopia 48.24
23 1 Cephas Nyimbili  Zambia 48.67
24 3 Mustapha Ghizlane  Morocco 49.51
25 3 Yonas Amanuel  Eritrea 51.49
26 2 Alseny Conde  Guinea 51.76
27 1 Robert Simmons  Nigeria DQ R162.6[2]
28 4 Rodwell Leroy Ndhlovu  Zimbabwe DNS

Semifinals

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

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Isaac Makwala  Botswana 45.58 Q
2 1 Pako Seribe  Botswana 45.62 Q
3 2 Savior Kombe  Zambia 45.74 Q
4 2 Noah Akwu  Nigeria 45.86 Q
5 2 Mohamed Khwaja  Libya 46.28 q
6 1 Boniface Mucheru  Kenya 46.38 Q
7 1 Daniel Gyasi  Ghana 46.65 Q
8 2 Wayde van Niekerk  South Africa 46.67 q
9 2 Mark Mutai  Kenya 46.77
10 1 Haji Turie  Ethiopia 46.90
11 1 Younés Belkaifa  Morocco 47.07
12 1 Gyles Afoumba  Republic of the Congo 47.09
13 2 Kwadwo Acheampong  Ghana 47.86
14 2 Kenenisa Hailu  Ethiopia 48.79
15 1 Onkabetse Nkobolo  Botswana DNF
165 1 Denis Opio  Uganda DNS

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st, gold medalist(s) 4 Isaac Makwala  Botswana 44.23 CR
2nd, silver medalist(s) 2 Wayde van Niekerk  South Africa 45.00
3rd, bronze medalist(s) 3 Boniface Mucheru  Kenya 45.07
4 5 Savior Kombe  Zambia 45.27
5 1 Mohamed Khwaja  Libya 45.40
6 6 Pako Seribe  Botswana 45.50
7 7 Noah Akwu  Nigeria 46.40
8 8 Daniel Gyasi  Ghana 46.94

References

  1. Results
  2. False start
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