African Games 2019 / Athletics - Men's 400m
The men's 400-meter run at the 2019 African Games took place on August 26th, 27th and 28th at the Stade Moulay Abdallah in Rabat .
43 runners from 26 countries took part in the competition. The gold medal went to Leungo Scotch with 45.27 s, silver went to Thapelo Phora with 45.59 s and the bronze medal went to Chidi Okezie with 45.61 s.
Records
| World record |
 Wayde van Niekerk
|
43.03 s | Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil | August 14, 2016 |
| Record of games |
 Innocent Egbunike
|
44.23 s | African Games in Nairobi , Kenya | August 1987 |
Prelims
From the six preliminary runs, the first three of each run - highlighted in light blue - and also the six fastest - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semifinals.
Run 1
August 26, 2019, 4:31 pm
| space | train | athlete | country | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6th | Ditiro Nzamani |
 Botswana
|
46.42 |
| 2 | 2 | Alphas Kishoyian |
 Kenya
|
46.46 |
| 3 | 7th | Orukpe Erayokan |
Nigeria
|
46.94 |
| 4th | 1 | Gardeo Isaacs |
South Africa
|
47.15 |
| 5 | 4th | Djakaridia Bamba |
 Mali
|
47.98 |
| 6th | 8th | Abduraman Abdo Busa |
 Ethiopia
|
48.60 |
| 7th | 3 | Rodwell Ndlovuo |
 Zimbabwe
|
49.05 |
| 8th | 5 | Akoon Akoon |
 South Sudan
|
49.77 |
Run 2
August 26, 2019, 4:38 pm
| space | train | athlete | country | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Leungo Scotch |
Botswana
|
47.32 |
| 2 | 4th | Haron Adoli |
 Uganda
|
47.87 |
| 3 | 5 | Frederick Mendy |
 Senegal
|
48.23 |
| 4th | 7th | Golden Gunde |
 Malawi
|
48.67 |
| 5 | 6th | Bachir Ahmat Mahamat |
 Chad
|
49.14 |
| 6th | 2 | Mustefa Edeo Kabeto |
Ethiopia
|
49.21 |
| 7th | 8th | Alford Conteh |
 Sierra Leone
|
50.35 |
Run 3
August 26, 2019, 4:45 p.m.
| space | train | athlete | country | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4th | Chidi Okezie |
Nigeria
|
46.65 |
| 2 | 2 | Gilles Anthony Afoumba |
 Republic of the Congo
|
46.87 |
| 3 | 6th | Cheikh Tidiane Diouf |
Senegal
|
47.39 |
| 4th | 8th | Momodou Lamine Bah |
 Gambia
|
47.51 |
| 5 | 3 | Andile Vincent Lusenga |
 Swaziland
|
47.53 |
| 6th | 5 | Gideon Ernst Narib |
 Namibia
|
47.68 |
| 7th | 7th | Nsangou Tetndap |
 Cameroon
|
48.06 |
Run 4
August 26, 2019, 4:52 p.m.
| space | train | athlete | country | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | Derrick Mokaleng |
South Africa
|
46.41 |
| 2 | 4th | Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ojeli |
Nigeria
|
46.48 |
| 3 | 2 | Va-sheku Sualiho Sheriff |
Sierra Leone
|
46.98 |
| 4th | 3 | Leonard Opiny |
Uganda
|
47.05 |
| 5 | 1 | Isaac Makwala |
Botswana
|
47.48 |
| 6th | 7th | Leon Tafirenyika |
Zimbabwe
|
47.73 |
| 7th | 8th | Raymond Kibet |
Kenya
|
48.86 |
| 8th | 6th | Ali Khamis Gulam |
 Tanzania
|
48.96 |
Run 5
August 26, 2019, 4:59 p.m.
| space | train | athlete | country | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4th | Thapelo Phora |
South Africa
|
46.83 |
| 2 | 6th | Luchembe Kennedy |
 Zambia
|
47.07 |
| 3 | 3 | Sadam Koumi |
 Sudan
|
47.58 |
| 4th | 7th | Alexander Bock |
Namibia
|
47.78 |
| 5 | 8th | Dickson Kapandura |
Zimbabwe
|
48.42 |
| 6th | 5 | Moussa Zaroumey |
 Niger
|
48.46 |
| 2 | Younes Chattoui |
 Morocco
|
DNS |
Run 6
August 26, 2019, 5:06 p.m.
| space | train | athlete | country | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4th | Joseph Poghisio Loshangar |
Kenya
|
47.41 |
| 2 | 7th | Said El Guibbaz |
Morocco
|
47.72 |
| 3 | 6th | Jeremy Cotte |
 Mauritius
|
48.46 |
| 4th | 3 | Ephrem Mekonnen |
Ethiopia
|
48.67 |
| 5 | 5 | Stefano Bibi |
 Seychelles
|
49.04 |
| 6th | 2 | Esmaiel dos Ramos O Freitas |
 Sao Tome and Principe
|
50.33 |
| 7th | 8th | Benjamini Michael Kulwa |
Tanzania
|
50.85 |
Semifinals
From the three semi-finals, the first two of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the two fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualified for the final.
Run 1
August 27, 2019, 4:24 p.m.
| space | train | athlete | country | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6th | Leungo Scotch |
Botswana
|
45.52 |
| 2 | 5 | Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ojeli |
Nigeria
|
46.21 |
| 3 | 1 | Gardeo Isaacs |
South Africa
|
46.52 |
| 4th | 7th | Va-sheku Sualiho Sheriff |
Sierra Leone
|
46.66 |
| 5 | 3 | Joseph Poghiso Loshangar |
Kenya
|
46.69 |
| 6th | 2 | Andile Vincent Lusenga |
Swaziland
|
46.71 |
| 7th | 8th | Frederick Mendy |
Senegal
|
47.41 |
| 8th | 4th | Said El Guebbaz |
Morocco
|
47.78 |
Run 2
August 27, 2019, 4:31 pm
| space | train | athlete | country | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Ditiro Nzamani |
Botswana
|
46.23 |
| 2 | 6th | Alphas Kishoyian |
Kenya
|
46.61 |
| 3 | 5 | Derrick Mokaleng |
South Africa
|
46.67 |
| 4th | 2 | Leonard Opiny |
Uganda
|
47.56 |
| 5 | 4th | Haron Adoli |
Uganda
|
48.01 |
| 1 | Gideon Ernst Narib |
Namibia
|
DNF | |
| 7th | Jeremy Cotte |
Mauritius
|
DSQ 1 | |
| 8th | Orukpe Erayokan |
Nigeria
|
DNS |
1 Rule 162.7: false start
Run 3
August 27, 2019, 4:38 pm
| space | train | athlete | country | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4th | Thapelo Phora |
South Africa
|
45.67 |
| 2 | 5 | Chidi Okezie |
Nigeria
|
46.20 |
| 3 | 3 | Gilles Anthony Afoumba |
Republic of the Congo
|
46.22 |
| 4th | 1 | Isaac Makwala |
Botswana
|
46.55 |
| 5 | 8th | Sadam Koumi |
Sudan
|
46.63 |
| 6th | 7th | Cheikh Tidiane Diouf |
Senegal
|
46.85 |
| 7th | 6th | Luchembe Kennedy |
Zambia
|
46.98 |
| 8th | 2 | Momodou Lamine Bah |
Gambia
|
47.09 |
final
August 28, 2019, 5:59 p.m.
| space | train | athlete | country | Time (s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
5 | Leungo Scotch |
Botswana
|
45.27 |
|
3 | Thapelo Phora |
South Africa
|
45.59 |
|
4th | Chidi Okezie |
Nigeria
|
45.61 |
| 4th | 2 | Gilles Anthony Afoumba |
Republic of the Congo
|
45.96 |
| 5 | 7th | Alphas Kishoyian |
Kenya
|
45.97 |
| 6th | 8th | Ifeanyi Emmanuel Ojeli |
Nigeria
|
46.05 |
| 7th | 6th | Ditiro Nzamani |
Botswana
|
46.15 |
| 8th | 1 | Gardeo Isaacs |
South Africa
|
46.79 |
Web links and sources
- Results on the 2019 African Games website
- Results. (PDF; 1.4 MB) In: atos.net. Retrieved September 2, 2019 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ International competition rules. (PDF; 4.3 MB) In: Leichtathletik.de. Retrieved August 8, 2019 .