Athletics at the 2003 All-Africa Games – Men's 400 metres explained

The men's 400 metres at the 2003 All-Africa Games were held on October 11–13.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Ezra Sambu	Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr	Sofiane Labidi

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4			45.70	Q
2	4			45.89	Q
3	2			46.28	Q
4	4			46.31	Q
5	2			46.37	Q
6	1			46.54	Q
7	5			46.67	Q
8	3			46.87	Q
9	2			46.92	Q
10	1			47.09	Q
10	3			47.09	Q
12	5			47.15	Q
13	3			47.20	Q
14	4			47.31	Q
15	2			47.43	Q
16	3			47.59	Q
17	5			47.82	Q
18	1			47.91	Q
18	5			47.91	Q
20	4			47.93	q
21	5			48.09	q
22	1			48.43	Q
23	3			48.50	q
24	4			48.80	q
25	2			48.92
26	3			49.17
27	2			49.28
28	2			49.32
29	1			49.71
30	4			50.12
31	5			50.54
32	1			50.56
33	4			51.48
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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	2			45.51	Q
2	3			45.58	Q
3	3			45.65	Q
4	1			45.93	Q
5	1			46.20	Q
6	2			46.24	Q
7	3			46.38	q
8	1			46.52	q
9	2			46.70
10	3			46.71
11	1			47.00
12	2			47.15
13	2			47.20
14	2			47.30
15	3			47.45
16	3			47.76
17	1			47.96
18	3			48.30
19	1			48.35
20	1			48.62
21	2			48.85
22	1			48.97
23	3			49.07
24	2			49.29

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			44.98
			45.22
			45.42
4			45.63
5			45.97
6			45.98
7			46.03
8			47.09

References

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