Athletics at the 2015 African Games – Men's 400 metres explained

The men's 400 metres event at the 2015 African Games was held between 13 and 15 September.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Isaac Makwala	Boniface Mweresa	Onkabetse Nkobolo

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			45.46	Q
2	4			45.63	Q
3	4			45.83	Q
4	3			45.84	Q
5	1			45.85	Q
6	2			46.10	Q
7	3			46.12	Q
8	1			46.24	Q
9	2			46.27	Q
10	4			46.40	Q
11	3			46.43	Q
12	4			46.60	Q
13	1			46.67	Q
14	2			46.70	Q
15	1			46.79	Q
16	2			47.07	Q
17	1			47.16	q
18	4			47.19	q
18	3			47.19	q, SB
20	3			47.27	q
21	2			47.39	q
22	3			47.49	q
23	1			47.70	q
24	4			47.82	q
25	1			48.40
26	4			48.59
27	2			49.01
28	1			49.54
29	1			49.55
30	4			49.90
31	3			50.17
	2				R162.8^[2]
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	3
	4

Semifinals

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	1			44.87	Q
2	2			44.95	Q
3	2			45.10	Q, SB
4	1			45.15	Q, SB
5	3			45.31	Q, SB
6	3			45.41	Q
7	3			45.57	q, SB
8	2			45.66	q, SB
9	1			45.75
10	1			45.80
11	3			45.99
12	2			46.02
13	3			46.04
14	1			46.45
15	2			46.65	SB
16	2			46.83
17	3			46.96
18	2			47.13	SB
19	3			47.26
20	1			47.39
21	1			47.49
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	2
	3

Final

^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5			44.35
	8			45.01	SB
	6			45.50
4	4			45.59
5	9			45.69
6	7			45.73
7	3			45.79
8	2			46.65

Notes and References

1. http://brazzaville2015.microplustiming.com/pdf/AT/CLS-ASM-400%20m-1ERTOUR-RIEP.PDF Heats results
2. False start
3. http://brazzaville2015.microplustiming.com/pdf/AT/CLS-ASM-400%20m-Demi-final-01.PDF Semifinal 1 results
4. http://brazzaville2015.microplustiming.com/pdf/AT/CLS-ASM-400%20m-FINALE-01.PDF Final results