2018 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 2018 African Championships in Athletics was held on 2 and 3 August in Asaba, Nigeria.^[1]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Baboloki Thebe  Botswana	Thapelo Phora  South Africa	Chidi Okezie  Nigeria

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	5	Baboloki Thebe	Botswana	45.94	Q
2	5	Thapelo Phora	South Africa	46.02	Q
3	5	Alphas Kishoyian	Kenya	46.24	Q
4	3	Chidi Okezie	Nigeria	46.33	Q
5	1	Leungo Scotch	Botswana	46.45	Q
6	5	Orukpe Erayokan	Nigeria	46.55	Q
7	3	Jared Momanyi	Kenya	46.69	Q
8	2	Onkabetse Nkobolo	Botswana	46.75	Q
9	3	Zakithi Nene	South Africa	46.82	Q
10	2	Mohamed Fares Jlassi	Tunisia	46.94	Q
11	4	Leonard Opiny	Uganda	47.04	Q
12	1	Slimane Moula	Algeria	47.12	Q
13	2	Nsangou Tetndap	Cameroon	47.22	Q
14	4	Momodou Bah	Gambia	47.24	Q
15	1	Ernst Narib	Namibia	47.29	Q
16	2	Thandaza Zwane	Eswatini	47.41	Q
17	4	Abdoraman Abdo	Ethiopia	47.44	Q
18	2	Mahmad Alexander Bock	Namibia	47.53	q
19	4	Daniel Mbewe	Zambia	47.54	Q
19	5	Bienvenu Sawadogo	Burkina Faso	47.54	q
21	3	Andile Lusenga	Eswatini	47.69	Q
22	4	Samson Nathaniel	Nigeria	47.84	q
23	1	Rodwell Ndlovu	Zimbabwe	47.88	Q
24	2	Mosisa Siyoum	Ethiopia	47.92	q
25	5	Leon Tafirenyika	Zimbabwe	48.13
26	4	Pieter Conradie	South Africa	48.34
27	3	Djibulou Malick	Senegal	48.41
28	1	Rija Gardiner	Madagascar	48.58
29	1	Ibrahima Mbengue	Senegal	48.59
30	5	Mahamat Bachir	Chad	48.64
31	2	Edmond Hounthon	Benin	48.83
32	1	Efrem Mekonnen	Ethiopia	48.98
32	3	Blessing Nyandoro	Zimbabwe	48.98
34	4	Moussa Adamou Moustapha	Niger	49.54
35	4	Stefano Bibi	Seychelles	49.68
	3	Alhagie Salim Drammeh	Gambia	DNF
	1	Boniface Mweresa	Kenya	DNS
	2	Anas Beshr	Egypt	DNS
	3	Moussa Zaroumeye	Niger	DNS
	5	Abdelmalik Lahoulou	Algeria	DNS

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	Thapelo Phora	South Africa	45.76	Q
2	3	Chidi Okezie	Nigeria	46.09	Q
3	2	Orukpe Erayokan	Nigeria	46.10	Q
4	3	Alphas Kishoyian	Kenya	46.14	Q
5	1	Baboloki Thebe	Botswana	46.25	Q
6	3	Onkabetse Nkobolo	Botswana	46.35	q
7	2	Momodou Bah	Gambia	46.76	q
8	1	Jared Momanyi	Kenya	46.79	Q
9	1	Nsangou Tetndap	Cameroon	46.84
10	3	Thandaza Zwane	Eswatini	46.91
11	1	Zakithi Nene	South Africa	46.94
12	3	Ernst Narib	Namibia	47.11
13	1	Leonard Opiny	Uganda	47.14
14	1	Samson Nathaniel	Nigeria	47.22
15	2	Leungo Scotch	Botswana	47.32
16	2	Bienvenu Sawadogo	Burkina Faso	47.34
17	2	Slimane Moula	Algeria	47.37
18	2	Abdoraman Abdo	Ethiopia	47.76
19	1	Daniel Mbewe	Zambia	47.82
20	3	Rodwell Ndlovu	Zimbabwe	47.94
21	2	Mahmad Alexander Bock	Namibia	48.02
22	3	Mosisa Siyoum	Ethiopia	48.48
	1	Andile Lusenga	Eswatini	DNF
	3	Mohamed Fares Jlassi	Tunisia	DNF

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Baboloki Thebe	Botswana	44.81
	3	Thapelo Phora	South Africa	45.14
	4	Chidi Okezie	Nigeria	45.65
4	8	Alphas Kishoyian	Kenya	46.08
5	6	Orukpe Erayokan	Nigeria	46.38
6	2	Onkabetse Nkobolo	Botswana	46.83
7	7	Jared Momanyi	Kenya	47.54
8	1	Momodou Bah	Gambia	47.75