2006 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres

Events at the 2006 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 2006 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Germain Comarmond on August 9–11.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Gary Kikaya  Democratic Republic of the Congo	Paul Gorries  South Africa	Talkmore Nyongani  Zimbabwe

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Lewis Banda	Zimbabwe	46.19	Q
2	2	California Molefe	Botswana	46.23	Q
3	1	Gary Kikaya	Democratic Republic of the Congo	46.27	Q
4	4	Talkmore Nyongani	Zimbabwe	46.42	Q
5	1	Paul Gorries	South Africa	46.52	Q
6	2	Ofentse Mogawane	South Africa	46.53	Q
7	3	Malik Louahla	Algeria	46.66	Q
8	3	George Kwoba	Kenya	46.71	Q
9	2	James Godday	Nigeria	46.83	q
10	1	Fernando Augustin	Mauritius	46.89	q
11	4	Sammy Rono	Kenya	46.93	Q
12	4	Gakologelwang Masheto	Botswana	46.95	Q
13	3	Eric Milazar	Mauritius	46.96	Q
14	1	Thomas Musembi	Kenya	46.97	q
15	1	Younés Belkaifa	Morocco	46.99	q
16	2	Ismail Daif	Morocco	47.06	q
17	4	Bobby Young	Liberia	47.27
18	3	Obakeng Ngwigwa	Botswana	47.45
19	3	Abeje Habtamu	Ethiopia	47.61
20	3	Abdelkrim Khoudri	Morocco	47.69
21	4	Mathieu Gnanligo	Benin	47.76
22	3	Jan van der Merwe	South Africa	47.79
23	1	Narcisse Tevoedjre	Benin	48.26
23	4	Jean François Degrace	Mauritius	48.26
25	2	Travis Hardy	Seychelles	50.62
26	1	Stephen Moosoudee	Seychelles	50.71
27	4	Etienne Gashagaza	Rwanda	52.07
28	1	Bawa Fuseini	Ghana	DNS
28	2	Bright Dozokotoa	Ghana	DNS
28	2	Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr	Sudan	DNS
28	3	Daniel Mensah Kwei	Ghana	DNS
28	4	Saul Weigopwa	Nigeria	DNS

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Gary Kikaya	Democratic Republic of the Congo	45.78	Q
2	2	Paul Gorries	South Africa	45.90	Q
3	1	Malik Louahla	Algeria	46.05	Q
4	1	Ofentse Mogawane	South Africa	46.11	Q
5	2	Talkmore Nyongani	Zimbabwe	46.17	Q
6	2	George Kwoba	Kenya	46.30	Q
7	1	James Godday	Nigeria	46.33	Q
8	1	Lewis Banda	Zimbabwe	46.35	Q
9	1	California Molefe	Botswana	46.39
10	1	Sammy Rono	Kenya	46.79
11	1	Eric Milazar	Mauritius	46.81
12	2	Thomas Musembi	Kenya	46.93
13	2	Gakologelwang Masheto	Botswana	47.30
14	1	Ismail Daif	Morocco	47.35
15	2	Fernando Augustin	Mauritius	47.67
16	2	Younés Belkaifa	Morocco	47.80

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Gary Kikaya	Democratic Republic of the Congo	45.03
	6	Paul Gorries	South Africa	45.56
	7	Talkmore Nyongani	Zimbabwe	45.60
4	4	Malik Louahla	Algeria	45.69
5	2	James Godday	Nigeria	46.15
6	5	Ofentse Mogawane	South Africa	46.44
7	8	Lewis Banda	Zimbabwe	47.18
8	1	George Kwoba	Kenya	47.66

References

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