2008 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay

Events at the 2008 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 4 x 400 metres relay at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics was held on May 3–4.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
 South Africa
Pieter Smith
Ockert Cilliers
Sibusiso Sishi
L.J. van Zyl
Ofentse Mogawane*
 Sudan
Rabah Yousif
Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr
Ismail Ahmed Ismail
Abubaker Kaki
Awad El Karim Makki*
 Senegal
Mamadou Kasse Hanne
El Hadj Seth Mbow
Mamadou Gueye
Nouha Badji

* Athletes who participated in heats only.

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 teams of each heat (Q) plus the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank Heat Nation Athletes Time Notes
1 2  South Africa Pieter Smith, Ofentse Mogawane, Ockert Cilliers, L.J. van Zyl 3:05.57 Q
2 2  Botswana Ompehmetse Mokgadi, Isaac Makwala, Onalenna Baloyi, Zacharia Kamberuka 3:06.51 Q
3 2  Mauritius Jean François Degrace, Fernando Augustin, Eric Milazar, Antonio Vieillesse 3:07.48 Q
4 2  Ethiopia Zemenu Kassa, Anteneh Getachew, Tamrat Tekle, Bereket Desta 3:08.18 q
5 1  Nigeria Noah Akwu, Victor Isaiah, Segun Ogunkole, James Godday 3:08.35 Q
6 2  Kenya Julius Bungei, Thomas Musembi, Jackson Kivuva, George Kwmoba 3:08.44 q
7 1  Senegal Mamadou Kasse Hanne, Nouha Badji, Mamadou Gueye, El Hadj Seth Mbow 3:08.51 Q
8 1  Sudan Rabah Yousif, Ismail Ahmed Ismail, Awad El Karim Makki, Abubaker Kaki 3:08.88 Q
9 2  Ghana Emmanuel Simpson, Issah Awudu, Alexander Atiso, Nathan Kpebah 3:13.81
10 1  Rwanda Etienne Gashagaza, Moussa Bizimana, Innocent Hakuzimana, Emmanuel Ntakiyimana 3:23.60
11 1  Chad Mahamat Kadre Moussa, Albeine Abbo Abdallah, Bourma Malato Ouya, Brahim Ouaddai 3:28.43
12 2  Democratic Republic of the Congo Fidel Kitenge, Bob Nyamale, Papy Kibambe, Hugues Tshiynga 3:31.27
13 1  Somalia Abdalla Mohamed Hussein, Mohamed Ali Mohamed, Mohamed Ahmed Omar, Abdinasir Said Ibrahim 3:34.78
14 1  Cameroon Joseph Ndongo Abomo, Serge Tcheuko, Idrissa Adam, François Belinga DNF
14 2  Morocco Hicham Frindi, Abdelkerim Khoudri, Marouane Maadadi, Younés Belkaifa DNF

Final

Rank Nation Competitors Time Notes
1st  South Africa Pieter Smith, Ockert Cilliers, Sibusiso Sishi, L.J. van Zyl 3:03.58
2nd  Sudan Rabah Yousif, Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr, Ismail Ahmed Ismail, Abubaker Kaki 3:04.00
3rd  Senegal Mamadou Kasse Hanne, El Hadj Seth Mbow, Mamadou Gueye, Nouha Badji 3:05.93
4  Botswana Ompehmetse Mokgadi, Zacharia Kamberuka, Fanuel Kenosi, Isaac Makwala 3:06.54
5  Nigeria Noah Akwu, Victor Isaiah, Edu Nkame, James Godday 3:06.94
6  Kenya Julius Bungei, Thomas Musembi, Jackson Kivuva, George Kwmoba 3:06.95
7  Mauritius Jean François Degrace, Fernando Augustin, Eric Milazar, Antonio Vieillesse 3:07.60
8  Ethiopia Zemenu Kassa, Anteneh Getachew, Tamrat Tekle, Bereket Desta 3:07.71

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