Athletics at the 1999 All-Africa Games – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 1999 All-Africa Games was held 14–16 September 1999 at the Johannesburg Stadium.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Kennedy Ochieng Kenya	Clement Chukwu Nigeria	Phillip Mukomana Zimbabwe

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Philip Mukomana	Zimbabwe	46.04	Q
2	1	Udeme Ekpeyong	Nigeria	46.13	Q
3	4	Kennedy Ochieng	Kenya	46.31	Q
4	1	Arnaud Malherbe	South Africa	46.32	Q
5	2	Jeffrey Masvanhise	Zimbabwe	46.38	Q
6	3	Julius Chepkwony	Kenya	46.40	Q
7	2	Eric Milazar	Mauritius	46.52	Q
8	1	Adriaan Botha	South Africa	46.72	q
9	3	Sunday Bada	Nigeria	46.91	Q
10	2	Clement Chukwu	Nigeria	47.07	Q
11	1	Abednego Matilu	Kenya	47.10	q
12	3	Ibrahima Wade	Senegal	47.36	Q
13	3	Sofiane Labidi	Tunisia	47.58	q
14	4	Tawanda Chiwira	Zimbabwe	47.62	Q
15	2	Daniel Adomako	Ghana	47.74	q
16	4	Amin Badany Goma'a	Egypt	47.93	Q
17	1	Nathaniel Martey	Ghana	48.27
18	4	Clement Hakapobo	Zambia	48.33
19	3	Keketso Phori	Lesotho	48.69
20	4	Moses Kondowe	Malawi	48.81
21	2	Narcisse Tevoedjre	Benin	48.98
22	2	Mahamadou Ibrahim	Niger	49.11
23	3	Alemayehu Adebo	Ethiopia	49.22
24	2	Emmanuel Rubayiza	Rwanda	49.99
25	1	Benjamin Youla	Republic of the Congo	50.33
26	4	Refiloe Matlanyane	Lesotho	53.29
	2	Ousmane Niang	Senegal	DNS
	3	Charles Shaw	Liberia	DNS

Qualification: First 3 of each semifinal (Q) and the nest 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Kennedy Ochieng	Kenya	45.11	Q
2	1	Philip Mukomana	Zimbabwe	45.57	Q
3	2	Sunday Bada	Nigeria	45.75	Q
4	1	Julius Chepkwony	Kenya	45.83	Q
5	1	Clement Chukwu	Nigeria	45.85	Q
6	2	Ibrahima Wade	Senegal	45.94	Q
7	2	Arnaud Malherbe	South Africa	45.94	q
8	1	Udeme Ekpeyong	Nigeria	46.03
8	2	Eric Milazar	Mauritius	46.03	q
10	2	Jeffrey Masvanhise	Zimbabwe	46.30
11	1	Adriaan Botha	South Africa	46.32
12	2	Abednego Matilu	Kenya	46.99
13	1	Tawanda Chiwira	Zimbabwe	47.08
14	1	Amin Badany Goma'a	Egypt	47.14
15	2	Sofiane Labidi	Tunisia	47.70
16	1	Daniel Adomako	Ghana	47.71

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Kennedy Ochieng	Kenya	44.77	PB
	Clement Chukwu	Nigeria	45.31
	Philip Mukomana	Zimbabwe	45.43
4	Sunday Bada	Nigeria	45.50
5	Arnaud Malherbe	South Africa	45.55
6	Ibrahima Wade	Senegal	45.56
7	Eric Milazar	Mauritius	45.71
8	Julius Chepkwony	Kenya	46.54