2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles
# 2016 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 23 and 24 June in Kings Park Stadium.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Boniface Mucheru Tumuti Kenya | Amadou Ndiaye Senegal | Haron Koech Kenya |

## Results

### Heats

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

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Amadou Ndiaye | Senegal | 49.74 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Boniface Mucheru Tumuti | Kenya | 49.78 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | LJ van Zyl | South Africa | 49.94 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Cornel Fredericks | South Africa | 49.94 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Haron Koech | Kenya | 50.34 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Miles Ukaoma | Nigeria | 50.79 | q |
| 7 | 3 | Jordin Andrade | Cape Verde | 51.22 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Hardus Maritz | Namibia | 51.24 | |
| 9 | 2 | Creve Machava | Mozambique | 51.62 | |
| 10 | 3 | Kiprono Koskei | Kenya | 52.03 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Larona Obakwe Thabe | Botswana | 53.94 | |
| 12 | 1 | Gatkuoth Chol | South Sudan | 55.88 | |
| 13 | 3 | Roy Zakaria | Zimbabwe | 55.97 | |
| | 1 | Kurt Couto | Mozambique | DQ | |
| | 1 | Maoulida Darouèche | Comoros | DNS | |
| | 1 | Ziem Esau Somda | Burkina Faso | DNS | |
| | 3 | Abdelmalik Lahoulou | Algeria | DNS | |
| | 3 | Lindsay Hanekom | South Africa | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Athlete | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | 3 | Boniface Mucheru Tumuti | Kenya | 49.21 |
| | 4 | Amadou Ndiaye | Senegal | 49.41 |
| | 2 | Haron Koech | Kenya | 49.41 |
| 4 | 8 | LJ van Zyl | South Africa | 49.46 |
| 5 | 5 | Jordin Andrade | Cape Verde | 49.62 |
| 6 | 6 | Cornel Fredericks | South Africa | 49.82 |
| 7 | 7 | Kiprono Koskei | Kenya | 51.77 |
| | 1 | Miles Ukaoma | Nigeria | DQ |
