2008 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles
# 2008 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Addis Ababa Stadium on May 1–May 2.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| L.J. van Zyl South Africa | Abderahmane Hamadi Algeria | Ibrahim Maïga Mali |

## 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 | 3 | L.J. van Zyl | South Africa | 50.06 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Abderahmane Hamadi | Algeria | 50.53 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Ockert Cilliers | South Africa | 50.66 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Julius Bungei | Kenya | 50.87 | q |
| 5 | 3 | Wright O'Neil | Liberia | 51.42 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | El Hadj Seth Mbow | Senegal | 51.70 | q |
| 7 | 1 | Elamine Badr | Morocco | 51.87 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Ibrahim Maïga | Mali | 51.93 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Antonio Vieillesse | Mauritius | 52.35 | |
| 10 | 1 | Laroussi Titi | Tunisia | 52.56 | |
| 11 | 3 | Mamadou Kasse Hanne | Senegal | 53.29 | |
| 12 | 3 | Mohamed Hafid | Sudan | 53.30 | |
| 13 | 1 | Kurt Couto | Mozambique | 53.84 | |
| 14 | 1 | Abdulagadir Idriss | Sudan | 53.84 | |
| 15 | 3 | Osita Okagu | Nigeria | 54.08 | |
| 16 | 2 | Getachew Alemu | Ethiopia | 55.37 | |
| 17 | 1 | Houssein Nour Ali | Djibouti | 55.41 | |
| 18 | 3 | Worku Dibaba | Ethiopia | 57.01 | |
| 19 | 2 | Joseph Ndongo Abomo | Cameroon | 57.18 | |
| 20 | 1 | Feleke Degela | Ethiopia | 58.10 | |
| | 2 | Kayembe Ntumba | Democratic Republic of the Congo | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 6 | L.J. van Zyl | South Africa | 48.91 | |
| | 5 | Abderahmane Hamadi | Algeria | 49.84 | NR |
| | 8 | Ibrahim Maïga | Mali | 49.84 | |
| 4 | 4 | Ockert Cilliers | South Africa | 49.93 | |
| 5 | 3 | Elamine Badr | Morocco | 50.57 | |
| 6 | 1 | Julius Bungei | Kenya | 51.03 | |
| 7 | 2 | El Hadj Seth Mbow | Senegal | 51.83 | |
| 8 | 7 | Wright O'Neil | Liberia | 52.68 | |
