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

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 | |
| | 1 | Cameroon | Joseph Ndongo Abomo, Serge Tcheuko, Idrissa Adam, François Belinga | DNF | |
| | 2 | Morocco | Hicham Frindi, Abdelkerim Khoudri, Marouane Maadadi, Younés Belkaifa | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Nation | Competitors | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | South Africa | Pieter Smith, Ockert Cilliers, Sibusiso Sishi, L.J. van Zyl | 3:03.58 |
| | Sudan | Rabah Yousif, Nagmeldin Ali Abubakr, Ismail Ahmed Ismail, Abubaker Kaki | 3:04.00 |
| | 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 |
