Athletics at the 2003 All-Africa Games – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles at the 2003 All-Africa Games were held on October 13–14.

Athletics at the 2003 All-Africa Games
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
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
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
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Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Osita Okagu  Nigeria	Victor Okorie  Nigeria	Ibou Faye  Senegal

Results

Heats

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

Wind:
Heat 1: -0.2 m/s, Heat 2: -0.2 m/s

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Victor Okorie	Nigeria	51.78	Q
2	1	Oumar Diarra	Mali	52.22	Q
3	2	Osita Okagu	Nigeria	52.32	Q
4	1	Lensley Juhel	Mauritius	52.44	Q
5	2	Ibou Faye	Senegal	52.61	Q
6	1	Ibrahim Tondi	Niger	53.01	q
7	2	Abdoulaye Issa Chérif	Benin	53.09	Q
8	2	Sunday Adeleye	Nigeria	53.13	q
9	1	Arlindo Leocadio Pinheiro	São Tomé and Príncipe	54.04
10	1	Obang Obaia	Ethiopia	54.94
	2	Levy Ouédraogo	Burkina Faso	DNF
	1	Lucien Panjikola	Central African Republic	DNS
	2	Ibrahima Maïga	Mali	DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Osita Okagu	Nigeria	50.25
	Victor Okorie	Nigeria	50.36
	Ibou Faye	Senegal	50.89
4	Oumar Diarra	Mali	51.97
5	Lensley Juhel	Mauritius	52.04
6	Sunday Adeleye	Nigeria	52.26
7	Abdoulaye Issa Chérif	Benin	52.69
8	Ibrahim Tondi	Niger	53.39