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.

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

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