2006 African Championships in Athletics – Men's 400 metres hurdles

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Events at the 2006 African
Championships in Athletics

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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 women
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
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

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2006 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Stade Germain Comarmond on August 9–10.

400 metres hurdles track and field hurdling event

The 400 metres hurdles is a track and field hurdling event. The event has been on the Olympic athletics programme since 1900 for men and since 1984 for women.

2006 African Championships in Athletics

The 15th African Championships in Athletics were held in Mauritius between August 9 and August 13, 2006. The event was staged at Stade Germain Comarmond in Bambous, Rivière Noire District. This was the second time when the African Championships in Athletics were hosted in Mauritius, the first was in 1992.

Stade Germain Comarmond is a multi-use stadium in Bambous, Rivière Noire District, Mauritius. It is currently used mostly for football and athletics matches. The stadium was built in 2001 and opened in August 2003. The venue hosted the 2006 African Championships in Athletics. It is currently the home stadium of the Mauritius national under-17 football team, Mauritius national under-20 football team, Petite Rivière Noire SC and Bambous Etoile de L'Ouest Sports Club.

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Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
L.J. van Zyl
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Alwyn Myburgh
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa
Kurt Couto
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Alwyn Myburgh Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 50.39 Q
2 2 L.J. van Zyl Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 50.40 Q
3 2 Pieter de Villiers Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 50.49 Q
4 1 Ibrahima Maïga Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 50.71 Q
5 1 Kurt Couto Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 51.00 Q
6 1 Julius Bungei Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 51.37 q
7 2 O'Neil Wright Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia 51.89 Q
8 1 El Hadj Seth Mbow Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 51.96 q
9 2 Dan Kirwa Katonon Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 52.25
10 1 Abdoulaye Issa Cherif Flag of Benin.svg  Benin 52.36
11 2 Antonio Veillesse Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 53.22
12 1 Lensley Juhel Flag of Mauritius.svg  Mauritius 53.46
13 2 Osita Okagu Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 53.99
14 2 Mamadou Kasse Hanne Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 54.47

Final

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
4 L.J. van Zyl Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 49.43
5 Alwyn Myburgh Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 49.88
2 Kurt Couto Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique 50.72
4 6 Pieter de Villiers Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 50.96
5 3 Ibrahima Maïga Flag of Mali.svg  Mali 51.51
6 7 Julius Bungei Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 51.54
7 8 O'Neil Wright Flag of Liberia.svg  Liberia 52.10
8 1 El Hadj Seth Mbow Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 53.00

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