Athletics at the 2015 African Games – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 2015 African Games was held between 13 and 15 September.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Kabange Mupopo Zambia	Patience Okon George Nigeria	Tjipekapora Herunga Namibia

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Kabange Mupopo	Zambia	51.19	Q
2	1	Tosin Adeloye	Nigeria	51.86	Q
2	2	Lydia Jele	Botswana	52.86	Q
4	3	Patience Okon George	Nigeria	52.87	Q
5	3	Djénébou Danté	Mali	52.97	Q
6	1	Leni Shida	Uganda	53.00	Q
7	1	Fatoumata Diop	Senegal	53.07	q
8	1	Phumlile Ndzinisa	Swaziland	53.14	q
9	2	Margaret Etim	Nigeria	53.18	Q
10	1	Goitseone Seleka	Botswana	53.27	q
11	4	Tjipekapora Herunga	Namibia	53.40	Q
12	3	Justine Palframan	South Africa	53.56	Q
13	4	Maureen Nyatichi	Kenya	53.87	Q
14	2	Hellen Syombua	Kenya	53.88	Q
15	3	Christine Botlogetswe	Botswana	54.30	q
16	3	Rhoda Njobvu	Zambia	54.35
17	3	Natacha Ngoye Akamabi	Republic of the Congo	54.91
18	3	Tegest Tamagnu	Ethiopia	55.59
19	4	Audrey Nkamsao	Cameroon	56.26	Q
20	2	Nema Sefa	Ethiopia	56.96
21	4	Mariama Conteh	Sierra Leone	57.15
22	2	Sarah Nguet	Republic of the Congo	57.72
23	4	Saoudatou Touré	Guinea	58.64
24	1	Medihb Gebremariam	Ethiopia	58.65
25	4	Mireille Tshakwiza	DR Congo	59.92
26	2	Nawal El Jack	Sudan	1:01.51
27	4	Suzan Loui Saleh Bamanga	South Sudan	1:05.69
28	2	Maryam Nuh Muse	Somalia	1:09.83

Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Kabange Mupopo	Zambia	50.94	Q
2	2	Tosin Adeloye	Nigeria	51.24	Q
3	2	Tjipekapora Herunga	Namibia	51.51	Q, SB
4	1	Patience Okon George	Nigeria	51.77	Q
5	1	Margaret Etim	Nigeria	52.34	Q
6	1	Djénébou Danté	Mali	52.51	Q, NR
6	2	Leni Shida	Uganda	52.51	q
8	1	Lydia Jele	Botswana	52.57	q, SB
9	1	Justine Palframan	South Africa	52.75
10	2	Fatoumata Diop	Senegal	52.79	SB
11	1	Phumlile Ndzinisa	Swaziland	53.02	NR
12	1	Hellen Syombua	Kenya	53.05	SB
13	2	Maureen Nyatichi	Kenya	53.11
14	1	Goitseone Seleka	Botswana	53.23
15	2	Christine Botlogetswe	Botswana	54.32
16	2	Audrey Nkamsao	Cameroon	56.33

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Kabange Mupopo	Zambia	50.22	NR
	5	Patience Okon George	Nigeria	50.71
	8	Tjipekapora Herunga	Namibia	51.55
4	7	Tosin Adeloye	Nigeria	51.82
5	6	Margaret Etim	Nigeria	52.64
6	3	Leni Shida	Uganda	52.86
7	9	Djénébou Danté	Mali	53.41
8	2	Lydia Jele	Botswana	53.85