2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 22, 23 and 24 June in Kings Park Stadium.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Kabange Mupopo Zambia	Margaret Wambui Kenya	Patience Okon George Nigeria

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Patience Okon George	Nigeria	51.84	Q
2	1	Kabange Mupopo	Zambia	52.11	Q
3	3	Margaret Wambui	Kenya	52.27	Q
4	2	Regina George	Nigeria	52.67	Q
5	1	Maureen Thomas	Kenya	53.12	Q
5	4	Lydia Jele	Botswana	53.12	Q
7	3	Christine Botlogetswe	Botswana	53.16	Q
8	1	Tegest Tamagnu	Ethiopia	53.18	Q
9	3	Yinka Ajayi	Nigeria	53.32	Q
10	1	Leni Shida	Uganda	53.49	q
11	4	Djénébou Danté	Mali	53.70	Q
12	2	Goitseone Seleka	Botswana	53.84	Q
13	4	Fatoumata Diop	Senegal	53.93	Q
14	1	Akua Obeng-Akrofi	Ghana	53.95	q
15	2	Jeanelle Griesel	South Africa	54.20	q
16	4	Vivian Mills	Ghana	54.79	q
17	2	Aurélie Alcindor	Mauritius	54.93
18	3	Zoe Engler	South Africa	55.93
19	1	Tsitsi Mahachi	Zimbabwe	56.03
20	3	Mariama Mamoudou	Niger	57.36
21	4	Hellen Syombua	Kenya	58.29
22	3	Suzan Bumanga	South Sudan	1:03.93
	2	Agnes Abrocquah	Ghana	DQ
	4	Zinash Tesfaye	Ethiopia	DNF
	1	Viola Lado	South Sudan	DNS
	1	Mireille Tshakwiza	Democratic Republic of the Congo	DNS
	2	Margret Hassan	South Sudan	DNS
	3	Natacha Ngoye Akamabi	Republic of the Congo	DNS
	4	Amal Mohamed Bashir	Somalia	DNS

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Margaret Wambui	Kenya	51.97	Q
2	2	Kabange Mupopo	Zambia	52.05	Q
3	1	Patience Okon George	Nigeria	52.42	Q
4	2	Lydia Jele	Botswana	52.51	Q
5	2	Djénébou Danté	Mali	52.72	q
6	1	Regina George	Nigeria	52.89	Q
7	1	Christine Botlogetswe	Botswana	52.89	Q
8	2	Leni Shida	Uganda	52.96	q
9	1	Maureen Thomas	Kenya	53.17
10	1	Fatoumata Diop	Senegal	53.31
11	2	Yinka Ajayi	Nigeria	53.54
12	2	Vivian Mills	Ghana	53.87
13	1	Tegest Tamagnu	Ethiopia	53.97
14	2	Jeanelle Griesel	South Africa	54.37
15	1	Goitseone Seleka	Botswana	54.41
16	1	Akua Obeng-Akrofi	Ghana	54.49

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Kabange Mupopo	Zambia	51.56
	3	Margaret Wambui	Kenya	52.24
	5	Patience Okon George	Nigeria	52.33
4	6	Lydia Jele	Botswana	52.41
5	8	Djénébou Danté	Mali	52.65
6	2	Christine Botlogetswe	Botswana	53.31
7	7	Regina George	Nigeria	53.45
8	1	Leni Shida	Uganda	53.91