2008 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Addis Ababa Stadium on April 30–May 2.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Amantle Montsho Botswana	Folashade Abugan Nigeria	Racheal Nachula Zambia

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Amantle Montsho	Botswana	52.23	Q
2	2	Elizabeth Muthuka	Kenya	53.27	Q
3	3	Tsholofelo Thipe	South Africa	53.48	Q
4	2	Joy Eze	Nigeria	53.52	Q
5	3	Racheal Nachula	Zambia	53.63	Q
6	3	Nawal El Jack	Sudan	53.86	Q
7	1	Folashade Abugan	Nigeria	53.86	Q
8	4	Oluoma Nwoke	Nigeria	54.18	Q
9	4	Justine Bayigga	Uganda	54.54	Q
10	3	Kou Luogon	Liberia	54.61	q
11	2	Fatou Bintou Fall	Senegal	54.83	Q
12	1	Ndèye Fatou Soumah	Senegal	55.17	Q
13	1	Sandrine Thiébaud-Kangni	Togo	55.71	q
14	2	Tjipekapora Herunga	Namibia	56.03	q
15	1	Elisa Cossa	Mozambique	56.49	q
16	4	Seonyatseng Nthompe	Botswana	56.58	Q
17	4	Pinkard Maisha	Liberia	56.65
18	2	Tihanna Vorster	South Africa	56.72
19	3	Emily Nanziri	Uganda	57.16
20	3	Fatou Diabaye	Senegal	57.46
21	4	Ramatoulaye Gassama	Mali	57.50
22	4	Charity Boahemaa	Ghana	58.03
23	1	Wesene Belay	Ethiopia	58.09
24	4	Mulu Diriba	Ethiopia	58.14
25	2	Wesene Daba	Ethiopia	58.48
26	1	V.S. Kantanka	Ghana	58.74
27	3	Kensa Sylla	Guinea	59.38
28	2	Jeanne D'Arc Uwamahoro	Rwanda	1:01.08
29	2	Mariama Camara	Guinea	1:02.50
	1	Ghada Abuagila	Libya	DNS
	4	Pamela Jelimo	Kenya	DNS

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Amantle Montsho	Botswana	51.16	Q
2	1	Folashade Abugan	Nigeria	51.60	Q
3	1	Racheal Nachula	Zambia	51.99	Q, NR
4	1	Elizabeth Muthuka	Kenya	52.46	Q
5	1	Tsholofelo Thipe	South Africa	52.48	q
6	2	Nawal El Jack	Sudan	52.49	Q
7	2	Joy Eze	Nigeria	52.57	Q
8	2	Kou Luogon	Liberia	52.99	q
9	2	Oluoma Nwoke	Nigeria	53.20
10	2	Justine Bayigga	Uganda	53.88
11	1	Tjipekapora Herunga	Namibia	54.00
12	2	Ndèye Fatou Soumah	Senegal	54.67
13	1	Sandrine Thiébaud-Kangni	Togo	54.76
14	2	Elisa Cossa	Mozambique	54.91
15	1	Seonyatseng Nthompe	Botswana	56.61
	1	Fatou Bintou Fall	Senegal	DNF

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Amantle Montsho	Botswana	49.83	CR
	6	Folashade Abugan	Nigeria	50.89
	5	Racheal Nachula	Zambia	51.39	NR
4	5	Tsholofelo Thipe	South Africa	51.49
5	4	Nawal El Jack	Sudan	51.93
6	8	Joy Eze	Nigeria	52.16
7	7	Elizabeth Muthuka	Kenya	52.81
	1	Kou Luogon	Liberia	DNF

References

• Results (Archived)