2010 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

2010 African Championships in Athletics
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
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The women's 400 metres at the 2010 African Championships in Athletics were held on July 28–30.

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Amantle Montsho  Botswana	Amy Mbacke Thiam  Senegal	Shade Abugan  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	4	Amantle Montsho	Botswana	51.66	Q
2	1	Amy Mbacke Thiam	Senegal	52.98	Q
3	1	Rachael Nachula	Zambia	53.29	Q
4	2	Ndeye Fatou Soumah	Senegal	53.38	Q
5	2	Estie Wittstock	South Africa	53.59	Q
6	3	Shade Abugan	Nigeria	53.64	Q
7	1		Botswana	53.88	Q
8	2	Emily Nanziri	Uganda	54.10	Q
9	4	Nawal El Jack	Sudan	54.35	Q
10	1		Nigeria	54.48	q, SB
11	2		Ethiopia	55.08	q
12	2		Zambia	55.32	q
13	4		Kenya	55.40	Q
14	4		Senegal	55.54	q
15	3		Sudan	55.56	Q
16	3	Elizabeth Amolofo	Ghana	55.69	Q
17	1		Kenya	55.76
18	2		Kenya	55.80
19	3		Botswana	55.86
20	3		Uganda	56.12
21	2	Annabelle Lascar	Mauritius	56.88
22	1	Tjipekapora Herunga	Namibia	57.03
23	1		Ethiopia	57.37
24	4	Fantu Megso	Ethiopia	58.32
25	4		Benin	58.74
26	4	Elisa Cossa	Mozambique	58.87
27	3		Rwanda	59.12
28	4	Natacha Ngoye	Republic of the Congo	1:02.01
29	1		Guinea-Bissau	1:02.88
	2		Malawi	DNS
	3		Chad	DNS
	3		Cameroon	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	50.39	Q
2	2	Shade Abugan	Nigeria	52.28	Q
3	1	Amy Mbacke Thiam	Senegal	52.48	Q
4	1	Ndeye Fatou Soumah	Senegal	52.53	Q
5	1	Estie Wittstock	South Africa	52.95	Q
6	1	Nawal El Jack	Sudan	53.57	q
7	1		Zambia	53.69	q
8	2	Rachael Nachula	Zambia	53.95	Q
9	1		Nigeria	53.77	SB
10	1		Botswana	54.04
11	2	Emily Nanziri	Uganda	54.37
12	2	Elizabeth Amolofo	Ghana	54.43	SB
13	1		Kenya	54.72
14	2		Ethiopia	54.92
15	2		Sudan	55.60
16	2		Senegal	56.35

Final[]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Amantle Montsho	Botswana	50.03	PB
	4	Amy Mbacke Thiam	Senegal	51.32	SB
	3	Shade Abugan	Nigeria	51.63
4	5	Ndeye Fatou Soumah	Senegal	51.93
5	7	Estie Wittstock	South Africa	52.60
6	8	Rachael Nachula	Zambia	53.26
7	2	Nawal El Jack	Sudan	53.80
8	1		Zambia	54.12

External links[]

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