2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

2016 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 event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 22, 23 and 24 June in Kings Park Stadium.^[1]

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		Kenya	53.12	Q
5	4	Lydia Jele	Botswana	53.12	Q
7	3	Christine Botlogetswe	Botswana	53.16	Q
8	1		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		South Africa	54.20	q
16	4		Ghana	54.79	q
17	2	Aurélie Alcindor	Mauritius	54.93
18	3		South Africa	55.93
19	1		Zimbabwe	56.03
20	3	Mariama Mamoudou	Niger	57.36
21	4	Hellen Syombua	Kenya	58.29
22	3		South Sudan	1:03.93
	2		Ghana	DQ
	4		Ethiopia	DNF
	1		South Sudan	DNS
	1		Democratic Republic of the Congo	DNS
	2	Margret Hassan	South Sudan	DNS
	3	Natacha Ngoye Akamabi	Republic of the Congo	DNS
	4		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		Kenya	53.17
10	1	Fatoumata Diop	Senegal	53.31
11	2	Yinka Ajayi	Nigeria	53.54
12	2		Ghana	53.87
13	1		Ethiopia	53.97
14	2		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

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