2018 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

2018 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 2018 African Championships in Athletics was held on 2 and 3 August in Asaba, Nigeria.^[1]

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Caster Semenya  South Africa	Christine Botlogetswe  Botswana	Yinka Ajayi  Nigeria

Results[]

Heats[]

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Yinka Ajayi	Nigeria	52.38	Q
2	1	Caster Semenya	South Africa	52.98	Q
3	1	Christine Botlogetswe	Botswana	53.19	Q
4	2	Patience Okon George	Nigeria	53.39	Q
5	4		Kenya	53.55	Q
6	1	Leni Shida	Uganda	53.60	Q
7	2	Margaret Barrie	Sierra Leone	53.61	Q
8	1	Maximila Imali	Kenya	53.62	q
9	4		Ethiopia	53.88	Q
10	3		Zambia	54.06	Q
11	3		Benin	54.25	Q
12	3	Justine Palframan	South Africa	54.30	Q
13	4		Senegal	54.40	q
14	2		Morocco	54.48	Q
15	4	Marcelle Bouele Bondo	Republic of the Congo	54.56	q
16	3		Senegal	54.62	q
17	2		Kenya	54.65
18	4	Galefele Moroko	Botswana	54.90
19	4		Cameroon	55.00
20	1	Worknesh Mesele	Ethiopia	55.12
21	2	Tjipekapora Herunga	Namibia	55.90
22	4		Zambia	56.10
23	2	Goitseone Seleka	Botswana	56.17
24	1	Mariama Mamoudou Ittatou	Niger	56.52
25	3		Zimbabwe	56.54
26	3		Ethiopia	57.06
27	2		Cameroon	57.57
	1	Emerald Egwim	Nigeria	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	1	Yinka Ajayi	Nigeria	51.43	Q
2	2	Caster Semenya	South Africa	51.87	Q
3	1	Christine Botlogetswe	Botswana	52.24	Q
4	1	Leni Shida	Uganda	52.42	Q
5	2	Patience Okon George	Nigeria	52.81	Q
6	1		Zambia	52.96	q
7	2	Margaret Barrie	Sierra Leone	53.14	Q
8	2		Kenya	53.87	q
9	1		Benin	54.06
10	1		Senegal	54.22
11	2		Ethiopia	54.39
12	2	Marcelle Bouele Bondo	Republic of the Congo	54.77
13	2		Morocco	54.91
14	2		Senegal	55.46
15	1	Justine Palframan	South Africa	57.11
	1	Maximila Imali	Kenya	DNF

Final[]

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Caster Semenya	South Africa	49.96
	3	Christine Botlogetswe	Botswana	51.19
	6	Yinka Ajayi	Nigeria	51.34
4	7	Margaret Barrie	Sierra Leone	52.06
5	5	Patience Okon George	Nigeria	52.34
6	8	Leni Shida	Uganda	52.78
7	1		Kenya	53.27
8	2		Zambia	54.10

References[]