Athletics at the 2015 African Games – Women's 400 metres
# Athletics at the 2015 African Games – Women's 400 metres

Athletics at the 2015 African Games :

| 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 |||||
| Half marathon | men | women |
| 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 2015 African Games was held between 13 and 15 September.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Kabange Mupopo Zambia | Patience Okon George Nigeria | Tjipekapora Herunga Namibia |

## Results

### Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Kabange Mupopo | Zambia | 51.19 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Tosin Adeloye | Nigeria | 51.86 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Lydia Jele | Botswana | 52.86 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Patience Okon George | Nigeria | 52.87 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Djénébou Danté | Mali | 52.97 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Leni Shida | Uganda | 53.00 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Fatoumata Diop | Senegal | 53.07 | q |
| 8 | 1 | Phumlile Ndzinisa | Swaziland | 53.14 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Margaret Etim | Nigeria | 53.18 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Goitseone Seleka | Botswana | 53.27 | q |
| 11 | 4 | Tjipekapora Herunga | Namibia | 53.40 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Justine Palframan | South Africa | 53.56 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | Maureen Nyatichi | Kenya | 53.87 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | Hellen Syombua | Kenya | 53.88 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | Christine Botlogetswe | Botswana | 54.30 | q |
| 16 | 3 | Rhoda Njobvu | Zambia | 54.35 | |
| 17 | 3 | Natacha Ngoye Akamabi | Republic of the Congo | 54.91 | |
| 18 | 3 | Tegest Tamagnu | Ethiopia | 55.59 | |
| 19 | 4 | Audrey Nkamsao | Cameroon | 56.26 | Q |
| 20 | 2 | Nema Sefa | Ethiopia | 56.96 | |
| 21 | 4 | Mariama Conteh | Sierra Leone | 57.15 | |
| 22 | 2 | Sarah Nguet | Republic of the Congo | 57.72 | |
| 23 | 4 | Saoudatou Touré | Guinea | 58.64 | |
| 24 | 1 | Medihb Gebremariam | Ethiopia | 58.65 | |
| 25 | 4 | Mireille Tshakwiza | DR Congo | 59.92 | |
| 26 | 2 | Nawal El Jack | Sudan | 1:01.51 | |
| 27 | 4 | Suzan Loui Saleh Bamanga | South Sudan | 1:05.69 | |
| 28 | 2 | Maryam Nuh Muse | Somalia | 1:09.83 | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 2 | Kabange Mupopo | Zambia | 50.94 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Tosin Adeloye | Nigeria | 51.24 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Tjipekapora Herunga | Namibia | 51.51 | Q, SB |
| 4 | 1 | Patience Okon George | Nigeria | 51.77 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Margaret Etim | Nigeria | 52.34 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Djénébou Danté | Mali | 52.51 | Q, NR |
| 6 | 2 | Leni Shida | Uganda | 52.51 | q |
| 8 | 1 | Lydia Jele | Botswana | 52.57 | q, SB |
| 9 | 1 | Justine Palframan | South Africa | 52.75 | |
| 10 | 2 | Fatoumata Diop | Senegal | 52.79 | SB |
| 11 | 1 | Phumlile Ndzinisa | Swaziland | 53.02 | NR |
| 12 | 1 | Hellen Syombua | Kenya | 53.05 | SB |
| 13 | 2 | Maureen Nyatichi | Kenya | 53.11 | |
| 14 | 1 | Goitseone Seleka | Botswana | 53.23 | |
| 15 | 2 | Christine Botlogetswe | Botswana | 54.32 | |
| 16 | 2 | Audrey Nkamsao | Cameroon | 56.33 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | Kabange Mupopo | Zambia | 50.22 | NR |
| | 5 | Patience Okon George | Nigeria | 50.71 | |
| | 8 | Tjipekapora Herunga | Namibia | 51.55 | |
| 4 | 7 | Tosin Adeloye | Nigeria | 51.82 | |
| 5 | 6 | Margaret Etim | Nigeria | 52.64 | |
| 6 | 3 | Leni Shida | Uganda | 52.86 | |
| 7 | 9 | Djénébou Danté | Mali | 53.41 | |
| 8 | 2 | Lydia Jele | Botswana | 53.85 | |
