2002 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres
# 2002 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 2002 African Championships in Athletics was held in Radès, Tunisia on August 7–8.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Nadjina Kaltouma Chad | Mireille Nguimgo Cameroon | Awatef Ben Hassine Tunisia |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Mireille Nguimgo | Cameroon | 52.47 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Nadjina Kaltouma | Chad | 52.69 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Hortense Béwouda | Cameroon | 52.92 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Awatef Ben Hassine | Tunisia | 52.97 | q |
| 5 | 1 | Kudirat Akhigbe | Nigeria | 53.56 | q |
| 6 | 3 | Heide Seyerling | South Africa | 53.81 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Amy Mbacké Thiam | Senegal | 54.02 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Doris Jacob | Nigeria | 54.14 | |
| 9 | 3 | Sandrine Thiébaud-Kangni | Togo | 54.16 | |
| 10 | 2 | Hajarat Yusuf | Nigeria | 55.00 | Q |
| 11 | 3 | Maha Chaouachi | Tunisia | 55.86 | |
| 12 | 2 | Fatou Bintou Fall | Senegal | 56.10 | |
| 13 | 3 | Sarah Arrous | Algeria | 56.13 | |
| 14 | 2 | Silpa Tjingaate | Namibia | 56.83 | |
| 15 | 1 | Geraldine Elysee | Mauritius | 58.01 | |
| 16 | 3 | Sana Najeh | Tunisia | 1:00.42 | |
| 17 | 1 | Selebal Sedmile | Botswana | 1:01.32 | |
| 18 | 2 | Sylla M'Mah Touré | Guinea | 1:03.92 | |
| 18 | 2 | Berikty Weldai | Eritrea | 1:07.35 | |
| | 2 | Ageritu Belete | Ethiopia | DNS | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Nadjina Kaltouma | Chad | 51.09 |
| | Mireille Nguimgo | Cameroon | 51.61 |
| | Awatef Ben Hassine | Tunisia | 52.22 |
| 4 | Hortense Béwouda | Cameroon | 52.26 |
| 5 | Kudirat Akhigbe | Nigeria | 52.81 |
| 6 | Hajarat Yusuf | Nigeria | 53.66 |
| | Amy Mbacké Thiam | Senegal | DNS |
| | Heide Seyerling | South Africa | DNS |
