2010 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

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 Mbacké Thiam Senegal	Shade Abugan Nigeria

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 Mbacké 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	Kgalalelo Sefo	Botswana	53.88	Q
8	2	Emily Nanziri	Uganda	54.10	Q
9	4	Nawal El Jack	Sudan	54.35	Q
10	1	Josephine Ehigie	Nigeria	54.48	q, SB
11	2	Mantegbosh Melese	Ethiopia	55.08	q
12	2	Rabecca Nachula	Zambia	55.32	q
13	4	Catherine Nandi	Kenya	55.40	Q
14	4	Fatou Diabaye	Senegal	55.54	q
15	3	Fayza Guma	Sudan	55.56	Q
16	3	Elizabeth Amolofo	Ghana	55.69	Q
17	1	Grace Miroyo Kidake	Kenya	55.76
18	2	Kemei Emily Cherotich	Kenya	55.80
19	3	Oarabile Babolayi	Botswana	55.86
20	3	Agnes Aneno	Uganda	56.12
21	2	Annabelle Lascar	Mauritius	56.88
22	1	Tjipekapora Herunga	Namibia	57.03
23	1	Emebet Fikadu	Ethiopia	57.37
24	4	Fantu Megso	Ethiopia	58.32
25	4	Claudine Rosine Yemalin	Benin	58.74
26	4	Elisa Cossa	Mozambique	58.87
27	3	Jeanne D'Arc Uwamahoro	Rwanda	59.12
28	4	Natacha Ngoye	Republic of the Congo	1:02.01
29	1	Antonieta Cape	Guinea-Bissau	1:02.88
	2	Jenifer Chikwasa Msosa	Malawi	DNS
	3	Lydie Besme Haoua	Chad	DNS
	3	Nathalie Itok	Cameroon	DNS

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 Mbacké 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	Rabecca Nachula	Zambia	53.69	q
8	2	Rachael Nachula	Zambia	53.95	Q
9	1	Josephine Ehigie	Nigeria	53.77	SB
10	1	Kgalalelo Sefo	Botswana	54.04
11	2	Emily Nanziri	Uganda	54.37
12	2	Elizabeth Amolofo	Ghana	54.43	SB
13	1	Catherine Nandi	Kenya	54.72
14	2	Mantegbosh Melese	Ethiopia	54.92
15	2	Fayza Guma	Sudan	55.60
16	2	Fatou Diabaye	Senegal	56.35

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Amantle Montsho	Botswana	50.03	PB
	4	Amy Mbacké 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	Rabecca Nachula	Zambia	54.12