2016 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles

The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2016 African Championships in Athletics was held on 25 and 26 June in Kings Park Stadium.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Wenda Nel South Africa	Maureen Jelagat Kenya	Tameka Jameson Nigeria

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Wenda Nel	South Africa	55.33	Q
2	2	Maureen Jelagat	Kenya	57.63	Q
3	2	Tameka Jameson	Nigeria	58.17	Q
4	2	Gezelle Magerman	South Africa	58.50	Q
5	1	Aisha Naibe Wey	Sierra Leone	58.55	Q
6	2	Jean-Marie Senekal	South Africa	58.59	q
7	1	Jane Chege	Kenya	59.44	Q
8	1	Tasabih Mohamed El Said	Sudan	59.55	q
9	1	Audrey Nkamsao	Cameroon	59.70
10	2	Safa Abdelkarim	Sudan	1:02.03
	2	Tigist Kebede	Ethiopia	DNS

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Wenda Nel	South Africa	54.86
	4	Maureen Jelagat	Kenya	56.12
	6	Tameka Jameson	Nigeria	57.17
4	2	Jean-Marie Senekal	South Africa	57.85
5	8	Jane Chege	Kenya	58.60
6	7	Gezelle Magerman	South Africa	59.08
7	3	Aisha Naibe Wey	Sierra Leone	59.19
8	1	Tasabih Mohamed El Said	Sudan	59.78