Athletics at the 2011 All-Africa Games – Women's 400 metres

The Women's 400 metres at the 2011 All-Africa Games took place on 11–13 September at the Estádio Nacional do Zimpeto.[1]

The final held at 5:45 p.m. local time.[2]

Medalists

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Gold   Amantle Montsho (BOT)
Silver   Amy Mbacké Thiam (SEN)
Bronze   Tjipekapora Herunga (NAM)

Records

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Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:

World record   Marita Koch (GDR) 47.60 Canberra, Australia 6 October 1985
Championship record   Fatima Yusuf (NGR) 49.43 Harare, Zimbabwe August 1995
World Leading   Anastasia Kapachinskaya (RUS) 49.35 Cheboksary, Russia 22 July 2011
African Record   Falilat Ogunkoya (NGR) 49.10 Atlanta, GA, United States 29 July 1996

Schedule

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Date Time Round
September 11, 2011 17:30 Heats
September 12, 2011 17:55 Semifinals
September 13, 2011 17:45 Final

Results

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KEY: q Fastest non-qualifiers Q Qualified NR National record PB Personal best SB Seasonal best

Heats

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

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Tjipekapora Herunga   Namibia 52.61 Q
2 1 Ndeye Fatou Soumah   Senegal 52.92 Q
3 2 Bukola Abogunloko   Nigeria 52.94 Q
4 3 Margaret Etim   Nigeria 53.13 Q
5 1 Omolara Omotosho   Nigeria 53.17 Q
6 3 Joy Sakari   Kenya 53.22 Q
7 4 Amantle Montsho   Botswana 53.26 Q
8 2 Rachael Nachula   Zambia 54.02 Q
9 4 Amy Mbacké Thiam   Senegal 54.39 Q
10 2 Ndzinisa Phumlile   Swaziland 54.48 q
11 4 Grace Kidake   Kenya 55.05 Q
12 2 Aminata Sylla   Senegal 55.18 q
13 2 Manteigibosh Melese   Ethiopia 55.73 q
14 1 Goitseone Seleka   Botswana 55.88 Q
15 3 Sylvie Zimbere   Cameroon 56.21 Q
16 1 Natacha Ngoye   Republic of the Congo 57.23 q
17 4 Elsa Macie   Mozambique 57.66
18 2 Lydia Mashila   Botswana 57.68
19 4 Blessing Miel Ayedou   Benin 57.69
20 1 Fayza Omer   Sudan 57.84
21 3 Fatou Touré   Democratic Republic of the Congo 59.98
3 Nawal El Jack   Sudan DNF

Semifinals

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

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Amantle Montsho   Botswana 51.50 Q
2 1 Bukola Abogunloko   Nigeria 52.61 Q
3 2 Joy Sakari   Kenya 52.63 Q
4 2 Ndeye Fatou Soumah   Senegal 52.71 Q
5 1 Tjipekapora Herunga   Namibia 52.85 Q
6 2 Omolara Omotosho   Nigeria 52.85 Q
7 2 Margaret Etim   Nigeria 52.89 q
8 1 Amy Mbacké Thiam   Senegal 53.41 q
9 1 Phumlile Ndzinisa   Swaziland 54.26 NR
10 2 Aminata Sylla   Senegal 54.53
11 1 Sylvie Zimbere   Cameroon 54.75
12 1 Racheal Nachula   Zambia 54.80
13 2 Goitseone Seleka   Botswana 55.58
14 2 Grace Kidake   Kenya 55.73
15 2 Manteigibosh Melese   Ethiopia 55.84
16 1 Natacha Ngoye   Republic of the Congo 60.40

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Amantle Montsho   Botswana 50.87
  Amy Mbacké Thiam   Senegal 51.77
  Tjipekapora Herunga   Namibia 51.84 NR
4 Ndeye Fatou Soumah   Senegal 52.17
5 Joy Sakari   Kenya 52.18
6 Bukola Abogunloko   Nigeria 53.08
7 Margaret Etim   Nigeria 53.15
8 Omolara Omotosho   Nigeria 53.19

References

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  1. ^ (in Portuguese) Local Arrangements (Venues) Archived 2012-03-24 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Athletics results". All-Africa Games 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-12.[permanent dead link]
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