2024 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

Women's 400 metres at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics
Venue	Japoma Stadium
Location	Douala, Cameroon
Dates	21 June (heats) 22 June (semi-finals) 23 June (final)
Competitors	28 from 15 nations
Winning time	51.16
Medalists
Miranda Coetzee    South Africa   Quincy Malekani    Zambia   Elizabeth Joseph    Nigeria

2024 African Championships in Athletics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men
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
	mixed
Road events
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

The women's 400 metres event at the 2024 African Championships in Athletics was held on 21, 22, and 23 June in Douala, Cameroon.^[1][2]

Records before the 2024 African Athletics Championships

Record	Athlete (nation)	Time (s)	Location	Date
World record[3]	Marita Koch (GDR)	47.60	Canberra, Australia	6 October 1985
African record[4]	Falilat Ogunkoya (NGR)	49.10	Atlanta, United States	29 July 1996
Championship record	Amantle Montsho (BOT)	49.54	Porto-Novo, Benin	29 June 2012
World leading[5]	Sydney McLaughlin-Levrone (USA)	48.75	New York City, United States	9 June 2024
African leading[6]	Mary Moraa (KEN)	50.56	Los Angeles, United States	18 May 2024

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Miranda Coetzee	South Africa	51.37	Q
2	4	Quincy Malekani	Zambia	52.31	Q
3	4	Rhodah Njobvu	Zambia	52.39	Q
4	1	Mercy Chebet	Kenya	52.45	Q
5	1	Lydia Jele	Botswana	52.52	Q
5	2	Shirley Nekhubui	South Africa	52.52	Q
7	3	Obakeng Kamberuka	Botswana	52.81	Q
8	4	Esther Elo Joseph	Nigeria	52.86	Q
9	3	Veronica Mutua	Kenya	53.07	Q
10	1	Elodie Malessara	Republic of the Congo	53.25	Q, NR
10	2	Leni Shida	Uganda	53.25	Q
12	3	Houda Nouiri	Morocco	53.68	q
13	4	Sara El Hachimi	Morocco	53.69	q
14	4	Fatou Gaye	Senegal	54.07	q
15	4	Joan Cherono	Kenya	54.46	q
16	2	Niddy Mingilishi	Zambia	55.24	Q
17	1	Alexia Stella Eyenga	Cameroon	55.27
18	1	Hana Tadesse	Ethiopia	55.65
18	2	Samira Awali Boubacar	Niger	55.65
20	4	Marcelline Nkengue Ambombo	Cameroon	56.56
21	1	Leopoldine Ye	Burkina Faso	56.59
21	2	Salma Lhilali	Morocco	56.59
23	1	Elos Divine Kandomba	Democratic Republic of the Congo	57.39
23	2	Galefele Moroko	Botswana	57.39
25	3	Napuumue Hengari	Namibia	58.07
26	1	Kazatjo Kambiri	Namibia	58.25
26	2	Angala Tuuliki	Namibia	58.25
28	3	Awa Zongo	Burkina Faso	58.31
	2	Lucia William Morris	South Sudan	DNS
	3	Saran Hadja Kouyate	Guinea	DNS
	3	Juliette Koudjoukalo Batchassi	Togo	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	Miranda Coetzee	South Africa	50.91	Q
2	2	Esther Elo Joseph	Nigeria	52.26	Q
3	1	Quincy Malekani	Zambia	52.55	Q
4	2	Leni Shida	Uganda	52.70	Q
5	2	Niddy Mingilishi	Zambia	52.82	q
6	2	Lydia Jele	Botswana	52.84	q
7	1	Obakeng Kamberuka	Botswana	53.09	Q
8	1	Shirley Nekhubui	South Africa	53.22	Q
9	2	Rhodah Njobvu	Zambia	53.27
10	1	Sara El Hachimi	Morocco	53.86
11	1	Elodie Malessara	Republic of the Congo	54.03
12	1	Fatou Gaye	Senegal	54.22
13	2	Houda Nouiri	Morocco	54.92
	1	Veronica Mutua	Kenya	DNS
	1	Mercy Chebet	Kenya	DNS
	2	Joan Cherono	Kenya	DNS

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Miranda Coetzee	South Africa	51.16
	4	Quincy Malekani	Zambia	51.56
	6	Esther Elo Joseph	Nigeria	51.94
4	8	Shirley Nekhubui	South Africa	52.10
5	1	Lydia Jele	Botswana	52.72
6	5	Obakeng Kamberuka	Botswana	53.11
7	7	Leni Shida	Uganda	53.50
8	2	Niddy Mingilishi	Zambia	53.54

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