2008 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres explained

The women's 400 metres event at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Addis Ababa Stadium on April 30–May 2.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Amantle Montsho	Folashade Abugan	Racheal Nachula

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			52.23	Q
2	2			53.27	Q
3	3			53.48	Q
4	2			53.52	Q
5	3			53.63	Q
6	3			53.86	Q
7	1			53.86	Q
8	4			54.18	Q
9	4			54.54	Q
10	3			54.61	q
11	2			54.83	Q
12	1			55.17	Q
13	1			55.71	q
14	2			56.03	q
15	1			56.49	q
16	4			56.58	Q
17	4			56.65
18	2			56.72
19	3			57.16
20	3			57.46
21	4			57.50
22	4			58.03
23	1			58.09
24	4			58.14
25	2			58.48
26	1			58.74
27	3			59.38
28	2
29	2
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Semifinals

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			51.16	Q
2	1			51.60	Q
3	1			51.99	Q, NR
4	1			52.46	Q
5	1			52.48	q
6	2			52.49	Q
7	2			52.57	Q
8	2			52.99	q
9	2			53.20
10	2			53.88
11	1			54.00
12	2			54.67
13	1			54.76
14	2			54.91
15	1			56.61
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Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6			49.83	CR
	6			50.89
	5			51.39	NR
4	5			51.49
5	4			51.93
6	8			52.16
7	7			52.81
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References

• Results (Archived)