Athletics at the 2003 All-Africa Games – Women's 400 metres explained

The women's 400 metres at the 2003 All-Africa Games were held on October 12–13.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Fatou Bintou Fall	Doris Jacob	Mireille Nguimgo

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			51.47	Q
2	1			51.50	Q
3	1			51.71	q
4	3			51.77	Q
5	2			52.03	Q
6	3			52.33	Q
7	2			52.36	Q
8	3			52.78	q
9	1			53.56
10	3			54.15
11	1			54.33
12	3			54.43
13	2			54.65
14	2			55.06
15	2			55.56
16	2			56.66
17	1			57.19
18	1			59.94
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Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			51.38
			51.41
			51.59
4			51.81
5			51.96
6			52.45
7			52.47
8			52.77

Sources

• Results
• Results