2004 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

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Events at the 2004 African
Championships in Athletics

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Track events
100 m  men   women
200 m men women
400 m men women
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
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 2004 African Championships in Athletics was held in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo on July 15–16.

400 metres sprint running event

The 400 metres, or 400 metre dash, is a sprinting event in track and field competitions. It has been featured in the athletics programme at the Summer Olympics since 1896 for men and since 1964 for women. On a standard outdoor running track, it is one lap around the track. Runners start in staggered positions and race in separate lanes for the entire course. In many countries, athletes previously competed in the 440 yard dash (402.336 m)—which is a quarter of a mile and was referred to as the 'quarter-mile'—instead of the 400 m (437.445 yards), though this distance is now obsolete.

The 14th African Championships in Athletics were held in Brazzaville, Republic of Congo in July, 2004. Since African Championships is a biennial event, this edition was contested only a month before 2004 Summer Olympics. Thus some top athletes shunned the event. On the other hand, many athletes use the competition to prepare for the Olympics.

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Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Fatou Bintou Fall
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
Kaltouma Nadjina
Flag of Chad.svg  Chad
Hortense Bewouda
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon

Results

Heats

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Fatou Bintou Fall Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 52.62 Q
2 1 Estie Wittstock Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 52.81 Q
3 1 Muriel Noah Ahanda Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 53.84
4 1 Sandrine Thiébaud-Kangni Flag of Togo.svg  Togo 54.03
5 1 Justine Bayigga Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda 54.76
6 1 Christy Ekpukhon Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
1 2 Hortense Béwouda Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 53.82 Q
2 2 Heide Seyerling Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 53.94 Q
3 2 Amantle Montsho Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 54.06 NR
4 2 Silba Tjingaete Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 57.70
6 2 Gloria Amuche Nwosu Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
1 3 Mireille Nguimgo Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 51.96 Q
2 3 Kaltouma Nadjina Flag of Chad.svg  Chad 52.31 q
3 3 Ngozi Nwokocha Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 53.26 q
4 3 Josephine Nyarunda Flag of Kenya.svg  Kenya 53.82
6 3 Awatef Ben Hassine Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Doping

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Fatou Bintou Fall Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 50.62
Kaltouma Nadjina Flag of Chad.svg  Chad 50.80
Hortense Béwouda Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 51.15
4 Mireille Nguimgo Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 51.20
5 Heide Seyerling Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 51.67
6 Estie Wittstock Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 51.85
7 Awatef Ben Hassine Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Doping
8 Ngozi Nwokocha Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria

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