2018 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres hurdles

The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 2018 African Championships in Athletics was held on 4 and 5 August in Asaba, Nigeria. ^[1]

Glory Onome Nathaniel was placed first when the race was run, but was subsequently disqualified in 2019 after tested positive for stanozolol. ^[2] The medals were reissued with Lhabze receiving the gold medal.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Lamiae Lhabze   Morocco	Wenda Nel   South Africa	Maureen Jelagat Maiyo   Kenya

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Lamiae Lhabze	Morocco	58.07	Q
2	1	Rita Ossai	Nigeria	58.22	Q
3	1	Jane Chege	Kenya	59.78	Q
4	1	Audrey Nkamsao	Cameroon	1:00.03	q
5	1	Rokya Fofana	Burkina Faso	?:??.??
6	1	Gebeyanesh Gadecha	Ethiopia	1:00.88
8	1	Abrar Osman Osman	Sudan	1:05.95
1	2	Glory Onome Nathaniel	Nigeria	55.96	Q/DQ1
2	2	Wenda Nel	South Africa	57.47	Q
3	2	Maureen Jelagat Maiyo	Kenya	?:??.??	Q
4	2	Uwemedino Akpan Abasiono	Nigeria	?:??.??	q
5	2	Olga Razanamalala	Madagascar	?:??.??
6	2	Tasabih Mohamed	Sudan	?:??.??
6	2	Fatoumata Koala	Burkina Faso	?:??.??
	2	Mosisa Siyoum	Ethiopia	DNS

Final

Rank	Lane	Athlete	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Lamiae Lhabze	Morocco	56.66
	4	Wenda Nel	South Africa	57.04
	7	Maureen Jelagat Maiyo	Kenya	57.27
4	5	Rita Ossai	Nigeria	59.11
5	8	Jane Chege	Kenya	59.63
6	1	Uwemedino Akpan Abasiono	Nigeria	1:00.57
7	2	Audrey Nkamsao	Cameroon	1:01.35
DQ	3	Glory Onome Nathaniel	Nigeria	55.53	1

¹Disqualified after the games for doping

References

1. "African championships, Asaba (Nigeria) 1-5/08/2018". Africathle. August 2018. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
2. Disciplinary process. Final decision