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

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Athletics at the
2003 All-Africa Games
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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
4×100 m relay men women
4×400 m relay men women
Road events
Marathon men women
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 at the 2003 All-Africa Games were held on October 12–13.

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 athletics competition at the 2003 All-Africa Games was held at the Abuja Stadium between 11 and 16 October 2003. The host nation, Nigeria, topped the medal table.

Medalists

GoldSilverBronze
Fatou Bintou Fall
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal
Doris Jacob
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
Mireille Nguimgo
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon

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 Bisi Afolabi Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 51.47 Q
2 1 Mireille Nguimgo Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 51.50 Q
3 1 Estie Wittstock Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 51.71 q
4 3 Fatou Bintou Fall Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 51.77 Q
5 2 Doris Jacob Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 52.03 Q
6 3 Glory Nwosu Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 52.33 Q
7 2 Hortense Béwouda Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 52.36 Q
8 3 Heide Seyerling Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 52.78 q
9 1 Awatef Benhassine Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia 53.56
10 3 Muriel Noah Ahanda Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 54.15
11 1 Kundai Sengudzwa Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe 54.33
12 3 Muna Jabir Adam Flag of Sudan.svg  Sudan 54.43
13 2 Sandrine Thiébaud-Kangni Flag of Togo.svg  Togo 54.65
14 2 Amantle Montsho Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana 55.06
15 2 Netsanet Getu Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia 55.56
16 2 Claudine Yemalin Flag of Benin.svg  Benin 56.66
17 1 Silba Tjingaete Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia 57.19
18 1 Rebica Chinesho Flag of Ethiopia (1996-2009).svg  Ethiopia 59.94
19 1 Selebaleng Seomile Flag of Botswana.svg  Botswana
19 2 Shewit Tesfagebriel Flag of Eritrea.svg  Eritrea
19 2 Sylla M'Mah Touré Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea
20 3 Evodie Saramndji Flag of the Central African Republic.svg  Central African Republic
20 3 Justine Bayiga Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda
20 3 Larissa Bakasa Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe

Final

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
Fatou Bintou Fall Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal 51.38
Doris Jacob Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 51.41
Mireille Nguimgo Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 51.59
4 Estie Wittstock Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 51.81
5 Hortense Béwouda Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon 51.96
6 Heide Seyerling Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 52.45
7 Glory Nwosu Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 52.47
8 Bisi Afolabi Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria 52.77

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