Athletics at the 2023 African Games – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 2023 African Games was held on 18, 19 and 20 March 2024 in Accra, Ghana.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Mary Moraa  Kenya	Esther Joseph  Nigeria	Sita Sibiri  Burkina Faso

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Esther Joseph	Nigeria	51.81	Q
2	1	Rhodah Njobvu	Zambia	52.03	Q
3	5	Mary Moraa	Kenya	52.18	Q
4	3	Lydia Jele	Botswana	52.50	Q
5	2	Quincy Malekani	Zambia	52.63	Q
6	4	Samira Awal	Niger	53.07	Q
7	2	Sita Sibiri	Burkina Faso	53.10	Q, NR
8	4	Esther Okon	Nigeria	53.17	Q
9	1	Fatou Gaye	Senegal	53.26	Q
10	5	Asimenye Simwaka	Malawi	53.32	Q
11	5	Georgiana Sesay	Sierra Leone	53.35	Q
12	4	Leni Shida	Uganda	53.42	Q
13	5	Sara El Hachimi	Morocco	53.47	Q
14	2	Brittany Ogunmokun	Nigeria	53.53	Q
15	2	Marlie Viljoen	South Africa	53.67	Q
16	3	Elodie Malessara	Republic of the Congo	53.96	Q, NR
17	1	Jackline Najala	Kenya	54.11	Q
17	2	Tlhomphang Basele	Botswana	54.11	q
19	1	Salma Lhilali	Morocco	54.33	Q
20	5	Motlatsi Ranthe	Botswana	54.74	q
21	4	Bridget Annan	Ghana	54.94	Q
22	5	Tadelech Hote	Ethiopia	54.96	q
23	2	Grace Aduntira	Ghana	55.05	q
24	1	Marcelle Bouele Bondo	Republic of the Congo	55.23
25	2	Marie Bangura	Sierra Leone	55.23
26	1	Hana Tadesse	Ethiopia	55.53
27	4	Julienne Koudjoukalo Batchassi	Togo	55.76
28	3	Msanga Haylu	Ethiopia	56.09	Q
29	5	Angelique Strijdom	South Africa	56.27
30	3	Sandrah Appiah	Ghana	56.60
31	3	Souliath Saka	Benin	56.84
32	4	Napuumue Hengari	Namibia	58.51
	1	Imaobong Nse Uko	Nigeria	DNS
	3	Nandi Vass	Namibia	DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 2 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advanced to the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Mary Moraa	Kenya	51.55	Q
2	1	Esther Joseph	Nigeria	51.74	Q
3	1	Sita Sibiri	Burkina Faso	52.13	Q, NR
4	2	Quincy Malekani	Zambia	52.18	Q
5	1	Lydia Jele	Botswana	52.57	q
6	3	Rhodah Njobvu	Zambia	52.58	Q
7	3	Georgiana Sesay	Sierra Leone	52.62	Q
8	3	Samira Awal	Niger	52.84	q
9	3	Marlie Viljoen	South Africa	53.02
10	2	Asimenye Simwaka	Malawi	53.14
11	1	Leni Shida	Uganda	53.23
12	1	Brittany Ogunmokun	Nigeria	53.26
13	2	Sara El Hachimi	Morocco	53.37
14	2	Fatou Gaye	Senegal	53.41
15	3	Elodie Malessara	Republic of the Congo	53.77	NR
16	3	Esther Okon	Nigeria	53.80
17	1	Grace Aduntira	Ghana	54.78
18	1	Salma Lhilali	Morocco	54.94
19	2	Jackline Najala	Kenya	54.99
20	3	Tadelech Hote	Ethiopia	55.08
21	1	Bridget Annan	Ghana	55.25
22	2	Motlatsi Ranthe	Botswana	55.30
23	3	Msanga Haylu	Ethiopia	56.70
	2	Tlhomphang Basele	Botswana	DQ	TR16.8

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Mary Moraa	Kenya	50.57	WL
	3	Esther Joseph	Nigeria	51.61
	5	Sita Sibiri	Burkina Faso	51.74	NR
4	6	Rhodah Njobvu	Zambia	51.97
5	7	Quincy Malekani	Zambia	51.98
6	2	Georgiana Sesay	Sierra Leone	52.49
7	8	Lydia Jele	Botswana	53.05
8	1	Samira Awal	Niger	53.18