2002 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 2002 African Championships in Athletics was held in Radès, Tunisia on August 7–8.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Nadjina Kaltouma   Chad	Mireille Nguimgo   Cameroon	Awatef Ben Hassine   Tunisia

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Mireille Nguimgo	Cameroon	52.47	Q
2	3	Nadjina Kaltouma	Chad	52.69	Q
3	1	Hortense Béwouda	Cameroon	52.92	Q
4	1	Awatef Ben Hassine	Tunisia	52.97	q
5	1	Kudirat Akhigbe	Nigeria	53.56	q
6	3	Heide Seyerling	South Africa	53.81	Q
7	2	Amy Mbacké Thiam	Senegal	54.02	Q
8	1	Doris Jacob	Nigeria	54.14
9	3	Sandrine Thiébaud-Kangni	Togo	54.16
10	2	Hajarat Yusuf	Nigeria	55.00	Q
11	3	Maha Chaouachi	Tunisia	55.86
12	2	Fatou Bintou Fall	Senegal	56.10
13	3	Sarah Arrous	Algeria	56.13
14	2	Silpa Tjingaate	Namibia	56.83
15	1	Geraldine Elysee	Mauritius	58.01
16	3	Sana Najeh	Tunisia	1:00.42
17	1	Selebal Sedmile	Botswana	1:01.32
18	2	Sylla M'Mah Touré	Guinea	1:03.92
18	2	Berikty Weldai	Eritrea	1:07.35
	2	Ageritu Belete	Ethiopia	DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Nadjina Kaltouma	Chad	51.09
	Mireille Nguimgo	Cameroon	51.61
	Awatef Ben Hassine	Tunisia	52.22
4	Hortense Béwouda	Cameroon	52.26
5	Kudirat Akhigbe	Nigeria	52.81
6	Hajarat Yusuf	Nigeria	53.66
	Amy Mbacké Thiam	Senegal	DNS
	Heide Seyerling	South Africa	DNS

References

1. Results