2004 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

Events at the 2004 African Championships in Athletics
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.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Fatou Bintou Fall  Senegal	Kaltouma Nadjina  Chad	Hortense Bewouda  Cameroon

Results

Heats

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

Final

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

References

• Results