Athletics at the 2019 African Games – Women's 400 metres explained

The women's 400 metres event at the 2019 African Games was held on 26, 27 and 28 August in Rabat.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Galefele Moroko	Favour Ofili	Grace Obour

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advanced to the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			52.20	Q
2	3			52.31	Q
3	1	Grace Obour		52.53	Q
4	2			52.70	Q
5	3			53.31	Q
6	4			53.33	Q
7	3			53.43	Q
8	1			53.45	Q
9	4			53.55	Q
10	3			53.68	q
11	4			54.12	Q
12	1			54.20	q
13	1			54.30	q
14	4			54.39	q
15	1			54.70
16	2			54.99	Q
17	2			55.24	Q
18	2			55.62
19	2			55.79
20	3			55.86
21	1			56.30
22	3			56.37
23	1			56.59
24	4			56.91
25	4			57.00
26	4			57.29
27	2			57.43
28	2			58.83
29	3			58.90
30	4
	2				R162.7[2]

Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal (Q) advanced directly to the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			51.53	Q
2	1			51.75	Q
3	2			51.94	Q
4	1			51.96	Q
5	1			51.99	Q
6	2	Grace Obour		52.14	Q
7	2			52.39	Q
8	2			53.07	Q
9	1			53.49
10	1			53.71
11	2			53.84
12	2			54.11
13	1			54.12
14	1			54.65
15	2			54.93
	2

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3			51.30
	4			51.68
	5	Grace Obour		51.86
4	6			51.97
5	8			52.18
6	1			52.47
7	7			52.56
8	2			53.24

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results . 2019-09-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190901063534/https://wrs-ag2019g.mev.atos.net/resJA2019/pdf/JA2019/AT/JA2019_AT_C99_AT0000000.pdf . 2019-09-01 . dead .
2. False start