African Games 2019 / Athletics - Women's 400m

The winner Galefele Moroko (2016)

The women's 400-meter run at the 2019 African Games took place on August 26th, 27th and 28th at the Stade Moulay Abdallah in Rabat .

31 runners from 19 countries took part in the competition. The gold medal was won by Galefele Moroko with 51.30 s, silver went to Favor Ofili with 51.68 s and the bronze medal was won by Grace Obour with 51.86 s.

Records

World record	Marita Koch	47.60 s	Canberra , Australia	October 6, 1985
Record of games	Fatima Yusuf	49.43 s	African Games in Harare , Zimbabwe	August 1995

Prelims

From the four preliminary races, the first three of each run - highlighted in light blue - and the four fastest times - highlighted in light green - qualified for the semifinals.

Run 1

August 26, 2019, 4:00 p.m.

space	train	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	2	Favor Ofili	Nigeria	52.20
2	8th	Grace Obour	Ghana	52.53
3	5	Tjipekapora Herunga	Namibia	53.45
4th	6th	Marcelle Bouele Bondo	Republic of the Congo	54.20
5	1	Nashiba Nabirye	Uganda	54.30
6th	7th	Saka Souliatou Ajjouolakpe	Benin	54.70
7th	3	Fatou Gaye	Senegal	56.30
8th	4th	Kadia Dembele	Mali	56.59

Run 2

August 26, 2019, 4:07 pm

space	train	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	3	Galefele Moroko	Botswana	52.70
2	2	Stella Wonruku	Uganda	54.99
3	6th	Amarachukwu Jecinta Obi	Nigeria	55.24
4th	5	Angounou Ngouayaka Linda Christelle	Cameroon	55.62
5	1	Worknesh Mesele Handeno	Ethiopia	55.79
6th	8th	Mary Thomas Tarawally	Sierra Leone	57.45
7th	7th	Bright Syombua	Kenya	58.83
	4th	Nafy Mane	Senegal	DSQ 1

¹ Rule 162.7: false start

Run 3

August 26, 2019, 4:14 p.m.

space	train	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	5	Mary Moraa	Kenya	52.31
2	3	Leni Shida	Uganda	53.31
3	2	Assia Raziki	Morocco	53.43
4th	7th	Eman Elbashl	Egypt	53.68
5	8th	Mariama Mamoudou Ittatou	Niger	55.86
6th	6th	Tsige Duguma Gemechu	Ethiopia	56.37
7th	4th	Mamakoli Senauoane	Lesotho	58.90

Run 4

August 26, 2019, 4:21 pm

space	train	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	8th	Beatrice Masilingi	Namibia	53.33
2	6th	Patience Okon George	Nigeria	53.55
3	2	Linda Kageha	Kenya	54.12
4th	3	Maggie Barrie	Sierra Leone	54.39
5	1	Danel Holton	South Africa	56.91
6th	5	Tlhomphang Basele	Botswana	57.00
7th	4th	Msgana Haylu Zemedkun	Ethiopia	57.29
8th	7th	Tasabih Mahdi	Sudan	1: 03.90 min

Semifinals

From the two semi-finals, the first four of each run - highlighted in light blue - qualified for the final.

Run 1

August 27, 2019, 4:07 pm

space	train	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	3	Galefele Moroko	Botswana	51.53
2	6th	Mary Moraa	Kenya	51.75
3	5	Patience Okon George	Nigeria	51.96
4th	4th	Leni Shida	Uganda	51.99
5	7th	Tjipekapora Herunga	Namibia	53.49
6th	2	Nashiba Nabirye	Uganda	53.71
7th	8th	Linda Kageha	Kenya	54.12
8th	1	Marcelle Bouele Bondo	Republic of the Congo	54.65

Run 2

August 27, 2019, 4:14 pm

space	train	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	4th	Favor Ofili	Nigeria	51.94
2	5	Grace Obour	Ghana	52.14
3	6th	Beatrice Masilingi	Namibia	52.39
4th	7th	Assia Raziki	Morocco	53.07
5	2	Eman Elbashl	Egypt	53.84
6th	3	Stella Wonruku	Uganda	54.11
7th	8th	Amarachukwu Jecinta Obi	Nigeria	54.93
	1	Maggie Barrie	Sierra Leone	DNS

final

August 28, 2019, 5:49 pm

space	train	Athlete	country	Time (s)
	3	Galefele Moroko	Botswana	51.30
	4th	Favor Ofili	Nigeria	51.68
	5	Grace Obour	Ghana	51.86
4th	6th	Mary Moraa	Kenya	51.97
5	8th	Patience Okon George	Nigeria	52.18
6th	1	Leni Shida	Uganda	52.47
7th	7th	Beatrice Masilingi	Namibia	52.56
8th	2	Assia Raziki	Morocco	53.24

Web links and sources

• Results on the 2019 African Games website
• Results. (PDF; 1.4 MB) In: atos.net. Retrieved September 2, 2019 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ International competition rules. (PDF; 4.3 MB) In: Leichtathletik.de. Retrieved August 8, 2019 .