# Athletics at the 2011 All-Africa Games – Women's 400 metres

The Women's 400 metres at the 2011 All-Africa Games took place on 11–13 September at the Estádio Nacional do Zimpeto.
The final held at 5:45 p.m. local time.

## Medalists

| Gold | Amantle Montsho (BOT) |
| Silver | Amy Mbacké Thiam (SEN) |
| Bronze | Tjipekapora Herunga (NAM) |

## Records

Prior to the competition, the records were as follows:
| World record | Marita Koch (GDR) | 47.60 | Canberra, Australia | 6 October 1985 |
| Championship record | Fatima Yusuf (NGR) | 49.43 | Harare, Zimbabwe | August 1995 |
| World Leading | Anastasia Kapachinskaya (RUS) | 49.35 | Cheboksary, Russia | 22 July 2011 |
| African Record | Falilat Ogunkoya (NGR) | 49.10 | Atlanta, GA, United States | 29 July 1996 |

## Schedule

| Date | Time | Round |
| September 11, 2011 | 17:30 | Heats |
| September 12, 2011 | 17:55 | Semifinals |
| September 13, 2011 | 17:45 | Final |

## Results

| KEY: | q | Fastest non-qualifiers | Q | Qualified | NR | National record | PB | Personal best | SB | Seasonal best |

### Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Tjipekapora Herunga | Namibia | 52.61 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Ndeye Fatou Soumah | Senegal | 52.92 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Bukola Abogunloko | Nigeria | 52.94 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Margaret Etim | Nigeria | 53.13 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Omolara Omotosho | Nigeria | 53.17 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Joy Sakari | Kenya | 53.22 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Amantle Montsho | Botswana | 53.26 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Rachael Nachula | Zambia | 54.02 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | Amy Mbacké Thiam | Senegal | 54.39 | Q |
| 10 | 2 | Ndzinisa Phumlile | Swaziland | 54.48 | q |
| 11 | 4 | Grace Kidake | Kenya | 55.05 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Aminata Sylla | Senegal | 55.18 | q |
| 13 | 2 | Manteigibosh Melese | Ethiopia | 55.73 | q |
| 14 | 1 | Goitseone Seleka | Botswana | 55.88 | Q |
| 15 | 3 | Sylvie Zimbere | Cameroon | 56.21 | Q |
| 16 | 1 | Natacha Ngoye | Republic of the Congo | 57.23 | q |
| 17 | 4 | Elsa Macie | Mozambique | 57.66 | |
| 18 | 2 | Lydia Mashila | Botswana | 57.68 | |
| 19 | 4 | Blessing Miel Ayedou | Benin | 57.69 | |
| 20 | 1 | Fayza Omer | Sudan | 57.84 | |
| 21 | 3 | Fatou Touré | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 59.98 | |
| | 3 | Nawal El Jack | Sudan | DNF | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Amantle Montsho | Botswana | 51.50 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Bukola Abogunloko | Nigeria | 52.61 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Joy Sakari | Kenya | 52.63 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Ndeye Fatou Soumah | Senegal | 52.71 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Tjipekapora Herunga | Namibia | 52.85 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Omolara Omotosho | Nigeria | 52.85 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Margaret Etim | Nigeria | 52.89 | q |
| 8 | 1 | Amy Mbacké Thiam | Senegal | 53.41 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Phumlile Ndzinisa | Swaziland | 54.26 | NR |
| 10 | 2 | Aminata Sylla | Senegal | 54.53 | |
| 11 | 1 | Sylvie Zimbere | Cameroon | 54.75 | |
| 12 | 1 | Racheal Nachula | Zambia | 54.80 | |
| 13 | 2 | Goitseone Seleka | Botswana | 55.58 | |
| 14 | 2 | Grace Kidake | Kenya | 55.73 | |
| 15 | 2 | Manteigibosh Melese | Ethiopia | 55.84 | |
| 16 | 1 | Natacha Ngoye | Republic of the Congo | 60.40 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Amantle Montsho | Botswana | 50.87 | |
| | Amy Mbacké Thiam | Senegal | 51.77 | |
| | Tjipekapora Herunga | Namibia | 51.84 | NR |
| 4 | Ndeye Fatou Soumah | Senegal | 52.17 | |
| 5 | Joy Sakari | Kenya | 52.18 | |
| 6 | Bukola Abogunloko | Nigeria | 53.08 | |
| 7 | Margaret Etim | Nigeria | 53.15 | |
| 8 | Omolara Omotosho | Nigeria | 53.19 | |