# Athletics at the 2007 All-Africa Games – Women's 400 metres

Athletics at the 2007 All-Africa Games :
| 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 |||||
| Half marathon | men | women |
| 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 | |
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The women's 400 metres at the 2007 All-Africa Games were held on July 18–20.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Amantle Montsho Botswana | Joy Eze Nigeria | Folashade Abugan Nigeria |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Joy Eze | Nigeria | 52.14 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Amantle Montsho | Botswana | 52.23 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Folashade Abugan | Nigeria | 52.33 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Tsholofelo Selemela | South Africa | 52.48 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Nawal El Jack | Sudan | 52.61 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Amanda Kotze | South Africa | 52.76 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Christy Ekpukhon | Nigeria | 52.99 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Fatou Bintou Fall | Senegal | 53.00 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Elizabeth Muthoka | Kenya | 53.24 | q |
| 9 | 4 | Herunga Jipekapora | Namibia | 53.24 | q |
| 11 | 3 | Kou Luogon | Liberia | 53.42 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | Justine Bayiga | Uganda | 53.55 | q |
| 13 | 2 | Estie Wittstock | South Africa | 53.86 | Q |
| 14 | 4 | Elisa Cossa | Mozambique | 54.09 | PB |
| 15 | 2 | Rabecca Nachula | Zambia | 54.32 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | Racheal Nachula | Zambia | 54.40 | |
| 17 | 4 | Ndeye Fatou Soumah | Senegal | 54.80 | |
| 18 | 1 | Faiza Omar | Sudan | 54.89 | |
| 19 | 2 | Zipporah Ratemo | Kenya | 55.32 | Q |
| 20 | 1 | Zehra Bouras | Algeria | 55.47 | |
| 21 | 1 | Sophia Chirairon | Zimbabwe | 55.76 | |
| 22 | 3 | Josephine Nyarunda | Kenya | 56.06 | Q |
| 23 | 2 | Nathalie Sonia Itock | Cameroon | 56.16 | |
| 24 | 3 | Nazret Gebrehiwet | Eritrea | 57.19 | |
| 25 | 3 | Epiphanie Uwintije | Rwanda | 58.26 | |
| 26 | 2 | Elodie Ngarlemdana | Chad | 59.53 | |
| 27 | 3 | Marianna Camara | Guinea | 1:01.60 | |
| | 2 | Fabienne Feraez | Benin | DNS | |
| | 2 | Amy Mbacké Thiam | Senegal | DNS | |
| | 2 | Sandrine Thiebaud | Togo | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Joy Eze | Nigeria | 51.34 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Amantle Montsho | Botswana | 51.54 | Q, NR |
| 3 | 2 | Christy Ekphukhon | Nigeria | 51.66 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Folashade Abugan | Nigeria | 51.78 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Nawal El Jack | Sudan | 52.26 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Folashade Abugan | Nigeria | 52.46 | Q, NR |
| 7 | 1 | Kou Luogon | Senegal | 52.66 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Estie Wittstock | South Africa | 52.74 | q |
| 9 | 1 | Tsholofelo Selemela | South Africa | 52.91 | |
| 10 | 2 | Fatou Bintou Fall | Senegal | 53.03 | |
| 11 | 2 | Amanda Kotze | South Africa | 53.33 | |
| 12 | 2 | Rabecca Nachula | Zambia | 53.45 | |
| 13 | 1 | Justine Bayiga | Uganda | 53.55 | |
| 14 | 1 | Elizabeth Muthoka | Kenya | 53.56 | |
| 15 | 1 | Zipporah Ratemo | Kenya | 54.84 | |
| 16 | 2 | Josephine Nyarunda | Kenya | 55.31 | |

### Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | Amantle Montsho | Botswana | 51.13 | NR |
| | Joy Eze | Nigeria | 51.20 | |
| | Folashade Abugan | Nigeria | 51.44 | |
| 4 | Nawal El Jack | Sudan | 51.83 | |
| 5 | Christy Ekpukhon | Nigeria | 51.90 | |
| 6 | Estie Wittstock | South Africa | 52.56 | |
| 7 | Herunga Jipekapora | Namibia | 53.13 | |
| 8 | Kou Luogon | Liberia | 54.08 | |