# 2008 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 2008 African Championships in Athletics was held at the Addis Ababa Stadium on April 30–May 2.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Amantle Montsho Botswana | Folashade Abugan Nigeria | Racheal Nachula Zambia |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Amantle Montsho | Botswana | 52.23 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Elizabeth Muthuka | Kenya | 53.27 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Tsholofelo Thipe | South Africa | 53.48 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Joy Eze | Nigeria | 53.52 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Racheal Nachula | Zambia | 53.63 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Nawal El Jack | Sudan | 53.86 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Folashade Abugan | Nigeria | 53.86 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | Oluoma Nwoke | Nigeria | 54.18 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | Justine Bayigga | Uganda | 54.54 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | Kou Luogon | Liberia | 54.61 | q |
| 11 | 2 | Fatou Bintou Fall | Senegal | 54.83 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Ndèye Fatou Soumah | Senegal | 55.17 | Q |
| 13 | 1 | Sandrine Thiébaud-Kangni | Togo | 55.71 | q |
| 14 | 2 | Tjipekapora Herunga | Namibia | 56.03 | q |
| 15 | 1 | Elisa Cossa | Mozambique | 56.49 | q |
| 16 | 4 | Seonyatseng Nthompe | Botswana | 56.58 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | Pinkard Maisha | Liberia | 56.65 | |
| 18 | 2 | Tihanna Vorster | South Africa | 56.72 | |
| 19 | 3 | Emily Nanziri | Uganda | 57.16 | |
| 20 | 3 | Fatou Diabaye | Senegal | 57.46 | |
| 21 | 4 | Ramatoulaye Gassama | Mali | 57.50 | |
| 22 | 4 | Charity Boahemaa | Ghana | 58.03 | |
| 23 | 1 | Wesene Belay | Ethiopia | 58.09 | |
| 24 | 4 | Mulu Diriba | Ethiopia | 58.14 | |
| 25 | 2 | Wesene Daba | Ethiopia | 58.48 | |
| 26 | 1 | V.S. Kantanka | Ghana | 58.74 | |
| 27 | 3 | Kensa Sylla | Guinea | 59.38 | |
| 28 | 2 | Jeanne D'Arc Uwamahoro | Rwanda | 1:01.08 | |
| 29 | 2 | Mariama Camara | Guinea | 1:02.50 | |
| | 1 | Ghada Abuagila | Libya | DNS | |
| | 4 | Pamela Jelimo | Kenya | 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 | 2 | Amantle Montsho | Botswana | 51.16 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Folashade Abugan | Nigeria | 51.60 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Racheal Nachula | Zambia | 51.99 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 1 | Elizabeth Muthuka | Kenya | 52.46 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Tsholofelo Thipe | South Africa | 52.48 | q |
| 6 | 2 | Nawal El Jack | Sudan | 52.49 | Q |
| 7 | 2 | Joy Eze | Nigeria | 52.57 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Kou Luogon | Liberia | 52.99 | q |
| 9 | 2 | Oluoma Nwoke | Nigeria | 53.20 | |
| 10 | 2 | Justine Bayigga | Uganda | 53.88 | |
| 11 | 1 | Tjipekapora Herunga | Namibia | 54.00 | |
| 12 | 2 | Ndèye Fatou Soumah | Senegal | 54.67 | |
| 13 | 1 | Sandrine Thiébaud-Kangni | Togo | 54.76 | |
| 14 | 2 | Elisa Cossa | Mozambique | 54.91 | |
| 15 | 1 | Seonyatseng Nthompe | Botswana | 56.61 | |
| | 1 | Fatou Bintou Fall | Senegal | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| | 6 | Amantle Montsho | Botswana | 49.83 | CR |
| | 6 | Folashade Abugan | Nigeria | 50.89 | |
| | 5 | Racheal Nachula | Zambia | 51.39 | NR |
| 4 | 5 | Tsholofelo Thipe | South Africa | 51.49 | |
| 5 | 4 | Nawal El Jack | Sudan | 51.93 | |
| 6 | 8 | Joy Eze | Nigeria | 52.16 | |
| 7 | 7 | Elizabeth Muthuka | Kenya | 52.81 | |
| | 1 | Kou Luogon | Liberia | DNF | |