The two female athletes, Judith Ayaa and Rose Musani, competed in the 400m and 200m respectively. Musani was the youngest athlete in the Ugandan delegation, aged 16 years and 28 days at the Games. She was the youngest athlete ever to compete for Uganda at an Olympic Games until boxer Charles Lubulwa entered the 1980 Summer Olympics aged 15 years and 206 days. Musani qualified from her heat in fifth place with a time of 25.37 seconds. In the quarter-finals, she recorded a marginally better time but was eliminated after finishing eighth. Ayaa also qualified from her heat in the 400m, finishing fourth. She surpassed Musani by qualifying from the quarter-final, setting a new African record of 52.68 seconds after finishing third. She was eliminated in the semi-finals, finishing seventh in her race.