2002 African Championships in Athletics – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 2002 African Championships in Athletics was held in Radès, Tunisia on August 7–8.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Nadjina Kaltouma Chad	Mireille Nguimgo Cameroon	Awatef Ben Hassine Tunisia

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Mireille Nguimgo	Cameroon	52.47	Q
2	3	Nadjina Kaltouma	Chad	52.69	Q
3	1	Hortense Béwouda	Cameroon	52.92	Q
4	1	Awatef Ben Hassine	Tunisia	52.97	q
5	1	Kudirat Akhigbe	Nigeria	53.56	q
6	3	Heide Seyerling	South Africa	53.81	Q
7	2	Amy Mbacké Thiam	Senegal	54.02	Q
8	1	Doris Jacob	Nigeria	54.14
9	3	Sandrine Thiébaud-Kangni	Togo	54.16
10	2	Hajarat Yusuf	Nigeria	55.00	Q
11	3	Maha Chaouachi	Tunisia	55.86
12	2	Fatou Bintou Fall	Senegal	56.10
13	3	Sarah Arrous	Algeria	56.13
14	2	Silpa Tjingaate	Namibia	56.83
15	1	Geraldine Elysee	Mauritius	58.01
16	3	Sana Najeh	Tunisia	1:00.42
17	1	Selebal Sedmile	Botswana	1:01.32
18	2	Sylla M'Mah Touré	Guinea	1:03.92
18	2	Berikty Weldai	Eritrea	1:07.35
	2	Ageritu Belete	Ethiopia	DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Nadjina Kaltouma	Chad	51.09
	Mireille Nguimgo	Cameroon	51.61
	Awatef Ben Hassine	Tunisia	52.22
4	Hortense Béwouda	Cameroon	52.26
5	Kudirat Akhigbe	Nigeria	52.81
6	Hajarat Yusuf	Nigeria	53.66
	Amy Mbacké Thiam	Senegal	DNS
	Heide Seyerling	South Africa	DNS