Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 26–28 July.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Aliann Pompey Guyana	Lee McConnell Scotland	Sandie Richards Jamaica

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the quarterfinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Allison Beckford	Jamaica	52.29	Q
2	2	Christine Amertil	Bahamas	52.64	Q
3	2	Aliann Pompey	Guyana	52.88	Q
4	1	Ronetta Smith	Jamaica	52.92	Q
5	3	Catherine Murphy	Wales	53.09	Q
6	5	Mireille Nguimgo	Cameroon	53.14	Q
7	4	Sandie Richards	Jamaica	53.29	Q
8	5	LaDonna Antoine-Watkins	Canada	53.44	Q
9	3	Hortense Bewouda	Cameroon	53.58	Q
10	4	Helen Frost	England	53.78	Q
11	2	Damayanthi Darsha	Sri Lanka	53.99	Q
11	3	Jane Arnott	New Zealand	53.99	Q
13	2	Foy Williams	Canada	54.05	q
14	3	Melanie Purkiss	England	54.14	Q
15	4	Lami Oyewumi	Canada	54.21	Q
16	5	Heide Seyerling	South Africa	54.23	Q
17	5	Kudirat Akhigbe	Nigeria	54.33	Q
18	1	Doris Jacob	Nigeria	54.34	Q
19	1	Helen Karagounis	England	54.47	Q
20	2	Adia McKinnon	Trinidad and Tobago	54.57	q
21	4	Nickeisha Charles	Trinidad and Tobago	54.80	Q
22	4	Carey Easton	Scotland	54.97	q
23	3	Hajarat Yusuf	Nigeria	55.09	q
24	1	Lee McConnell	Scotland	55.62	Q
25	5	Theodora Kyriakou	Cyprus	56.13
26	2	Geraldine Elysee	Mauritius	57.22	PB
27	5	Vasiti Vatureba	Fiji	57.62
28	3	Yaznee Nasheeda	Maldives	1:04.14
	1	Fatmata Bash-Koroma	Sierra Leone	DQ
	1	Mereoni Raluve	Fiji	DQ
	4	Hazel-Ann Regis	Grenada	DQ
	4	Tina Paulino	Mozambique	DNS

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Sandie Richards	Jamaica	51.91	Q
2	3	Christine Amertil	Bahamas	52.13	Q
3	2	Allison Beckford	Jamaica	52.14	Q
4	1	Catherine Murphy	Wales	52.15	Q
4	3	Lee McConnell	Scotland	52.15	Q
6	2	Heide Seyerling	South Africa	52.36	Q
7	2	LaDonna Antoine-Watkins	Canada	52.37	Q
8	2	Hortense Bewouda	Cameroon	52.41	Q
9	2	Jane Arnott	New Zealand	52.48	q
10	1	Mireille Nguimgo	Cameroon	52.50	Q
11	3	Aliann Pompey	Guyana	52.61	Q
12	3	Helen Frost	England	52.67	Q, SB
13	1	Helen Karagounis	England	52.69	Q
14	1	Doris Jacob	Nigeria	53.03	q
15	2	Melanie Purkiss	England	53.08	q
16	1	Foy Williams	Canada	53.26	q
17	2	Hajarat Yusuf	Nigeria	53.58
17	3	Lami Oyewumi	Canada	53.58
19	3	Kudirat Akhigbe	Nigeria	53.64
20	1	Adia McKinnon	Trinidad and Tobago	53.84
21	3	Nickeisha Charles	Trinidad and Tobago	53.87
22	1	Damayanthi Darsha	Sri Lanka	53.91
23	2	Carey Easton	Scotland	54.10
	3	Ronetta Smith	Jamaica	DQ

Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Lee McConnell	Scotland	51.29	Q, PB
2	2	Aliann Pompey	Guyana	51.34	Q, NR
3	2	Catherine Murphy	Wales	51.36	Q, PB
4	1	Christine Amertil	Bahamas	51.38	Q
5	2	Sandie Richards	Jamaica	51.45	Q
6	2	Mireille Nguimgo	Cameroon	51.76	SB
7	2	Helen Karagounis	England	51.97	PB
8	1	Hortense Bewouda	Cameroon	52.00	Q
9	1	Allison Beckford	Jamaica	52.10	Q
10	1	Heide Seyerling	South Africa	52.12	Q
11	1	LaDonna Antoine-Watkins	Canada	52.44
12	1	Helen Frost	England	52.71
13	1	Doris Jacob	Nigeria	52.88
14	2	Foy Williams	Canada	53.21
15	1	Melanie Purkiss	England	53.32
16	2	Jane Arnott	New Zealand	53.49

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Aliann Pompey	Guyana	51.63
	Lee McConnell	Scotland	51.68
	Sandie Richards	Jamaica	51.79
4	Allison Beckford	Jamaica	51.81
5	Heide Seyerling	South Africa	52.87
6	Catherine Murphy	Wales	52.91
7	Hortense Bewouda	Cameroon	53.00
8	Christine Amertil	Bahamas	53.45