Athletics at the 1994 Commonwealth Games – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 1994 Commonwealth Games was held at the Centennial Stadium in Victoria, British Columbia.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Cathy Freeman Australia	Fatima Yusuf Nigeria	Sandie Richards Jamaica

Results

Heats

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Sandie Richards	Jamaica	52.62	Q
2	3	Phylis Smith	England	52.83	Q
3	4	Olabisi Afolabi	Nigeria	52.90	Q
4	3	Fatima Yusuf	Nigeria	53.07	Q
5	1	Renee Poetschka	Australia	53.14	Q
6	4	Melanie Neef	Scotland	53.21	Q
7	1	Omolade Akinremi	Nigeria	53.29	Q
8	2	Cathy Freeman	Australia	53.37	Q
9	4	Tracy Goddard	England	53.55	q
10	3	Kylie Hanigan	Australia	53.58	Q
11	2	Revoli Campbell	Jamaica	53.66	Q
12	1	Mercy Addy	Ghana	53.74	Q
13	4	Adri de Jongh	South Africa	53.87	q
14	3	Stephanie McCann	Northern Ireland	53.91	q
15	2	Theodora Kyriakou	Cyprus	53.74	Q
16	1	Julia Sandiford	Barbados	54.17	q
17	2	Andrea Pinnock	Canada	54.47
18	1	Alanna Yakiwchuck	Canada	54.53
19	3	Ngozi Mwanamwambwa	Zambia	54.56
20	3	Hellena Wrappah	Ghana	54.74
21	3	Angela Joseph	Trinidad and Tobago	54.76
22	2	Nabiama Salifu	Ghana	54.88
23	1	Sandra Douglas	England	55.54
24	2	Mary-Estelle Kapalu	Vanuatu	55.77
25	2	Stephanie Llewellyn	Northern Ireland	56.97
26	1	Sama Fornah	Sierra Leone	1:02.99
	4	Dithapelo Molefi	Botswana	DNS

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Sandie Richards	Jamaica	51.23	Q
2	1	Cathy Freeman	Australia	51.57	Q
3	2	Fatima Yusuf	Nigeria	52.03	Q
4	2	Phylis Smith	England	52.31	Q
5	2	Renee Poetschka	Australia	52.66	Q
6	1	Melanie Neef	Scotland	52.75	Q
7	1	Olabisi Afolabi	Nigeria	52.78	Q
8	2	Kylie Hanigan	Australia	52.87	Q
9	2	Revoli Campbell	Jamaica	53.15
10	1	Omolade Akinremi	Nigeria	53.20
11	1	Theodora Kyriakou	Cyprus	53.80
12	1	Tracy Goddard	England	53.84
13	2	Stephanie McCann	Northern Ireland	53.96
14	2	Adri de Jongh	South Africa	54.01
15	2	Mercy Addy	Ghana	54.01
16	1	Julia Sandiford	Barbados	54.61

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Cathy Freeman	Australia	50.38
	4	Fatima Yusuf	Nigeria	50.53
	5	Sandie Richards	Jamaica	50.69
4	6	Phylis Smith	England	51.46
5	8	Renee Poetschka	Australia	51.51
6	7	Melanie Neef	Scotland	52.09
7	1	Olabisi Afolabi	Nigeria	52.21
8	2	Kylie Hanigan	Australia	52.55