Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's 400 metres

Women's 400 metres
at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Women's 400 metres ; at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Alexander Stadium
Dates	3 August (first round) ; 5 August (semifinals) ; 7 August (final)
Competitors	30 from 18 nations
Winning time	49.90
Medalists
	← 2018 2026 →

The women's 400 metres at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Alexander Stadium on 3, 5 and 7 August 2022.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
1	1	8	Victoria Ohuruogu	England (ENG)	51.34	Q
2	3	2	Sada Williams	Barbados (BAR)	51.66	Q
3	3	7	Zoey Clark	Scotland (SCO)	51.84	Q
4	2	2	Kyra Constantine	Canada (CAN)	52.03	Q
5	1	6	Junelle Bromfield	Jamaica (JAM)	52.04	Q
6	1	9	Asimenye Simwaka	Malawi (MAW)	52.19	Q, PB
7	2	7	Aliyah Abrams	Guyana (GUY)	52.23	Q
8	4	7	Ama Pipi	England (ENG)	52.46	Q
9	3	3	Jodie Williams	England (ENG)	52.47	Q, SB
10	2	8	Nicole Yeargin	Scotland (SCO)	52.52	Q
11	1	2	Patience Okon George	Nigeria (NGR)	52.63	q
12	2	4	Veronica Kamumbe Mutua	Kenya (KEN)	53.02	q
13	1	3	Micha Powell	Canada (CAN)	53.13	q
14	3	6	Lydia Jele	Botswana (BOT)	53.24	q
15	3	8	Roneisha McGregor	Jamaica (JAM)	53.28
16	4	2	Aiyanna Stiverne	Canada (CAN)	53.45	Q
17	4	3	Leni Shida	Uganda (UGA)	53.65	Q
18	3	9	Shereen Vallabouy	Malaysia (MAS)	53.92 (.915)
18	3	5	Shalysa Wray	Cayman Islands (CAY)	53.92 (.915)
20	4	5	Caitlyn Bobb	Bermuda (BER)	53.97
21	4	9	Ella Onojuvwevwo	Nigeria (NGR)	54.02
22	1	4	Kenisha Phillips	Guyana (GUY)	54.08
23	1	5	Niddy Mingilishi	Zambia (ZAM)	54.30
24	2	3	Patience Omovoh	Nigeria (NGR)	54.40
25	2	6	Janet Richard	Malta (MLT)	54.51
26	4	6	Christine Botlogetswe	Botswana (BOT)	54.60
27	1	7	Mary Thomas Tarawally	Sierra Leone (SLE)	58.18	SB
28	2	5	Aishath Himna Hassan	Maldives (MDV)	58.70
29	4	8	Mary Moraa	Kenya (KEN)	59.51
30	3	4	Aminath Mohamed	Maldives (MDV)	1:01.49
	4	4	Ashontie Carr	Belize (BIZ)	DNS
	2	9	Tiffany James	Jamaica (JAM)	DNS

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
1	1	5	Victoria Ohuruogu	England (ENG)	51.00	Q
2	2	5	Sada Williams	Barbados (BAR)	51.59	Q
3	1	9	Asimenye Simwaka	Malawi (MAW)	51.70	Q, PB
4	2	7	Kyra Constantine	Canada (CAN)	51.78	Q, =SB
5	1	6	Ama Pipi	England (ENG)	51.95	Q
6	2	8	Jodie Williams	England (ENG)	51.98	Q, SB
7	1	7	Zoey Clark	Scotland (SCO)	51.99	q
8	2	6	Junelle Bromfield	Jamaica (JAM)	52.18	q
9	2	9	Nicole Yeargin	Scotland (SCO)	52.24
10	2	4	Aliyah Abrams	Guyana (GUY)	52.82
11	1	3	Patience Okon George	Nigeria (NGR)	52.90
12	2	2	Micha Powell	Canada (CAN)	53.37
13	1	4	Aiyanna Stiverne	Canada (CAN)	53.52
14	1	8	Leni Shida	Uganda (UGA)	53.77
15	2	3	Veronica Kamumbe Mutua	Kenya (KEN)	54.80
16	1	2	Lydia Jele	Botswana (BOT)	55.09

The medals were determined in the final.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Result	Notes
	6	Sada Williams (BAR)	49.90	GR
	4	Victoria Ohuruogu (ENG)	50.72	PB
	9	Jodie Williams (ENG)	51.26	SB
4	8	Ama Pipi (ENG)	51.36
5	3	Junelle Bromfield (JAM)	51.45
6	5	Asimenye Simwaka (MAW)	51.55	PB
7	7	Kyra Constantine (CAN)	51.75	SB
8	2	Zoey Clark (SCO)	51.90