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

Athletics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
5000 m		men		women
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
20 km walk		men		women
50 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men		women
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men		women
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men		women
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

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

Results

Heats

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
29	1	Fatmata Bash-Koroma	Sierra Leone	DQ
29	1	Mereoni Raluve	Fiji	DQ
29	4	Hazel-Ann Regis	Grenada	DQ
30	4	Tina Paulino	Mozambique	DNS

Quarterfinals

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
24	3	Ronetta Smith	Jamaica	DQ

Semifinals

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

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	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

References

• Official results
• Results at BBC