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

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
Sada Williams    Barbados   Victoria Ohuruogu    England   Jodie Williams    England

Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Qualification
Track / road events
100 m	men	women
100 m T12	men
100 m T34		women
100 m T38	men	women
100 m T47	men
200 m	men	women
400 m	men
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
1500 m T54	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	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Marathon	men	women
Marathon T54	men	women
10,000 m walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Shot put F57		women
Discus throw	men	women
Discus throw F44/64	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

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.

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

World record	Marita Koch (GDR)	47.60	Canberra, Australia	6 October 1985
Commonwealth record	Shaunae Miller-Uibo (BAH)	48.36	Tokyo, Japan	6 August 2021
Games record	Amantle Montsho (BOT)	50.10	Delhi, India	8 October 2010

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	51.34	Q
2	3	2	Sada Williams	Barbados	51.66	Q
3	3	7	Zoey Clark	Scotland	51.84	Q
4	2	2	Kyra Constantine	Canada	52.03	Q
5	1	6	Junelle Bromfield	Jamaica	52.04	Q
6	1	9	Asimenye Simwaka	Malawi	52.19	Q, NR
7	2	7	Aliyah Abrams	Guyana	52.23	Q
8	4	7	Ama Pipi	England	52.46	Q
9	3	3	Jodie Williams	England	52.47	Q, SB
10	2	8	Nicole Yeargin	Scotland	52.52	Q
11	1	2	Patience Okon George	Nigeria	52.63	q
12	2	4	Veronica Kamumbe Mutua	Kenya	53.02	q
13	1	3	Micha Powell	Canada	53.13	q
14	3	6	Lydia Jele	Botswana	53.24	q
15	3	8	Roneisha McGregor	Jamaica	53.28
16	4	2	Aiyanna Stiverne	Canada	53.45	Q
17	4	3	Leni Shida	Uganda	53.65	Q
18	3	9	Shereen Vallabouy	Malaysia	53.92 (.915)
18	3	5	Shalysa Wray	Cayman Islands	53.92 (.915)
20	4	5	Caitlyn Bobb	Bermuda	53.97
21	4	9	Ella Onojuvwevwo	Nigeria	54.02
22	1	4	Kenisha Phillips	Guyana	54.08
23	1	5	Niddy Mingilishi	Zambia	54.30
24	2	3	Patience Omovoh	Nigeria	54.40
25	2	6	Janet Richard	Malta	54.51
26	4	6	Christine Botlogetswe	Botswana	54.60
27	1	7	Mary Thomas Tarawally	Sierra Leone	58.18	SB
28	2	5	Aishath Himna Hassan	Maldives	58.70
29	4	8	Mary Moraa	Kenya	59.51
30	3	4	Aminath Mohamed	Maldives	1:01.49
	4	4	Ashontie Carr	Belize	DNS
	2	9	Tiffany James	Jamaica	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	51.00	Q
2	2	5	Sada Williams	Barbados	51.59	Q
3	1	9	Asimenye Simwaka	Malawi	51.70	Q, NR
4	2	7	Kyra Constantine	Canada	51.78	Q, =SB
5	1	6	Ama Pipi	England	51.95	Q
6	2	8	Jodie Williams	England	51.98	Q, SB
7	1	7	Zoey Clark	Scotland	51.99	q
8	2	6	Junelle Bromfield	Jamaica	52.18	q
9	2	9	Nicole Yeargin	Scotland	52.24
10	2	4	Aliyah Abrams	Guyana	52.82
11	1	3	Patience Okon George	Nigeria	52.90
12	2	2	Micha Powell	Canada	53.37
13	1	4	Aiyanna Stiverne	Canada	53.52
14	1	8	Leni Shida	Uganda	53.77
15	2	3	Veronica Kamumbe Mutua	Kenya	54.80
16	1	2	Lydia Jele	Botswana	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	NR
7	7	Kyra Constantine (CAN)	51.75	SB
8	2	Zoey Clark (SCO)	51.90