The women's 400 metres event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 26–28 July 2002.
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeAliann PompeyLee McConnellSandie Richards
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 52.29 Q 2 2 Christine Amertil 52.64 Q 3 2 Aliann Pompey 52.88 Q 4 1 Ronetta Smith 52.92 Q 5 3 Catherine Murphy 53.09 Q 6 5 Mireille Nguimgo 53.14 Q 7 4 Sandie Richards 53.29 Q 8 5 LaDonna Antoine-Watkins 53.44 Q 9 3 Hortense Bewouda 53.58 Q 10 4 Helen Frost 53.78 Q 11 2 Damayanthi Darsha 53.99 Q 11 3 Jane Arnott 53.99 Q 13 2 Foy Williams 54.05 q 14 3 Melanie Purkiss 54.14 Q 15 4 Lami Oyewumi 54.21 Q 16 5 Heide Seyerling 54.23 Q 17 5 Kudirat Akhigbe 54.33 Q 18 1 Doris Jacob 54.34 Q 19 1 Helen Karagounis 54.47 Q 20 2 Adia McKinnon 54.57 q 21 4 Nickeisha Charles 54.80 Q 22 4 Carey Easton 54.97 q 23 3 Hajarat Yusuf 55.09 q 24 1 Lee McConnell 55.62 Q 25 5 Theodora Kyriakou 56.13 26 2 Geraldine Elysee 57.22 PB 27 5 Vasiti Vatureba 57.62 28 3 Yaznee Nasheeda 1 Fatmata Bash-Koroma 1 Mereoni Raluve 4 Hazel-Ann Regis 4 Tina Paulino
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 51.91 Q 2 3 Christine Amertil 52.13 Q 3 2 Allison Beckford 52.14 Q 4 1 Catherine Murphy 52.15 Q 4 3 Lee McConnell 52.15 Q 6 2 Heide Seyerling 52.36 Q 7 2 LaDonna Antoine-Watkins 52.37 Q 8 2 Hortense Bewouda 52.41 Q 9 2 Jane Arnott 52.48 q 10 1 Mireille Nguimgo 52.50 Q 11 3 Aliann Pompey 52.61 Q 12 3 Helen Frost 52.67 Q, SB 13 1 Helen Karagounis 52.69 Q 14 1 Doris Jacob 53.03 q 15 2 Melanie Purkiss 53.08 q 16 1 Foy Williams 53.26 q 17 2 Hajarat Yusuf 53.58 17 3 Lami Oyewumi 53.58 19 3 Kudirat Akhigbe 53.64 20 1 Adia McKinnon 53.84 21 3 Nickeisha Charles 53.87 22 1 Damayanthi Darsha 53.91 23 2 Carey Easton 54.10 3 Ronetta Smith
Semifinals Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the final.
Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Lee McConnell 51.29 Q, PB 2 2 Aliann Pompey 51.34 Q, NR 3 2 Catherine Murphy 51.36 Q, PB 4 1 Christine Amertil 51.38 Q 5 2 Sandie Richards 51.45 Q 6 2 Mireille Nguimgo 51.76 SB 7 2 Helen Karagounis 51.97 PB 8 1 Hortense Bewouda 52.00 Q 9 1 Allison Beckford 52.10 Q 10 1 Heide Seyerling 52.12 Q 11 1 LaDonna Antoine-Watkins 52.44 12 1 Helen Frost 52.71 13 1 Doris Jacob 52.88 14 2 Foy Williams 53.21 15 1 Melanie Purkiss 53.32 16 2 Jane Arnott 53.49
Final Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Aliann Pompey 51.63 Lee McConnell 51.68 Sandie Richards 51.79 4 Allison Beckford 51.81 5 Heide Seyerling 52.87 6 Catherine Murphy 52.91 7 Hortense Bewouda 53.00 8 Christine Amertil 53.45
References Official results Results at BBC