The women's 400 metres event at the 1982 Commonwealth Games was held on 3 and 4 October at the QE II Stadium in Brisbane, Australia.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeRaelene BoyleMichelle ScuttJoslyn Hoyte-Smith

Results Heats Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Michelle Scutt 52.49 Q 2 2 Joslyn Hoyte-Smith 52.50 Q 3 3 Gladys Taylor 52.64 Q 4 1 Linsey MacDonald 52.70 Q 5 1 Raelene Boyle 52.71 Q 6 3 Leanne Evans 53.02 Q 7 1 Molly Killingbeck 53.03 Q 8 3 Charmaine Crooks 53.10 Q 9 2 Cathy Rattray 53.20 Q 10 1 Kim Robertson 53.39 Q 11 2 Maxine Corcoran 53.64 Q 12 1 Mercy Addy 53.69 Q 13 2 Marita Payne 53.71 Q 14 3 June Griffith 53.72 Q 15 1 Carmen Smart 53.82 q 16 1 Ruth Waithera 53.82 q 17 2 Angela Bridgeman 53.91 Q 18 3 Sadia Sowunmi 56.20 q 19 3 Rose Tata-Muya 56.27 20 2 Yolande Small 56.32 21 2 Ruth Atuti 56.52 22 2 Elanga Buala 57.81 23 3 Mary-Estelle Kapalu 59.85 1 Linda Forsyth

Semifinals Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualify for the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Joslyn Hoyte-Smith 52.6 Q 2 1 Raelene Boyle 52.64 Q 3 2 Michelle Scutt 52.86 Q 4 1 June Griffith 52.88 Q 5 1 Kim Robertson 52.94 Q 6 1 Molly Killingbeck 53.04 q 7 2 Linsey MacDonald 53.21 Q 8 2 Gladys Taylor 53.28 Q 9 1 Maxine Corcoran 53.29 10 2 Charmaine Crooks 53.34 Q 11 2 Cathy Rattray 53.60 12 2 Leanne Evans 53.60 13 1 Marita Payne 54.06 14 2 Angela Bridgeman 54.09 15 2 Sadia Sowunmi 54.43 16 1 Carmen Smart 54.75 17 2 Ruth Waithera 56.37 1 Mercy Addy

Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Raelene Boyle 51.97 7 Michelle Scutt 51.26 1 Joslyn Hoyte-Smith 52.53 4 2 Gladys Taylor 52.56 5 5 Kim Robertson 53.02 6 3 Molly Killingbeck 53.10 7 6 Charmaine Crooks 53.16 8 8 June Griffith 53.67 9 9 Linsey MacDonald 53.87

References

Heats & semifinals results (The Sydney Morning Herald) Final results (The Sydney Morning Herald) Heats & Semifinals results (The Canberra Times) Final results (The Canberra Times) Australian results