The women's 400 metre individual medley event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games as part of the swimming programme took place on 4 August at the Manchester Aquatics Centre in Manchester, England.
Records Prior to this competition, the existing world and games records were as follows.
World record Yana Klochkova 4:33.59 Sydney, Australia 16 September 2000Games record Hayley Lewis 4:42.65 Auckland, New Zealand 25 January 1990
Schedule The schedule was as follows:
All times are local time Date Time Round Sunday 4 August 10:32 Heats 18:05 Final
Results Heats The 8 fastest swimmers in the heats qualified for the final. Rank Heat Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 4 Jennifer Reilly 4:44.57 Q 2 1 5 Elizabeth Van Welie 4:47.82 Q 3 2 5 Yvette Rodier 4:49.34 Q 4 2 6 Rebecca Cooke 4:50.60 Q 5 1 4 Elizabeth Warden 4:50.96 Q 6 1 3 Jessica Abbott 4:51.25 Q 7 2 2 Mandy Loots 4:53.46 Q 8 1 6 Dena Durand 4:54.92 Q 9 2 3 Holly Fox 4:54.96 10 1 2 Gemma Mary Howells 4:57.67 11 2 7 Kristy Cameron 5:00.05 12 1 7 Natalie Bree 5:03.01 13 2 8 Gail Strobridge 5:11.26 14 2 1 Emily Crookall-Nixon 5:16.14 15 1 1 Heather Roffey 5:20.04
Final The final was held on 4 August at 18:05.
Mandy Loots did not participate in the final despite qualifying, and so Holly Fox took the spot instead. Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 4 Jennifer Reilly 4:43.59 5 Elizabeth Van Welie 4:44.56 7 Jessica Abbott 4:47.11 4 2 Elizabeth Warden 4:47.23 6 Rebecca Cooke 6 3 Yvette Rodier 4:52.29 7 8 Holly Fox 4:54.06 8 1 Dena Durand 4:54.22
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