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

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.

Records

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

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:

Date	Time	Round
Wednesday 3 August 2022	10:30	First round
Friday 5 August 2022	19:32	Semifinals
Sunday 7 August 2022	11:00	Final

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results

First round

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
1	1	8	Victoria Ohuruogu	England (ENG)	51.34	Q
2	3	2	Sada Williams	Barbados (BAR)	51.66	Q
3	3	7	Zoey Clark	Scotland (SCO)	51.84	Q
4	2	2	Kyra Constantine	Canada (CAN)	52.03	Q
5	1	6	Junelle Bromfield	Jamaica (JAM)	52.04	Q
6	1	9	Asimenye Simwaka	Malawi (MAW)	52.19	Q, NR
7	2	7	Aliyah Abrams	Guyana (GUY)	52.23	Q
8	4	7	Ama Pipi	England (ENG)	52.46	Q
9	3	3	Jodie Williams	England (ENG)	52.47	Q, SB
10	2	8	Nicole Yeargin	Scotland (SCO)	52.52	Q
11	1	2	Patience Okon George	Nigeria (NGR)	52.63	q
12	2	4	Veronica Kamumbe Mutua	Kenya (KEN)	53.02	q
13	1	3	Micha Powell	Canada (CAN)	53.13	q
14	3	6	Lydia Jele	Botswana (BOT)	53.24	q
15	3	8	Roneisha McGregor	Jamaica (JAM)	53.28
16	4	2	Aiyanna Stiverne	Canada (CAN)	53.45	Q
17	4	3	Leni Shida	Uganda (UGA)	53.65	Q
18	3	9	Shereen Vallabouy	Malaysia (MAS)	53.92 (.915)
18	3	5	Shalysa Wray	Cayman Islands (CAY)	53.92 (.915)
20	4	5	Caitlyn Bobb	Bermuda (BER)	53.97
21	4	9	Ella Onojuvwevwo	Nigeria (NGR)	54.02
22	1	4	Kenisha Phillips	Guyana (GUY)	54.08
23	1	5	Niddy Mingilishi	Zambia (ZAM)	54.30
24	2	3	Patience Omovoh	Nigeria (NGR)	54.40
25	2	6	Janet Richard	Malta (MLT)	54.51
26	4	6	Christine Botlogetswe	Botswana (BOT)	54.60
27	1	7	Mary Thomas Tarawally	Sierra Leone (SLE)	58.18	SB
28	2	5	Aishath Himna Hassan	Maldives (MDV)	58.70
29	4	8	Mary Moraa	Kenya (KEN)	59.51
30	3	4	Aminath Mohamed	Maldives (MDV)	1:01.49
	4	4	Ashontie Carr	Belize (BIZ)	DNS
	2	9	Tiffany James	Jamaica (JAM)	DNS

Semifinals

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
1	1	5	Victoria Ohuruogu	England (ENG)	51.00	Q
2	2	5	Sada Williams	Barbados (BAR)	51.59	Q
3	1	9	Asimenye Simwaka	Malawi (MAW)	51.70	Q, NR
4	2	7	Kyra Constantine	Canada (CAN)	51.78	Q, =SB
5	1	6	Ama Pipi	England (ENG)	51.95	Q
6	2	8	Jodie Williams	England (ENG)	51.98	Q, SB
7	1	7	Zoey Clark	Scotland (SCO)	51.99	q
8	2	6	Junelle Bromfield	Jamaica (JAM)	52.18	q
9	2	9	Nicole Yeargin	Scotland (SCO)	52.24
10	2	4	Aliyah Abrams	Guyana (GUY)	52.82
11	1	3	Patience Okon George	Nigeria (NGR)	52.90
12	2	2	Micha Powell	Canada (CAN)	53.37
13	1	4	Aiyanna Stiverne	Canada (CAN)	53.52
14	1	8	Leni Shida	Uganda (UGA)	53.77
15	2	3	Veronica Kamumbe Mutua	Kenya (KEN)	54.80
16	1	2	Lydia Jele	Botswana (BOT)	55.09

Final

The medals were determined in the final.

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