Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Women's 400 metres explained

Event:	Women's 400 metres
Games:	1970
Venue:	Meadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh
Dates:	22 and 23 July 1970
Gold:	Marilyn Neufville
Goldcga:	JAM
Silver:	Sandra Brown
Silvercga:	AUS
Bronze:	Judith Ayaa
Bronzecga:	UGA
Prev:	1966 Kingston
Next:	Christchurch 1974

The women's 400 metres event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 22 and 23 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland.^[1] It was the first time that the metric distance was contested at the Games, replacing the 440 yards event.

The winning margin was 2.64 seconds which as of 2024 remains the only time the women's 400 metres was won by more than two seconds at these games.

Medallists

scope=col style="background-color:gold; width:200px;	Gold	scope=col style="background-color:silver; width:200px;	Silver	scope=col style="background-color:#cc9966; width:200px;	Bronze
Marilyn Neufville	Sandra Brown	Judith Ayaa

Results

Heats

Qualification for final

The first 4 in each semifinal heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

scope=col	Rank !	scope=col	Heat !	scope=col	Name !	scope=col	Nationality !	scope=col	Time !	Notes
1	1			53.0	Q
2	1			54.9	Q
3	1			55.1	Q
4	1			55.3	Q
5	1			55.5
6	1			59.1
1	2			52.8	Q
2	2			53.8	Q
3	2			54.1	Q
4	2			54.1	Q
5	2			54.3
6	2			55.2
7	2			57.2
data-sort-value="8"		2			data-sort-value="99.9"	DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			51.02	WR
			53.66
			53.77
4			54.2
5			54.7
6			54.7
7			54.8
8			55.7

References

• Heats results (p9)
• Australian results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results . thecgf.com . 23 September 2019.