Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games – Women's 400 metres explained

The women's 400 metres event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 6 and 7 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Donna Hartley	Verona Elder	Bethanie Nail

Results

Heats

Held on 6 August

Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			52.71	Q
2	2			52.86	Q
3	3			53.00	Q
4	3			53.14	Q
5	2			53.27	Q
6	2			53.36	Q
7	2			53.77	Q
8	2			53.81	Q
9	1			53.84	Q
10	2			53.96	q
11	1			54.05	Q
12	2			54.17
13	1			54.28	Q
14	3			54.53	Q
15	3			54.54	Q
16	1			54.77	Q
17	1			54.83	Q
18	1			54.93
19	3			54.98
20	3			55.16
21	3			56.27
22	1			56.75
23	1			57.04
24	2

Semifinals

Held on 6 August

Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal (Q) qualify directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			51.40	Q
2	2			52.26	Q
3	1			52.49	Q
4	1			52.51	Q
5	2			52.63	Q
6	1			52.79	Q
6	2			52.79	Q
8	2			52.98	Q
9	1			53.30
10	2			53.68
11	2			54.09
12	2			54.26
13	1			54.40
14	2			54.98
15	1			55.32
16	1			57.03

Final

Held on 7 August

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			51.69
			52.94
			53.06
4			53.22
5			53.25
6			53.66
7			54.15
8			54.46

References

• Heats & Semifinals results (The Canberra Times)
• Final results (The Canberra Times)
• Australian results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results . 2018-02-23 . https://archive.today/20120914052130/http://www.thecgf.com/games/results.asp . 2012-09-14 . dead .