Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games – Women's 400 metres explained

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.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Raelene Boyle	Michelle Scutt	Joslyn 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			52.49	Q
2	2			52.50	Q
3	3			52.64	Q
4	1			52.70	Q
5	1			52.71	Q
6	3			53.02	Q
7	1			53.03	Q
8	3			53.10	Q
9	2			53.20	Q
10	1			53.39	Q
11	2			53.64	Q
12	1			53.69	Q
13	2			53.71	Q
14	3			53.72	Q
15	1			53.82	q
16	1			53.82	q
17	2			53.91	Q
18	3			56.20	q
19	3			56.27
20	2			56.32
21	2			56.52
22	2			57.81
23	3			59.85
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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			52.6	Q
2	1			52.64	Q
3	2			52.86	Q
4	1			52.88	Q
5	1			52.94	Q
6	1			53.04	q
7	2			53.21	Q
8	2			53.28	Q
9	1			53.29
10	2			53.34	Q
11	2			53.60
12	2			53.60
13	1			54.06
14	2			54.09
15	2			54.43
16	1			54.75
17	2			56.37
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Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			51.97
	7			51.26
	1			52.53
4	2			52.56
5	5			53.02
6	3			53.10
7	6			53.16
8	8			53.67
9	9			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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results . 2017-04-15 . https://archive.today/20120914052130/http://www.thecgf.com/games/results.asp . 2012-09-14 . dead .