Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Women's 400 metres explained

The women's 400 metres event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held 16–18 September on National Stadium, Bukit Jalil.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Sandie Richards	Allison Curbishley	Donna Fraser

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			52.04	Q
2	4			52.37	Q
3	1			52.61	Q
4	1			52.64	Q, PB
5	1			52.65	Q
6	3			52.66	Q
7	3			52.77	Q
8	1			52.86	q
9	1			52.90	q
10	3			52.98	Q
11	4			53.02	Q
12	2			53.13	Q
13	2			53.20	Q
14	4			53.23	Q
15	4			53.68	q
16	4			53.71	q
17	2			53.92
18	3			55.00
19	4			55.08
20	1			55.20
21	1			55.60	SB
22	2			55.72
23	3			56.05
24	1			56.73
25	2			56.84
26	3			58.75
27	2
28	4				SB
	3
	2

Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			50.65	Q
2	2			50.85	Q, PB
3	2			51.64	Q
4	1			51.70	Q
5	1			52.20	Q
6	1			52.30	Q
7	2			52.32	Q, PB
8	2			52.35
9	1			52.58	Q
10	2			52.65
11	1			52.86
12	1			52.92
13	2			53.05
14	1			53.32
15	1			54.02
16	2			54.04

Final

^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4			50.17	GR
	2			50.71
	3			51.01
4	5			51.06
5	6			52.15
6	8			52.70
7	7			52.84
8	1			52.93

Notes and References

1. http://kl98.thecgf.com/results/16at400m-wh1.html Heat 1
2. http://kl98.thecgf.com/results/17At400m-women-semi1.html Semifinal 1 results
3. Web site: Final results . 2014-07-06 . 2016-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304075103/http://kl98.thecgf.com/results/18at400women-final.html . dead .