Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games – Women's 400 metres explained

Event:	Women's 400 metres
Games:	2018
Venue:	Carrara Stadium
Dates:	9 April (heats) 10 April (semifinals) 11 April (final)
Competitors:	39
Nations:	21
Win Value:	50.15
Gold:	Amantle Montsho
Goldcga:	BOT
Silver:	Anastasia Le-Roy
Silvercga:	JAM
Bronze:	Stephenie Ann McPherson
Bronzecga:	JAM
Prev:	2014
Next:	2022

The women's 400 metres at the 2018 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Carrara Stadium between 9 and 11 April 2018.^[1]

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:^[2]

World record		47.60	Canberra, Australia	6 October 1985
Games record		50.10	Delhi, India	8 October 2010

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Monday 9 April 2018	10:30	First round
Tuesday 10 April 2018	21:16	Semifinals
style=background:lemonchiffon	Wednesday 11 April 2018	style=background:lemonchiffon	21:45	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (UTC+10)

Results

First round

The first round consisted of five heats. The four fastest competitors per heat (plus four fastest losers) advanced to the semifinals.^[3]

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	2		0.163	51.20
2	5		0.166	51.37
3	1		0.167	52.26
4	4		0.145	52.40
5	3		0.175	53.72
6	6		0.248	55.26
7	7		0.140	58.43
	8

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	5		0.138	50.80
2	8		0.157	52.07
3	7		0.142	52.44
4	6		0.231	52.79
5	4		0.169	53.13
6	2		0.200	53.41
	3		0.261

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	3		0.190	51.74
2	4		0.204	52.58
3	2		0.217	52.90
4	5		0.197	53.34
5	8		0.241	54.02
6	6			55.62
7	1		0.171	57.12
8	7		0.160	1:00.72

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	8		0.149	52.32
2	3		0.218	53.28
3	1		0.188	53.45
4	4		0.201	54.10
5	5		0.267	56.66
6	7		0.262	57.45
7	2		0.183	58.62
	6		0.206

Heat 5

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	4		0.198	51.71
2	2		0.211	51.73
3	6		0.165	52.11
4	5		0.179	52.70
5	1		0.153	52.81
6	3		0.191	53.63
7	8		0.188	54.65
8	7		0.313	58.31

Semifinals

Three semi-finals were held. The two fastest competitors per semi (plus two fastest losers) advanced to the final.^[4]

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	5		0.175	51.08
2	3		0.174	51.26
3	6		0.157	51.53
4	4		0.152	52.06
5	7		0.227	52.38
6	2		0.166	54.10	=
7	1		0.151	54.35
8	8		0.182	54.85

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	3		0.212	51.52
2	5		0.217	51.81
3	2		0.139	52.65
4	1		0.153	52.73
5	8		0.174	53.00
6	4		0.202	54.27
7	7		0.153	54.36
	6

Semifinal 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	5		0.140	51.21
2	6		0.210	51.41
3	4		0.142	51.51
4	3		0.161	52.02
5	7		0.161	53.16
6	1		0.157	53.80
7	2		0.219	54.40
8	8		0.247	54.50

Final

The medals were determined in the final.^[2]

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
	6		0.222	50.15
	3		0.159	50.57
	5		0.137	50.93
4	8		0.222	51.17
5	4		0.207	51.32
6	1		0.154	51.32
7	2		0.165	52.03
8	7		0.233	52.26

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 2018 Commonwealth Games: Event Schedule - Women's 400m . 29 March 2018 . Gold Coast 2018.
2. Book: Athletics Women's 400m - Final. Gold Coast 2018. 147. 21 April 2018. 18 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180418004822/https://www.gc2018.com/sites/default/files/2018-04/GC2018_ATH_ResultsBook_v1.0.pdf. dead.
3. Book: Athletics Women's 400m - Round 1. Gold Coast 2018. 151–152. 21 April 2018. 18 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180418004822/https://www.gc2018.com/sites/default/files/2018-04/GC2018_ATH_ResultsBook_v1.0.pdf. dead.
4. Book: Athletics Women's 400m - Semifinals. Gold Coast 2018. 149. 21 April 2018. 18 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180418004822/https://www.gc2018.com/sites/default/files/2018-04/GC2018_ATH_ResultsBook_v1.0.pdf. dead.