Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 1986 Commonwealth Games was held on 26 and 27 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Debbie Flintoff  Australia	Jillian Richardson  Canada	Kathy Cook  England

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Debbie Flintoff	Australia	52.92	Q
2	2	Jillian Richardson	Canada	53.11	Q
3	1	Charmaine Crooks	Canada	53.39	Q
4	2	Marita Payne	Canada	53.51	Q
5	1	Kathy Cook	England	53.69	Q
6	1	Maree Chapman	Australia	53.84	Q
7	2	Sharon Stewart	Australia	53.91	q
8	2	Angela Piggford	England	54.18	q
9	1	Helen Barnett	England	54.29
10	1	Sian Morris	Wales	54.75
11	2	Dawn Kitchen	Scotland	55.52
12	1	Fiona Hargreaves	Scotland	55.76
13	1	Linsey Macdonald	Scotland	58.26
14	2	Mary-Estelle Kapalu	Vanuatu	58.43

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Debbie Flintoff	Australia	51.29
	3	Jillian Richardson	Canada	51.62
	8	Kathy Cook	England	51.88
4	4	Marita Payne	Canada	52.00
5	5	Charmaine Crooks	Canada	52.02
6	1	Maree Chapman	Australia	52.08
7	7	Sharon Stewart	Australia	53.53
8	2	Angela Piggford	England	53.97

References