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

Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m		men		women
200 m		men		women
400 m		men		women
800 m		men		women
1500 m		men		women
3000 m				women
5000 m		men
10,000 m		men		women
100 m hurdles				women
110 m hurdles		men
400 m hurdles		men		women
3000 m steeplechase		men
4×100 m relay		men		women
4×400 m relay		men		women
Road events
Marathon		men		women
30 km walk		men
Field events
High jump		men		women
Pole vault		men
Long jump		men		women
Triple jump		men
Shot put		men		women
Discus throw		men		women
Hammer throw		men
Javelin throw		men		women
Combined events
Heptathlon				women
Decathlon		men

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

1. Results
2. Heats results