Athletics at the 1990 Commonwealth Games – Women's 400 metres

Athletics at the 1990 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
10 km walk				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 1990 Commonwealth Games was held on 27 and 28 January at the Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland.^[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Fatima Yusuf  Nigeria	Linda Keough  England	Charity Opara  Nigeria

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Charity Opara	Nigeria	51.12	Q, AR
2	1	Fatima Yusuf	Nigeria	51.69	Q
3	2	Jenni Stoute	England	52.39	Q
4	1	Linda Keough	England	52.76	Q
5	2	Mercy Addy	Ghana	52.77	Q
6	2	Maree Holland	Australia	53.28	Q
7	1	Angela Piggford	England	53.72	Q
8	2	Gail Harris	Canada	53.88	q
9	1	Cheryl Allen	Canada	54.74	Q
10	1	Susan Andrews	Australia	54.77
11	1	Josephine Mary Singarayar	Malaysia	55.85
12	1	Jill Cockram	New Zealand	56.39
13	2	Andrea Wade	New Zealand	DNF

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Fatima Yusuf	Nigeria	51.08	AR
	5	Linda Keough	England	51.63
	6	Charity Opara	Nigeria	52.01
4	2	Maree Holland	Australia	52.01
5	4	Jenni Stoute	England	53.44
6	9	Angela Piggford	England	53.45
7	8	Gail Harris	Canada	54.24
8	1	Cheryl Allen	Canada	54.36
9	7	Mercy Addy	Ghana	57.01

References

1. Results