Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games – Women's 400 metres
# Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 1982 Commonwealth Games was held on 3 and 4 October at the QE II Stadium in Brisbane, Australia.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Raelene Boyle Australia | Michelle Scutt Wales | Joslyn Hoyte-Smith England |

## Results

### Heats

Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 3 | Michelle Scutt | Wales | 52.49 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Joslyn Hoyte-Smith | England | 52.50 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Gladys Taylor | England | 52.64 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Linsey MacDonald | Scotland | 52.70 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Raelene Boyle | Australia | 52.71 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Leanne Evans | Australia | 53.02 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Molly Killingbeck | Canada | 53.03 | Q |
| 8 | 3 | Charmaine Crooks | Canada | 53.10 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Cathy Rattray | Jamaica | 53.20 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Kim Robertson | New Zealand | 53.39 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Maxine Corcoran | Australia | 53.64 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Mercy Addy | Ghana | 53.69 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Marita Payne | Canada | 53.71 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | June Griffith | Guyana | 53.72 | Q |
| 15 | 1 | Carmen Smart | Wales | 53.82 | q |
| 16 | 1 | Ruth Waithera | Kenya | 53.82 | q |
| 17 | 2 | Angela Bridgeman | Scotland | 53.91 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | Sadia Sowunmi | Nigeria | 56.20 | q |
| 19 | 3 | Rose Tata-Muya | Kenya | 56.27 | |
| 20 | 2 | Yolande Small | Trinidad and Tobago | 56.32 | |
| 21 | 2 | Ruth Atuti | Kenya | 56.52 | |
| 22 | 2 | Elanga Buala | Papua New Guinea | 57.81 | |
| 23 | 3 | Mary-Estelle Kapalu | Vanuatu | 59.85 | |
| | 1 | Linda Forsyth | England | DNF | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualify for the final.

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Joslyn Hoyte-Smith | England | 52.6 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Raelene Boyle | Australia | 52.64 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Michelle Scutt | Wales | 52.86 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | June Griffith | Guyana | 52.88 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Kim Robertson | New Zealand | 52.94 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Molly Killingbeck | Canada | 53.04 | q |
| 7 | 2 | Linsey MacDonald | Scotland | 53.21 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Gladys Taylor | England | 53.28 | Q |
| 9 | 1 | Maxine Corcoran | Australia | 53.29 | |
| 10 | 2 | Charmaine Crooks | Canada | 53.34 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Cathy Rattray | Jamaica | 53.60 | |
| 12 | 2 | Leanne Evans | Australia | 53.60 | |
| 13 | 1 | Marita Payne | Canada | 54.06 | |
| 14 | 2 | Angela Bridgeman | Scotland | 54.09 | |
| 15 | 2 | Sadia Sowunmi | Nigeria | 54.43 | |
| 16 | 1 | Carmen Smart | Wales | 54.75 | |
| 17 | 2 | Ruth Waithera | Kenya | 56.37 | |
| | 1 | Mercy Addy | Ghana | DNF | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | 4 | Raelene Boyle | Australia | 51.97 |
| | 7 | Michelle Scutt | Wales | 51.26 |
| | 1 | Joslyn Hoyte-Smith | England | 52.53 |
| 4 | 2 | Gladys Taylor | England | 52.56 |
| 5 | 5 | Kim Robertson | New Zealand | 53.02 |
| 6 | 3 | Molly Killingbeck | Canada | 53.10 |
| 7 | 6 | Charmaine Crooks | Canada | 53.16 |
| 8 | 8 | June Griffith | Guyana | 53.67 |
| 9 | 9 | Linsey MacDonald | Scotland | 53.87 |
