Athletics at the 1994 Commonwealth Games – Women's 400 metres
# Athletics at the 1994 Commonwealth Games – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 1994 Commonwealth Games was held at the Centennial Stadium in Victoria, British Columbia.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Cathy Freeman Australia | Fatima Yusuf Nigeria | Sandie Richards Jamaica |

## Results

### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 4 | Sandie Richards | Jamaica | 52.62 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Phylis Smith | England | 52.83 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Olabisi Afolabi | Nigeria | 52.90 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Fatima Yusuf | Nigeria | 53.07 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | Renee Poetschka | Australia | 53.14 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | Melanie Neef | Scotland | 53.21 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Omolade Akinremi | Nigeria | 53.29 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Cathy Freeman | Australia | 53.37 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | Tracy Goddard | England | 53.55 | q |
| 10 | 3 | Kylie Hanigan | Australia | 53.58 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Revoli Campbell | Jamaica | 53.66 | Q |
| 12 | 1 | Mercy Addy | Ghana | 53.74 | Q |
| 13 | 4 | Adri de Jongh | South Africa | 53.87 | q |
| 14 | 3 | Stephanie McCann | Northern Ireland | 53.91 | q |
| 15 | 2 | Theodora Kyriakou | Cyprus | 53.74 | Q |
| 16 | 1 | Julia Sandiford | Barbados | 54.17 | q |
| 17 | 2 | Andrea Pinnock | Canada | 54.47 | |
| 18 | 1 | Alanna Yakiwchuck | Canada | 54.53 | |
| 19 | 3 | Ngozi Mwanamwambwa | Zambia | 54.56 | |
| 20 | 3 | Hellena Wrappah | Ghana | 54.74 | |
| 21 | 3 | Angela Joseph | Trinidad and Tobago | 54.76 | |
| 22 | 2 | Nabiama Salifu | Ghana | 54.88 | |
| 23 | 1 | Sandra Douglas | England | 55.54 | |
| 24 | 2 | Mary-Estelle Kapalu | Vanuatu | 55.77 | |
| 25 | 2 | Stephanie Llewellyn | Northern Ireland | 56.97 | |
| 26 | 1 | Sama Fornah | Sierra Leone | 1:02.99 | |
| | 4 | Dithapelo Molefi | Botswana | DNS | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | 1 | Sandie Richards | Jamaica | 51.23 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Cathy Freeman | Australia | 51.57 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Fatima Yusuf | Nigeria | 52.03 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Phylis Smith | England | 52.31 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Renee Poetschka | Australia | 52.66 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | Melanie Neef | Scotland | 52.75 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Olabisi Afolabi | Nigeria | 52.78 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Kylie Hanigan | Australia | 52.87 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Revoli Campbell | Jamaica | 53.15 | |
| 10 | 1 | Omolade Akinremi | Nigeria | 53.20 | |
| 11 | 1 | Theodora Kyriakou | Cyprus | 53.80 | |
| 12 | 1 | Tracy Goddard | England | 53.84 | |
| 13 | 2 | Stephanie McCann | Northern Ireland | 53.96 | |
| 14 | 2 | Adri de Jongh | South Africa | 54.01 | |
| 15 | 2 | Mercy Addy | Ghana | 54.01 | |
| 16 | 1 | Julia Sandiford | Barbados | 54.61 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | 3 | Cathy Freeman | Australia | 50.38 |
| | 4 | Fatima Yusuf | Nigeria | 50.53 |
| | 5 | Sandie Richards | Jamaica | 50.69 |
| 4 | 6 | Phylis Smith | England | 51.46 |
| 5 | 8 | Renee Poetschka | Australia | 51.51 |
| 6 | 7 | Melanie Neef | Scotland | 52.09 |
| 7 | 1 | Olabisi Afolabi | Nigeria | 52.21 |
| 8 | 2 | Kylie Hanigan | Australia | 52.55 |
