Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 6 and 7 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[1]

Women's 400 metres
at the Commonwealth Games

Medalists

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Gold Silver Bronze
Donna Hartley
  England
Verona Elder
  England
Bethanie Nail
  Australia

Results

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Heats

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Held on 6 August

Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 June Griffith   Guyana 52.71 Q
2 2 Donna Hartley   England 52.86 Q
3 3 Joslyn Hoyte   England 53.00 Q
4 3 Helen Blake   Jamaica 53.14 Q
5 2 Bethanie Nail   Australia 53.27 Q
6 2 Ruth Waithera   Kenya 53.36 Q
7 2 Debbie Byfield-White   Jamaica 53.77 Q
8 2 Margaret Stride   Canada 53.81 Q
9 1 Verona Elder   England 53.84 Q
10 2 Adrienne Smyth   Northern Ireland 53.96 q
11 1 Maxine Corcoran   Australia 54.05 Q
12 2 Grace Bakari   Ghana 54.17
13 1 Karen Williams   Scotland 54.28 Q
14 3 Penny Hunt   New Zealand 54.53 Q
15 3 Ann Harley   Scotland 54.54 Q
16 1 Ruth Williams-Simpson   Jamaica 54.77 Q
17 1 Linda McCurry   Northern Ireland 54.83 Q
18 1 Freida Nicholls   Barbados 54.93
19 3 Rachelle Campbell   Canada 54.98
20 3 Georgina Aidoo   Ghana 55.16
21 3 Jennifer Boca   Grenada 56.27
22 1 Charity Muhuhe   Kenya 56.75
23 1 Violet Molobeka   Zambia 57.04
24 2 Haddy N'Jie   Gambia 1:06.43

Semifinals

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Held on 6 August

Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal (Q) qualify directly for the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 June Griffith   Guyana 51.40 Q
2 2 Donna Hartley   England 52.26 Q
3 1 Verona Elder   England 52.49 Q
4 1 Bethanie Nail   Australia 52.51 Q
5 2 Helen Blake   Jamaica 52.63 Q
6 1 Joslyn Hoyte   England 52.79 Q
6 2 Maxine Corcoran   Australia 52.79 Q
8 2 Karen Williams   Scotland 52.98 Q
9 1 Ruth Waithera   Kenya 53.30
10 2 Margaret Stride   Canada 53.68
11 2 Debbie Byfield-White   Jamaica 54.09
12 2 Penny Hunt   New Zealand 54.26
13 1 Adrienne Smyth   Northern Ireland 54.40
14 2 Linda McCurry   Northern Ireland 54.98
15 1 Ann Harley   Scotland 55.32
16 1 Ruth Williams-Simpson   Jamaica 57.03

Final

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Held on 7 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
  Donna Hartley   England 51.69
  Verona Elder   England 52.94
  Bethanie Nail   Australia 53.06
4 Joslyn Hoyte   England 53.22
5 June Griffith   Guyana 53.25
6 Karen Williams   Scotland 53.66
7 Helen Blake   Jamaica 54.15
8 Maxine Corcoran   Australia 54.46

References

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  1. ^ "Results". Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2018-02-23.