Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games was held on March 19–21.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Christine Ohuruogu England	Tonique Williams Bahamas	Novlene Williams Jamaica

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 9 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Hazel-Ann Regis	Grenada	51.47	Q, SB
2	4	Novlene Williams	Jamaica	51.51	Q
3	2	Christine Amertil	Bahamas	51.85	Q
4	3	Christine Ohuruogu	England	51.97	Q
5	2	Shericka Williams	Jamaica	52.18	Q
6	3	Joy Eze	Nigeria	52.44	Q
7	1	Tonique Williams	Bahamas	52.58	Q
8	1	Christiana Ekpukhon	Nigeria	52.67	Q
9	1	Jane Arnott	New Zealand	52.82	Q
10	3	Amantle Montsho	Botswana	52.83	Q
11	2	Rosemary Hayward	Australia	52.90	Q
12	3	Kineke Alexander	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	52.95	q
13	4	Kimberly Wall	England	53.05	Q
14	4	Manjit Kaur	India	53.06	q
15	3	Ronetta Smith	Jamaica	53.07	q
16	1	Jaimee Hoebergen	Australia	53.12	q
17	5	Estie Wittstock	South Africa	53.13	Q
18	5	Tamsyn Lewis	Australia	53.21	Q
19	2	Adri Schoeman	South Africa	53.24	q
20	2	Catherine Murphy	Wales	53.67	q
21	5	Aliann Pompey	Guyana	53.76	Q
22	1	Nickeisha Charles	Trinidad and Tobago	55.57	q
23	5	Bushra Parveen	Pakistan	56.03	q, PB
24	4	Florence Wasike	Kenya	56.55	q
25	3	Toea Wisil	Papua New Guinea	56.72	PB
26	3	Rachel Nachula	Zambia	57.18
27	4	Sarah Bona	Sierra Leone	57.25
28	5	Muriel Noah Ahanda	Cameroon	57.76
29	2	Betty Barua	Papua New Guinea	57.85	PB
30	2	Sarah Turay	Sierra Leone	58.07
31	1	Cecelia Kumalalamene	Papua New Guinea	58.59	PB
32	1	Temalangeni Dlamini	Swaziland	58.97
	5	Donna Fraser	England	DNS

Qualification: First 2 of each semifinal (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Christine Ohuruogu	England	50.87	Q
2	3	Tonique Williams	Bahamas	50.97	Q
3	1	Novlene Williams	Jamaica	51.03	Q, SB
4	2	Christine Amertil	Bahamas	51.36	Q
5	2	Shericka Williams	Jamaica	51.65	Q, SB
6	1	Hazel-Ann Regis	Grenada	51.75	Q
7	2	Manjit Kaur	India	52.31	q
8	1	Rosemary Hayward	Australia	52.47	q, SB
9	2	Estie Wittstock	South Africa	52.49
10	2	Joy Eze	Nigeria	52.51
11	1	Jane Arnott	New Zealand	52.53
12	3	Christiana Ekpukhon	Nigeria	52.67
13	3	Tamsyn Lewis	Australia	52.88
14	3	Adri Schoeman	South Africa	53.03
15	1	Amantle Montsho	Botswana	53.07
16	1	Ronetta Smith	Jamaica	53.11
17	2	Kineke Alexander	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	53.19
18	2	Jaimee Hoebergen	Australia	53.26
19	1	Kimberly Wall	England	53.75
20	3	Catherine Murphy	Wales	55.35
21	3	Nickeisha Charles	Trinidad and Tobago	55.47
22	2	Bushra Parveen	Pakistan	56.75
	3	Aliann Pompey	Guyana	DNF
	1	Florence Wasike	Kenya	DQ

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Christine Ohuruogu	England	50.28	PB
	4	Tonique Williams	Bahamas	50.76
	6	Novlene Williams	Jamaica	51.12
4	3	Christine Amertil	Bahamas	51.52
5	2	Shericka Williams	Jamaica	51.81
6	7	Hazel-Ann Regis	Grenada	52.35
7	1	Manjit Kaur	India	52.58
8	8	Rosemary Hayward	Australia	52.81