# Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Alexander Stadium on 3, 5 and 7 August 2022.

## Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:
| World record | Marita Koch (GDR) | 47.60 | Canberra, Australia | 6 October 1985 |
| Commonwealth record | Shaunae Miller-Uibo (BAH) | 48.36 | Tokyo, Japan | 6 August 2021 |
| Games record | Amantle Montsho (BOT) | 50.10 | Delhi, India | 8 October 2010 |

## Schedule

The schedule was as follows:
| Date | Time | Round |
| Wednesday 3 August 2022 | 10:30 | First round |
| Friday 5 August 2022 | 19:32 | Semifinals |
| Sunday 7 August 2022 | 11:00 | Final |
All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

## Results
### First round

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 8 | Victoria Ohuruogu | England (ENG) | 51.34 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | 2 | Sada Williams | Barbados (BAR) | 51.66 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | 7 | Zoey Clark | Scotland (SCO) | 51.84 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | Kyra Constantine | Canada (CAN) | 52.03 | Q |
| 5 | 1 | 6 | Junelle Bromfield | Jamaica (JAM) | 52.04 | Q |
| 6 | 1 | 9 | Asimenye Simwaka | Malawi (MAW) | 52.19 | Q, NR |
| 7 | 2 | 7 | Aliyah Abrams | Guyana (GUY) | 52.23 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | 7 | Ama Pipi | England (ENG) | 52.46 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | 3 | Jodie Williams | England (ENG) | 52.47 | Q, SB |
| 10 | 2 | 8 | Nicole Yeargin | Scotland (SCO) | 52.52 | Q |
| 11 | 1 | 2 | Patience Okon George | Nigeria (NGR) | 52.63 | q |
| 12 | 2 | 4 | Veronica Kamumbe Mutua | Kenya (KEN) | 53.02 | q |
| 13 | 1 | 3 | Micha Powell | Canada (CAN) | 53.13 | q |
| 14 | 3 | 6 | Lydia Jele | Botswana (BOT) | 53.24 | q |
| 15 | 3 | 8 | Roneisha McGregor | Jamaica (JAM) | 53.28 | |
| 16 | 4 | 2 | Aiyanna Stiverne | Canada (CAN) | 53.45 | Q |
| 17 | 4 | 3 | Leni Shida | Uganda (UGA) | 53.65 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | 9 | Shereen Vallabouy | Malaysia (MAS) | 53.92 (.915) | |
| 18 | 3 | 5 | Shalysa Wray | Cayman Islands (CAY) | 53.92 (.915) | |
| 20 | 4 | 5 | Caitlyn Bobb | Bermuda (BER) | 53.97 | |
| 21 | 4 | 9 | Ella Onojuvwevwo | Nigeria (NGR) | 54.02 | |
| 22 | 1 | 4 | Kenisha Phillips | Guyana (GUY) | 54.08 | |
| 23 | 1 | 5 | Niddy Mingilishi | Zambia (ZAM) | 54.30 | |
| 24 | 2 | 3 | Patience Omovoh | Nigeria (NGR) | 54.40 | |
| 25 | 2 | 6 | Janet Richard | Malta (MLT) | 54.51 | |
| 26 | 4 | 6 | Christine Botlogetswe | Botswana (BOT) | 54.60 | |
| 27 | 1 | 7 | Mary Thomas Tarawally | Sierra Leone (SLE) | 58.18 | SB |
| 28 | 2 | 5 | Aishath Himna Hassan | Maldives (MDV) | 58.70 | |
| 29 | 4 | 8 | Mary Moraa | Kenya (KEN) | 59.51 | |
| 30 | 3 | 4 | Aminath Mohamed | Maldives (MDV) | 1:01.49 | |
| | 4 | 4 | Ashontie Carr | Belize (BIZ) | DNS | DNS |
| | 2 | 9 | Tiffany James | Jamaica (JAM) | DNS | DNS |

### Semifinals

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.
| Rank | Heat | Lane | Name | Nation | Result | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | 5 | Victoria Ohuruogu | England (ENG) | 51.00 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Sada Williams | Barbados (BAR) | 51.59 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | 9 | Asimenye Simwaka | Malawi (MAW) | 51.70 | Q, NR |
| 4 | 2 | 7 | Kyra Constantine | Canada (CAN) | 51.78 | Q, =SB |
| 5 | 1 | 6 | Ama Pipi | England (ENG) | 51.95 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | 8 | Jodie Williams | England (ENG) | 51.98 | Q, SB |
| 7 | 1 | 7 | Zoey Clark | Scotland (SCO) | 51.99 | q |
| 8 | 2 | 6 | Junelle Bromfield | Jamaica (JAM) | 52.18 | q |
| 9 | 2 | 9 | Nicole Yeargin | Scotland (SCO) | 52.24 | |
| 10 | 2 | 4 | Aliyah Abrams | Guyana (GUY) | 52.82 | |
| 11 | 1 | 3 | Patience Okon George | Nigeria (NGR) | 52.90 | |
| 12 | 2 | 2 | Micha Powell | Canada (CAN) | 53.37 | |
| 13 | 1 | 4 | Aiyanna Stiverne | Canada (CAN) | 53.52 | |
| 14 | 1 | 8 | Leni Shida | Uganda (UGA) | 53.77 | |
| 15 | 2 | 3 | Veronica Kamumbe Mutua | Kenya (KEN) | 54.80 | |
| 16 | 1 | 2 | Lydia Jele | Botswana (BOT) | 55.09 | |

### Final

The medals were determined in the final.
| Rank | Lane | Name | Result | Notes |
| | 6 | Sada Williams (BAR) | 49.90 | GR |
| | 4 | Victoria Ohuruogu (ENG) | 50.72 | PB |
| | 9 | Jodie Williams (ENG) | 51.26 | SB |
| 4 | 8 | Ama Pipi (ENG) | 51.36 | |
| 5 | 3 | Junelle Bromfield (JAM) | 51.45 | |
| 6 | 5 | Asimenye Simwaka (MAW) | 51.55 | NR |
| 7 | 7 | Kyra Constantine (CAN) | 51.75 | SB |
| 8 | 2 | Zoey Clark (SCO) | 51.90 | |