Athletics at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games – Women's 400 metres

The women's 400 metres event at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games was held on 25 and 26 January at the Queen Elizabeth II Park in Christchurch, New Zealand.[1]

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Yvonne Saunders  Canada	Verona Bernard  England	Charlene Rendina  Australia

Results

Heats

Held on 25 January

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
3	1	Bethanie Nail	Australia	55.16	Q[2]
5	1	Brenda Walsh	Canada	56.12
6	1	Maleshoane Molomo	Lesotho	1:02.96
2	2	Judy Canty	Australia	54.10	Q[2]
5	2	Colleen Mills	New Zealand	57.54
6	2	Padmadevi Valamootoo	Mauritius	1:05.37
1	3	Charlene Rendina	Australia	54.28	Q[2]
5	3	Joan Eddy	Canada	57.58
6	3	Janet Manda	Malawi	59.51
3	4	Dawn Webster	England	55.44	Q
5	4	Helen Opoku	Ghana	57.01
6	4	Ngozi Nwosu	Nigeria	58.03

Semifinals

Held on 25 January

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Charlene Rendina	Australia	52.82	Q[2]
4	1	Judy Canty	Australia	54.03	Q[2]
5	1	Lorna Forde	Barbados	54.36
6	1	Roseline Joshua	Nigeria	54.67
7	1	Sue Gukilau	New Zealand	55.76
	1	Dawn Webster	England	DNF
4	2	Bethanie Nail	Australia	55.15	Q[2]
5	2	Florence Mbakwe	Nigeria	55.65
6	2	Evelyn McMeekin	Scotland	55.66
7	2	Gloria Dourass	Wales	56.07
8	2	Chee Swee Lee	Singapore	56.71

Final

Held on 26 January

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	7	Yvonne Saunders	Canada	51.67
	3	Verona Bernard	England	51.94
	4	Charlene Rendina	Australia	52.08
4	8	Jannette Roscoe	England	53.18
5	?	Judy Canty	Australia	53.47
6	2	Marilyn Neufville	Jamaica	54.04
7	1	Penny Hunt	New Zealand	54.30
8	?	Bethanie Nail	Australia	54.54

References

1. "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
2. "Australia results". Retrieved 26 December 2018.