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

Held on 25 January[2]

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Verona Bernard	England	53.2	Q
2	1	Lorna Forde	Barbados	54.7	Q
3	1	Bethanie Nail	Australia	55.16	Q[3]
4	1	Florence Mbakwe	Nigeria	55.4	Q
5	1	Brenda Walsh	Canada	56.12
6	1	Maleshoane Molomo	Lesotho	1:02.96
1	2	Jannette Roscoe	England	54.0	Q
2	2	Judy Canty	Australia	54.10	Q[3]
3	2	Evelyn McMeekin	Scotland	55.0	Q
4	2	Chee Swee Lee	Singapore	56.2	Q
5	2	Colleen Mills	New Zealand	57.54
6	2	Padmadevi Valamootoo	Mauritius	1:05.37
1	3	Charlene Rendina	Australia	54.28	Q[3]
2	3	Marilyn Neufville	Jamaica	54.3	Q
3	3	Sue Gukilau	New Zealand	55.3	Q
4	3	Roseline Joshua	Nigeria	55.9	Q
5	3	Joan Eddy	Canada	57.58
6	3	Janet Manda	Malawi	59.51
1	4	Yvonne Saunders	Canada	53.0	Q
2	4	Penny Hunt	New Zealand	55.2	Q
3	4	Dawn Webster	England	55.44	Q
4	4	Gloria Dourass	Wales	55.8	Q
5	4	Helen Opoku	Ghana	57.01
6	4	Ngozi Nwosu	Nigeria	58.03

Held on 25 January[2]

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[3]
2	1	Marilyn Neufville	Jamaica	53.4	Q
3	1	Jannette Roscoe	England	53.5	Q
4	1	Judy Canty	Australia	54.03	Q[3]
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
1	2	Yvonne Saunders	Canada	52.2	Q
2	2	Verona Bernard	England	53.8	Q
3	2	Penny Hunt	New Zealand	55.0	Q
4	2	Bethanie Nail	Australia	55.15	Q[3]
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

Held on 26 January

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time
	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

"Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 22 December 2018.
"Heats & Semifinals results". The Sydney Morning Herald. 26 January 1974. p. 72. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
"Australia results". Retrieved 26 December 2018.

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