The Women's 400 metres at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

2010 Commonwealth Games

The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games, were held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010. A total of 6,081 athletes from 71 Commonwealth nations and dependencies competed in 21 sports and 272 events, making it the largest Commonwealth Games till date...

as part of the athletics programme

Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

The athletics competition at the 2010 Commonwealth Games was held in New Delhi, India between 6 and 14 October. The track and field events took place between 6–12 October at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium while the marathon contests were held on a street course running through the city on 14...

 was held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Wednesday 6 October till Friday 8 October 2010.

The top four runners in each of the initial five heats plus the next four fastest runners from across the heats also qualified for the semifinals. There were three semifinals, and only the top two from each heat advanced to the final and the two fastest runners.

Records

World Record Women's 400 metres world record progression The first world record in the 400 m for women was recognized by the International Amateur Athletics Federation, now known as the International Association of Athletics Federations, in 1957....	47.60	Marita Koch Marita Koch Marita Koch , is a former sprint track and field athlete...	GDR	Canberra Canberra Canberra is the capital city of Australia. With a population of over 345,000, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The city is located at the northern end of the Australian Capital Territory , south-west of Sydney, and north-east of Melbourne... , Australia Australia Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...	6 October 1985
Games Record	50.17	Sandie Richards Sandie Richards Alexandra Richards is a Jamaican track and field athlete. She was a bronze medalist in the 4x400 m relay at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece....	JAM Jamaica Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length, up to in width and 10,990 square kilometres in area. It is situated in the Caribbean Sea, about south of Cuba, and west of Hispaniola, the island harbouring the nation-states Haiti and the Dominican Republic...	Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million... , Malaysia	1998

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	5		0.223	52.08	Q
2	2		0.216	52.21	Q
3	7		0.339	52.48	Q
4	6		0.216	53.90	Q
5	4		0.240	55.75
6	3		0.311	1:03.11

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	7		0.264	51.56	Q
2	3		0.324	52.33	Q
3	6		0.220	52.89	Q, SB
4	4		0.310	54.58	Q
5	5			54.74	q
6	8		0.211	56.11

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	5		0.273	52.41	Q
2	4		0.240	54.12	Q
3	7		0.248	54.29	Q
4	3		0.174	54.73	Q
5	6		0.260	55.62	q
6	2		0.200	55.72
7	8		0.283	56.38

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	3		0.269	52.75	Q
2	7		0.213	52.81	Q
3	2		0.213	53.01	Q, SB
4	6		0.168	53.86	Q
5	5		0.307	54.90	q, NR
6	4		0.234	55.21	q
7	8		0.326	55.68

Heat 5

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	8		0.289	53.24	Q
2	4		0.302	53.75	Q
3	2		0.187	54.26	Q
4	3		0.197	55.46	Q
5	5		0.194	59.16
6	7		0.279	1:00.33	NR
–	8				DNS

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	4		0.230	50.80	Q
2	5		0.230	51.70	Q, SB
3	7		0.303	52.89	PB
4	8		0.278	52.97	SB
5	6		0.207	53.44
6	2		0.182	54.15
7	9		0.296	55.09
8	3		0.211	55.71

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	6		0.208	51.94	Q
2	5		0.263	52.27	Q
3	7		0.223	52.55	q
4	4		0.331	52.60	q
5	8		0.208	53.24
6	9		0.269	53.33
7	2		0.197	54.94
8	3		0.170	55.68

Semifinal 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	6		0.262	51.78	Q
2	7		0.219	52.55	Q
3	4		0.306	53.04
4	8		0.183	53.51
5	5		0.246	54.21
6	9		0.241	54.34
7	2		0.266	54.48	NR
8	3		0.518	55.15

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
	6		0.247	50.10	GR
	5		0.357	51.65	SB
	4		0.222	51.96
4	9		0.346	52.36
5	3		0.335	52.37
6	8		0.301	52.43
7	2		0.261	52.66
DSQ	7		0.253	51.39	SB

External links

• 2010 Commonwealth Games - Athletics