Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games – Women's 400 metres hurdles

The women's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1982 Commonwealth Games was held on 5 and 7 October at the QE II Stadium in Brisbane, Australia. It was the first time that women competed in this event at the Commonwealth Games.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Debbie Flintoff Australia	Ruth Kyalisima Uganda	Yvette Wray England

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualify for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Debbie Flintoff	Australia	57.44	Q, GR
2	1	Ruth Kyalisima	Uganda	58.22	Q
3	2	Lyn Foreman	Australia	58.69	Q
4	1	Yvette Wray	England	59.00	Q
5	2	Andrea Page	Canada	59.22	Q
6	1	Margaret Southerden	Scotland	59.48	Q
7	1	Gwen Wall	Canada	59.92	q
7	2	Sue Morley	England	59.92	Q
9	2	Sandra Farmer	Jamaica	1:00.06	Q
10	1	Terry Genge	New Zealand	1:00.18
11	1	Diane Fryar	Wales	1:00.50
12	2	Janine Robson	New Zealand	1:01.17
13	2	Dionne Wright	Canada	1:01.19
14	2	Sarah Owen	Wales	1:02.84
	1	June Caddle	Barbados	DNF
	1	Verona Elder	England	DNF
	2	Rose Tata-Muya	Kenya	DNF

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Debbie Flintoff	Australia	55.89	GR
	8	Ruth Kyalisima	Uganda	57.10
	2	Yvette Wray	England	57.17
4	3	Sue Morley	England	57.57
5	6	Lyn Foreman	Australia	57.62
6	1	Andrea Page	Canada	57.70
7	9	Margaret Southerden	Scotland	58.36
8	7	Gwen Wall	Canada	58.49
9	4	Sandra Farmer	Jamaica	59.07

References

• Heats results (The Sydney Morning Herald)
• Final results (The Sydney Morning Herald)
• Heats results (The Canberra Times)
• Final results (The Canberra Times)
• Australian results Archived 14 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine