Athletics at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
20 mile walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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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]

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	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