Athletics at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men	women
10 km walk		women
30 km 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
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
v t e

The women's 400 metres event at the 1990 Commonwealth Games was held on 27 and 28 January at the Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland.^[1]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Fatima Yusuf  Nigeria	Linda Keough  England	Charity Opara  Nigeria

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Charity Opara	Nigeria	51.12	Q, AR
2	1	Fatima Yusuf	Nigeria	51.69	Q
3	2	Jenni Stoute	England	52.39	Q
4	1	Linda Keough	England	52.76	Q
5	2	Mercy Addy	Ghana	52.77	Q
6	2	Maree Holland	Australia	53.28	Q
7	1	Angela Piggford	England	53.72	Q
8	2	Gail Harris	Canada	53.88	q
9	1	Cheryl Allen	Canada	54.74	Q
10	1	Susan Andrews	Australia	54.77
11	1	Josephine Mary Singarayar	Malaysia	55.85
12	1	Jill Cockram	New Zealand	56.39
	2	Andrea Wade	New Zealand	DNF

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Fatima Yusuf	Nigeria	51.08	AR
	6	Linda Keough	England	51.63
	5	Charity Opara	Nigeria	52.01
4	2	Maree Holland	Australia	52.68
5	4	Jenni Stoute	England	53.44
6	9	Angela Piggford	England	53.45
7	8	Gail Harris	Canada	54.24
8	1	Cheryl Allen	Canada	54.36
9	7	Mercy Addy	Ghana	57.01