Athletics at the 1998 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	women
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
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The women's 400 metres event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held 16–18 September on National Stadium, Bukit Jalil.

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Sandie Richards  Jamaica	Allison Curbishley  Scotland	Donna Fraser  England

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Damayanthi Dharsha	Sri Lanka	52.04	Q
2	4	Sandie Richards	Jamaica	52.37	Q
3	1	LaDonna Antoine	Canada	52.61	Q
4	1	Veronica Bawuah	Ghana	52.64	Q, PB
5	1	Donna Fraser	England	52.65	Q
6	3	Allison Curbishley	Scotland	52.66	Q
7	3	Melissa Straker	Barbados	52.77	Q
8	1	Justine Bayigga	Uganda	52.86	q
9	1	Mireille Nguimgo	Cameroon	52.90	q
10	3	Susan Andrews	Australia	52.98	Q
11	4	Foy Williams	Canada	53.02	Q
12	2	Lee Naylor	Australia	53.13	Q
13	2	Claudine Komgang	Cameroon	53.20	Q
14	4	Michelle Thomas	England	53.23	Q
15	4	Dora Kyriacou	Cyprus	53.68	q
16	4	Manimegalay Nadarajah	Malaysia	53.71	q
17	2	Michelle Pierre	England	53.92
18	3	Mary Apio	Uganda	55.00
19	4	Joanne Durant	Barbados	55.08
20	1	Chitra Mooloo	Mauritius	55.20
21	1	Mary Estelle Kapalu	Vanuatu	55.60	SB
22	2	Leticia John Mutta	Tanzania	55.72
23	3	Stephanie Llewellyn	Northern Ireland	56.05
24	1	Palaniappan Kuganeswari	Malaysia	56.73
25	2	Marcia Daniel	Dominica	56.84
26	3	Supramaniam Rathimalar	Malaysia	58.75
27	2	Vasa Tulahe	Tonga	1:02.21
28	4	Yaznee Nasheeda	Maldives	1:05.07	SB
	3	Venolyn Clarke	Canada	DNF
	2	Tina Paulino	Mozambique	DNS

Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Sandie Richards	Jamaica	50.65	Q
2	2	Donna Fraser	England	50.85	Q, PB
3	2	Allison Curbishley	Scotland	51.64	Q
4	1	Damayanthi Dharsha	Sri Lanka	51.70	Q
5	1	Lee Naylor	Australia	52.20	Q
6	1	LaDonna Antoine	Canada	52.30	Q
7	2	Melissa Straker	Barbados	52.32	Q, PB
8	2	Foy Williams	Canada	52.35
9	1	Veronica Bawuah	Ghana	52.58	Q
10	2	Susan Andrews	Australia	52.65
11	1	Justine Bayigga	Uganda	52.86
12	1	Claudine Komgang	Cameroon	52.92
13	2	Mireille Nguimgo	Cameroon	53.05
14	1	Michelle Thomas	England	53.32
15	1	Manimegalay Nadarajah	Malaysia	54.02
16	2	Dora Kyriacou	Cyprus	54.04

^[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Sandie Richards	Jamaica	50.17	GR
	2	Allison Curbishley	Scotland	50.71
	3	Donna Fraser	England	51.01
4	5	Damayanthi Darsha	Sri Lanka	51.06
5	6	Lee Naylor	Australia	52.15
6	8	Veronica Bawuah	Ghana	52.70
7	7	Melissa Straker	Barbados	52.84
8	1	LaDonna Antoine	Canada	52.93