| Event: | Women's 4 x 400 metres relay |
The women's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on July 30–31.
| width=200 valign=top | Lauren Hewitt Cathy Freeman Tamsyn Lewis Jana Pittman Kylie Wheeler | width=200 valign=top | Helen Frost Helen Karagounis Melanie Purkiss Lisa Miller Jenny Meadows | width=200 valign=top | Olabisi Afolabi Kudirat Akhigbe Hajarat Yusuf Doris Jacob |
* Athletes who competed in heats only and received medals.
Qualification: First 3 teams of each heat (Q) plus the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3:30.63 | Q | |||
| 2 | 1 | 3:31.99 | Q | |||
| 3 | 2 | 3:32.38 | Q | |||
| 4 | 2 | 3:33.23 | Q | |||
| 5 | 1 | 3:33.25 | Q | |||
| 6 | 2 | 3:36.41 | q | |||
| 7 | 1 | 3:38.24 | Q | |||
| 8 | 1 | 3:43.10 | q | |||
| 9 | 2 | 3:46.27 | ||||
| 10 | 1 | 3:48.23 |
| Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3:25.63 | GR | ||||
| 3:26.73 | |||||
| 3:29.16 | |||||
| 4 | 3:31.50 | NR | |||
| 5 | 3:32.24 | ||||
| 6 | 3:32.74 | NR | |||
| 7 | 3:39.14 | ||||