Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's 400 metres

Men's 400 metres
at the Commonwealth Games
Athletics at the
1998 Commonwealth Games
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100 m hurdleswomen
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3000 m
steeplechase		men
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The men's 400 metres event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held 16–18 September on National Stadium, Bukit Jalil.

Medalists

Gold Silver Bronze
Iwan Thomas
 Wales 		Mark Richardson
 England 		Sugath Thilakaratne
 Sri Lanka

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) qualified for the quarterfinals.[1][2]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Roxbert Martin  Jamaica 46.50? Q
2 1 Patrick Dwyer  Australia 46.58 Q[3]
3 1 Paul McBurney  Northern Ireland 46.59 Q
4 1 Solomon Wariso  England 47.35 Q
5 1 Kirthley Richardson  Anguilla 51.93
1 Silas Helo  Solomon Islands DNS
1 2 Kennedy Ochieng  Kenya 46.14 Q
2 2 Soloveni Nakaunicina  Fiji 46.15 Q
3 2 Arnaud Malherbe  South Africa 46.16 Q
4 2 Shane Niemi  Canada 46.60 Q
5 2 Johnson Kubisa  Botswana 46.95 q
6 2 Romzi Bakar  Malaysia 47.21 q
7 2 Bothwell Namuswa  Zambia 48.74
8 2 Abdulla Ibrahim  Maldives 52.77
1 3 Greg Haughton  Jamaica 46.18 Q
2 3 Iwan Thomas  Wales 46.76 Q
3 3 Declan Stack  Australia 47.18 Q
4 3 Brian Forbes  Northern Ireland 47.41 Q
5 3 Aminiasi Babitu  Fiji 47.91
6 3 Arnold Payne  Zimbabwe 48.22
7 3 Mohsin Munir  Pakistan 49.46
8 3 Thyroid Smith  Turks and Caicos Islands 53.18
1 4 Troy McIntosh  Bahamas 46.37 Q
2 4 Mark Hylton  England 46.63 Q
3 4 Tawanda Chiwira  Zimbabwe 46.86 Q
4 4 Hendrick Mokganyetsi  South Africa 47.16 Q
5 4 Evripides Demosthenous  Cyprus 47.37 q
6 4 Donald Bruno  Canada 47.80 q
7 4 Nadarajan Deverajo  Malaysia 47.90 q
1 5 Sugath Thilakaratne  Sri Lanka 45.97 Q
2 5 Jamie Baulch  Wales 46.14 Q
3 5 Davian Clarke  Jamaica 46.42 Q
4 5 Adriaan Botha  South Africa 46.72 Q
5 5 Lulu Basinyi  Botswana 47.23 q
6 5 Henry Semiti  Fiji 47.26 q
7 5 Erwin Naimwhaka  Namibia 48.82
8 5 Naseer Ismail  Maldives 50.54
1 6 Mark Richardson  England 46.19 Q
2 6 Jeffrey Masvanhise  Zimbabwe 46.20 Q
3 6 Abednego Matilu  Kenya 46.25 Q
4 6 Casey Vincent  Australia 47.04 Q[3]
5 6 Fernando Augustin  Mauritius 47.76 q
6 6 Yazid Parlan  Malaysia 48.18
7 6 N'Kosi Barnes  Antigua and Barbuda 50.15

Quarterfinals

Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the semifinals.[1]

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Iwan Thomas  Wales 45.26 Q
2 3 Troy McIntosh  Bahamas 45.42 Q
3 2 Kennedy Ochieng  Kenya 45.53 Q
4 2 Mark Richardson  England 45.54 Q
5 4 Sugath Thilakaratne  Sri Lanka 45.55 Q
6 1 Jamie Baulch  Wales 45.64 Q
6 3 Abednego Matilu  Kenya 45.64 Q
8 1 Patrick Dwyer  Australia 45.71 Q
8 2 Arnaud Malherbe  South Africa 45.71 Q
10 3 Greg Haughton  Jamaica 45.73 Q
11 4 Roxbert Martin  Jamaica 45.74 Q
12 4 Paul McBurney  Northern Ireland 45.90 Q
13 1 Davian Clarke  Jamaica 45.96 Q
14 1 Mark Hylton  England 45.97 Q
14 2 Jeffrey Masvanhise  Zimbabwe 45.97 Q
16 3 Casey Vincent  Australia 46.03
17 4 Solomon Wariso  England 46.11 Q
18 1 Shane Niemi  Canada 46.17
19 3 Adriaan Botha  South Africa 46.30
20 4 Soloveni Nakaunicina  Fiji 46.35
21 2 Declan Stack  Australia 46.63
22 1 Lulu Basinyi  Botswana 46.71
23 4 Evripides Demosthenous  Cyprus 46.89
24 2 Romzi Bakar  Malaysia 47.12
25 1 Hendrick Mokganyetsi  South Africa 47.23
26 2 Johnson Kubisa  Botswana 47.34
27 3 Brian Forbes  Northern Ireland 47.41
28 1 Fernando Augustin  Mauritius 47.66
29 3 Henry Semiti  Fiji 47.66
30 4 Nadarajan Deverajo  Malaysia 48.77
4 Tawanda Chiwira  Zimbabwe DNF
2 Donald Bruno  Canada DNS

Semifinals

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

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 2 Iwan Thomas  Wales 44.61 Q
2 2 Jamie Baulch  Wales 44.83 Q, SB
3 2 Arnaud Malherbe  South Africa 45.01 Q
4 1 Mark Richardson  England 45.03 Q
5 1 Sugath Thilakaratne  Sri Lanka 45.09 Q
6 2 Davian Clarke  Jamaica 45.10 Q
7 2 Roxbert Martin  Jamaica 45.13
8 2 Troy McIntosh  Bahamas 45.19 SB
9 1 Greg Haughton  Jamaica 45.48 Q
10 1 Kennedy Ochieng  Kenya 45.48 Q
11 1 Mark Hylton  England 45.54
12 2 Abednego Matilu  Kenya 46.06
13 1 Patrick Dwyer  Australia 46.12
14 1 Paul McBurney  Northern Ireland 46.50
15 1 Jeffrey Masvanhise  Zimbabwe 46.77
16 2 Solomon Wariso  England 47.80

Final

[5]

Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Iwan Thomas  Wales 44.52 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6 Mark Richardson  England 44.60 SB
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 Sugath Thilakaratne  Sri Lanka 44.64 SB
4 4 Jamie Baulch  Wales 45.30
5 1 Arnaud Malherbe  South Africa 45.45
6 8 Greg Haughton  Jamaica 45.49
7 7 Davian Clarke  Jamaica 45.55
8 2 Kennedy Ochieng  Kenya 45.56

References

  1. ^ a b "Non-qualifiers results". Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2014-07-06.
  2. ^ Heats results
  3. ^ a b "1998 Australian Almanac" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-11-03. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
  4. ^ Semifinal 1 results, Semifinal 2 results
  5. ^ Final results