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Athletics at the 2002 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
20 km walk	men	women
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
Para-athletics
100 m blind	men
800 m wheelchair		women
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The men's 400 metres event at the 2002 Commonwealth Games was held on 26–28 July.

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Michael Blackwood  Jamaica	Shane Niemi  Canada	Avard Moncur  Bahamas

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Avard Moncur	Bahamas	45.72	Q
2	1	Marcus la Grange	South Africa	45.95	Q
3	1	Sean Baldock	England	46.02	Q
4	1	Clinton Hill	Australia	46.11	Q
5	2	Alleyne Francique	Grenada	46.36	Q
6	1	Fidelis Gadzama	Nigeria	46.37	q, SB
7	4	Chris Brown	Bahamas	46.39	Q
8	4	Pete Coley	Jamaica	46.45	Q
9	2	Jared Deacon	England	46.52	Q
10	4	Damian Barry	Trinidad and Tobago	46.59	Q
11	3	Michael Blackwood	Jamaica	46.68	Q
12	2	Wilan Louis	Barbados	46.69	Q
13	1	Quincy Anthony	Antigua and Barbuda	46.76	q
14	2	Enefiok Udo-Obong	Nigeria	46.77	Q
15	3	Sugath Thilakaratne	Sri Lanka	46.80	Q
16	6	Sanjay Ayre	Jamaica	46.82	Q
17	6	Johnson Kubisa	Botswana	46.84	Q
18	3	Timothy Benjamin	Wales	46.89	Q
19	4	Chris Lloyd	Dominica	46.90	Q
20	6	Talkmore Nyongani	Zimbabwe	46.96	Q
21	3	Paul McKee	Northern Ireland	47.02	Q
22	7	Eric Milazar	Mauritius	47.31	Q
23	5	Daniel Caines	England	47.37	Q
24	2	Lulu Basinyi	Botswana	47.62	q
25	7	Rohan Kumara	Sri Lanka	47.70	Q
26	6	Simon Pierre	Trinidad and Tobago	47.72	Q
27	5	Shane Niemi	Canada	47.87	Q
28	5	Jeffrey Masvanhise	Zimbabwe	48.04	Q
29	5	Fernando Augustin	Mauritius	48.12	Q
30	4	Sahr Thomas	Sierra Leone	48.36	q, SB
31	7	California Molefe	Botswana	48.39	Q
32	4	Kevin Arthurton	Saint Kitts and Nevis	48.48
33	7	Mowen Boino	Papua New Guinea	48.97	Q
34	5	Evans Marie	Seychelles	49.01
35	6	Kamut Moses	Vanuatu	49.57
36	2	Micha Charles	Dominica	50.44
37	5	Jeffrey Bai	Papua New Guinea	50.45
38	2	Reonardo Harvey	Turks and Caicos Islands	50.76	NR
39	3	Lupo Kumitau	Niue	59.38
	1	Nabi Wallace	Dominica	DQ
	3	Timothy Munnings	Bahamas	DQ
	3	Musa Audu	Nigeria	DQ
	6	John Fuller	Sierra Leone	DQ
	7	Lewis Banda	Zimbabwe	DQ
	4	Clement Abai	Papua New Guinea	DNS
	6	Jamie Baulch	Wales	DNS
	7	Sylvester Chishiba	Zambia	DNS
	7	Frank Turay	Sierra Leone	DNS

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	4	Alleyne Francique	Grenada	45.93	Q
2	1	Eric Milazar	Mauritius	46.02	Q
3	1	Michael Blackwood	Jamaica	46.07	Q
4	3	Avard Moncur	Bahamas	46.11	Q
4	4	Daniel Caines	England	46.11	Q
6	3	Marcus la Grange	South Africa	46.19	Q
7	3	Sean Baldock	England	46.26	Q
8	1	Clinton Hill	Australia	46.28	Q
9	3	Paul McKee	Northern Ireland	46.47	Q
10	4	Sugath Thilakaratne	Sri Lanka	46.48	Q
11	2	Shane Niemi	Canada	46.49	Q
12	2	Sanjay Ayre	Jamaica	46.49	Q
13	4	Timothy Benjamin	Wales	46.54	Q
14	3	Wilan Louis	Barbados	46.60
15	2	Jared Deacon	England	46.66	Q
16	1	Johnson Kubisa	Botswana	46.70	Q
17	2	Chris Brown	Bahamas	46.71	Q
18	2	California Molefe	Botswana	46.74
19	3	Pete Coley	Jamaica	47.03
20	1	Fidelis Gadzama	Nigeria	47.05
21	4	Fernando Augustin	Mauritius	47.06
22	1	Rohan Kumara	Sri Lanka	47.14
22	2	Talkmore Nyongani	Zimbabwe	47.14
24	1	Jeffrey Masvanhise	Zimbabwe	47.50
25	2	Quincy Anthony	Antigua and Barbuda	47.61
26	3	Chris Lloyd	Dominica	47.91
27	4	Lulu Basinyi	Botswana	47.93
28	1	Mowen Boino	Papua New Guinea	48.74
29	3	Sahr Thomas	Sierra Leone	49.60
	2	Simon Pierre	Trinidad and Tobago	DNF
	4	Damian Barry	Trinidad and Tobago	DNF
	4	Enefiok Udo-Obong	Nigeria	DNF

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Daniel Caines	England	44.98	Q, PB
2	2	Eric Milazar	Mauritius	45.04	Q, SB
3	1	Alleyne Francique	Grenada	45.06	Q
4	1	Shane Niemi	Canada	45.08	Q, SB
5	1	Chris Brown	Bahamas	45.11	Q, SB
6	1	Michael Blackwood	Jamaica	45.12	Q
7	2	Avard Moncur	Bahamas	45.30	Q
8	2	Clinton Hill	Australia	45.41	Q, PB
9	2	Sanjay Ayre	Jamaica	45.43
10	1	Marcus la Grange	South Africa	45.51
11	1	Sean Baldock	England	45.71	SB
12	2	Sugath Thilakaratne	Sri Lanka	45.79
13	2	Timothy Benjamin	Wales	45.89
14	1	Paul McKee	Northern Ireland	45.91
15	1	Jared Deacon	England	46.07
16	2	Johnson Kubisa	Botswana	46.28

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Michael Blackwood	Jamaica	45.07
	Shane Niemi	Canada	45.09
	Avard Moncur	Bahamas	45.12
4	Daniel Caines	England	45.13
5	Alleyne Francique	Grenada	45.47
6	Eric Milazar	Mauritius	45.64
7	Chris Brown	Bahamas	45.67
8	Clinton Hill	Australia	46.00

• Official results
• Results at BBC