Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's 400 metres

Men's 400 metres
at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Men's 400 metres ; at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Alexander Stadium
Dates	3 August (first round) ; 5 August (semifinals) ; 7 August (final)
Competitors	48 from 29 nations
Winning time	44.66
Medalists

The men's 400 metres at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Alexander Stadium on 3, 5 and 7 August 2022.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:

World record	Wayde van Niekerk (RSA)	43.03	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	14 August 2016
Commonwealth record	Wayde van Niekerk (RSA)	43.03	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	14 August 2016
Games record	Kirani James (GRN)	44.24	Glasgow, Scotland	30 July 2014

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Wednesday 3 August 2022	12:20	First round
Friday 5 August 2022	21:09	Semifinals
Sunday 7 August 2022	10:34	Final

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results

First round

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
1	5	6	Muzala Samukonga	Zambia	44.89	Q, PB
2	2	6	Nathon Allen	Jamaica	45.18	Q, SB
3	1	4	Anthony Cox	Jamaica	45.51	Q
4	2	5	Leungo Scotch	Botswana	45.75	Q
5	3	2	Boniface Mweresa	Kenya	45.91	Q
6	1	5	Steven Solomon	Australia	45.98 [.972]	Q
7	2	7	Asa Guevara	Trinidad and Tobago	45.98 [.976]	Q
8	5	7	Jevaughn Powell	Jamaica	46.14	Q
9	4	3	Matthew Hudson-Smith	England	46.26	Q
10	3	7	Samson Oghenewegba Nathaniel	Nigeria	46.31	Q
11	6	4	Zibane Ngozi	Botswana	46.34	Q
12	3	8	Michael Francois	Grenada	46.35	Q, PB
13	6	7	Haron Adoli	Uganda	46.38	Q
14	7	2	Jonathan Jones	Barbados	46.39	Q
15	5	4	Alonzo Russell	Bahamas	46.41	Q
16	1	2	Ivan Geldenhuys	Namibia	46.51	Q
17	1	6	Kalinga Kumarage	Sri Lanka	46.53	q
18	7	5	Anthony Pesela	Botswana	46.55	Q
19	5	5	Sikiru Adeyemi	Nigeria	46.63	q
20	3	4	Kyle Gale	Barbados	46.66	q
21	2	2	Mahhad Bock	Namibia	46.71
22	7	6	Kennedy Luchembe	Zambia	46.74	Q
23	4	6	Dubem Amene	Nigeria	46.77	Q
24	4	2	Joe Brier	Wales	46.84	Q
25	7	7	Andre Retief	Namibia	46.95
26	6	8	Michael Joseph	Saint Lucia	47.08 [.074]	Q
27	7	8	William Rayian	Kenya	47.08 [.080]
28	2	3	Alford Conteh	Sierra Leone	47.12	PB
29	1	7	Desroy Jordan	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	47.29	PB
30	4	5	Cameron Chalmers	Guernsey	47.49
31	1	8	Che Lara	Trinidad and Tobago	47.51
32	2	8	Tan Zong Yang	Singapore	47.55
33	5	8	Arinze Chance	Guyana	47.63
34	6	5	Kashief King	Trinidad and Tobago	48.08
35	2	4	Emmanuel Wanga	Papua New Guinea	48.23
36	4	7	Aboubakar Tetndap Nsangou	Cameroon	48.47
37	5	3	Derick St Jean	Dominica	48.51
38	7	3	Thiruben Thana Rajan	Singapore	48.67
39	7	4	Edio Mussacate	Mozambique	48.73	PB
40	4	4	Adriano Gumbs	British Virgin Islands	48.87
41	6	3	Adain Peters	Grenada	48.96
42	5	2	Farook Mponda	Malawi	49.12	=PB
43	6	2	Angelo Garland	Turks and Caicos Islands	49.46	SB
44	4	8	Va-Sheku Sheriff	Sierra Leone	51.10
45	1	3	Obediah Timbaci	Vanuatu	51.62	SB
46	3	5	Ken Reyes	Turks and Caicos Islands	52.92
	6	6	Emmanuel Korir	Kenya	DQ	TR 17.3.1
	3	3	Shadrick Tansi	Papua New Guinea	DQ	TR 17.3.1
	3	6	Zakithi Nene	South Africa	DNS

Semifinals

First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
1	3	6	Matthew Hudson-Smith	England	45.77	Q
2	1	7	Haron Adoli	Uganda	45.80	Q, PB
3	2	7	Jonathan Jones	Barbados	45.82	Q
4	1	4	Boniface Mweresa	Kenya	45.85	Q
5	1	5	Anthony Cox	Jamaica	45.98	q
6	3	5	Nathon Allen	Jamaica	45.99	Q
7	2	6	Muzala Samukonga	Zambia	46.06	Q
8	1	6	Steven Solomon	Australia	46.30	q
9	3	7	Leungo Scotch	Botswana	46.33
10	3	9	Alonzo Russell	Bahamas	46.40 [.392]
11	2	4	Jevaughn Powell	Jamaica	46.40 [.400]
12	3	8	Asa Guevara	Trinidad and Tobago	46.46
13	2	8	Ivan Geldenhuys	Namibia	46.68
14	1	2	Kyle Gale	Barbados	46.78
15	3	4	Samson Oghenewegba Nathaniel	Nigeria	47.00 [.993]
16	3	2	Kalinga Kumarage	Sri Lanka	47.00 [.997]
17	1	3	Michael Joseph	Saint Lucia	47.03
18	2	5	Zibane Ngozi	Botswana	47.06
19	3	3	Kennedy Luchembe	Zambia	47.22
20	2	2	Sikiru Adeyemi	Nigeria	47.40
21	2	9	Michael Francois	Grenada	47.45
22	2	3	Joe Brier	Wales	47.50
23	1	8	Anthony Pesela	Botswana	47.63
	1	9	Dubem Amene	Nigeria	DNF

Final

The medals were determined in the final.^[4]

Rank	Lane	Name	Result	Notes
	8	Muzala Samukonga (ZAM)	44.66	NR
	7	Matthew Hudson-Smith (ENG)	44.81
	5	Jonathan Jones (BAR)	44.89
4	6	Boniface Mweresa (KEN)	44.96	PB
5	4	Haron Adoli (UGA)	45.62	PB
6	2	Anthony Cox (JAM)	46.17
7	3	Steven Solomon (AUS)	46.22
8	9	Nathon Allen (JAM)	48.00

References

^ "Men's 200m". Birmingham 2022. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
^ "Men's 400m Round 1 Results Summary" (PDF). 2022 Commonwealth Games Micro Plus Timing Services. 5 August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 September 2022.
^ "Men's 400m Semi-Finals Results Summary" (PDF). 2022 Commonwealth Games Micro Plus Timing Services. 5 August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 September 2022.
^ "Men's 400m Final Results" (PDF). 2022 Commonwealth Games Micro Plus Timing Services. 7 August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 August 2022.

[1] "Men's 200m". Birmingham 2022. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.

[2] "Men's 400m Round 1 Results Summary" (PDF). 2022 Commonwealth Games Micro Plus Timing Services. 5 August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 September 2022.

[3] "Men's 400m Semi-Finals Results Summary" (PDF). 2022 Commonwealth Games Micro Plus Timing Services. 5 August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 September 2022.

[4] "Men's 400m Final Results" (PDF). 2022 Commonwealth Games Micro Plus Timing Services. 7 August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 August 2022.

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Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Qualification
Track / road events
100 m	men	women
100 m T12	men
100 m T34		women
100 m T38	men	women
100 m T47	men
200 m	men	women
400 m		women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
1500 m T54	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	women
4 × 100 m relay	men	women
4 × 400 m relay	men	women
Marathon	men	women
Marathon T54	men	women
10,000 m walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Shot put F57		women
Discus throw	men	women
Discus throw F44/64	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men

Commonwealth Games champions in men's 400 metres
440 yards (1930–1966)	1930: Alex Wilson (CAN) 1934: Godfrey Rampling (ENG) 1938: Bill Roberts (ENG) 1950: Edwin Carr (AUS) 1954: Kevan Gosper (AUS) 1958: Milkha Singh (IND) 1962: George Kerr (JAM) 1966: Wendell Mottley (TRI)
400 metres (1970–present)	1970: Charles Asati (KEN) 1974: Charles Asati (KEN) 1978: Rick Mitchell (AUS) 1982: Bert Cameron (JAM) 1986: Roger Black (ENG) 1990: Darren Clark (AUS) 1994: Charles Gitonga (KEN) 1998: Iwan Thomas (WAL) 2002: Michael Blackwood (JAM) 2006: John Steffensen (AUS) 2010: Mark Mutai (KEN) 2014: Kirani James (GRN) 2018: Isaac Makwala (BOT) : Muzala Samukonga (ZAM)