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

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.[4]

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.[5]

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

[6]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Iwan Thomas	Wales	44.52	GR
	Mark Richardson	England	44.60	SB
	Sugath Thilakaratne	Sri Lanka	44.64	SB
4	Jamie Baulch	Wales	45.30
5	Arnaud Malherbe	South Africa	45.45
6	Greg Haughton	Jamaica	45.49
7	Davian Clarke	Jamaica	45.55
8	Kennedy Ochieng	Kenya	45.56

References

1. "Non-qualifiers results". Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2014-07-06.
2. Heats results
3. 1998 Australian Almanac
4. "Non-qualifiers results". Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2014-07-06.
5. Semifinal 1 results, Semifinal 2 results
6. Final results