Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games – Men's 400 metres hurdles explained

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 8 and 10 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Daniel Kimaiyo	Garry Brown	Alan Pascoe

Results

Heats

Held on 8 August

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			50.81	Q
2	1			51.17	Q
3	1			51.39	Q
4	1			51.42	Q
5	1			51.45	q
6	1			54.36	q
1	2			50.92	Q
2	2			51.41	Q
3	2			51.89	Q
4	2				Q
	2
	2
1	3			51.25	Q
2	3			52.91	Q
3	3			53.36	Q
4	3			53.75	Q
5	3			53.78	q
6	3			54.12	q

Semifinals

Held on 8 August

Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal (Q) qualify directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1			49.20	Q
2	2			50.25	Q
3	2			50.30	Q
4	1			50.31	Q
5	2			50.80	Q
6	1			50.83	Q
7	1			50.92	Q
8	2			50.96	Q
9	2			51.27
10	2			51.57
11	1			51.98
12	2			52.85
13	1			53.00
14	1			53.27
15	1			53.81
	2

Final

Held on 10 August

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	8			49.48
	4			50.04
	3			50.09
4	1			50.50
5	6			50.69
6	7			51.50
7	2			51.60
8	5			52.01

References

• Heats & Semifinals results (The Canberra Times)
• Final results (The Canberra Times)
• Australian results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Results . 2018-02-24 . https://archive.today/20120914052130/http://www.thecgf.com/games/results.asp . 2012-09-14 . dead .