Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games – Men's 400 metres explained

Event:

Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 1982 Commonwealth Games was held on 3 and 4 October at the QE II Stadium in Brisbane, Australia.^[1]

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Bert Cameron	Rick Mitchell	Gary Minihan

Qualification: First 6 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualify for the quarterfinals.

Rank	Heat	Time	Notes
1	2	46.80	Q
2	1	46.86	Q
3	5	47.44	Q
4	2	47.47	Q
5	1	47.73	Q
6	1	47.93	Q
7	4	47.96	Q
8	2	47.98	Q
9	2	48.25	Q
10	5	48.26	Q
11	3	48.27	Q
12	1	48.34	Q
13	3	48.35	Q
14	1	48.37	Q
15	3	48.49	Q
16	5	48.56	Q
17	1	48.63	Q
18	5	48.67	Q
19	2	48.74	Q
20	3	48.77	Q
21	5	48.92	Q
22	1	49.05	q
23	3	49.08	Q
24	2	49.18	Q
25	4	49.20	Q
26	4	49.32	Q
27	4	49.54	Q
28	5	49.71	Q
29	4	49.85	Q
30	5	49.86	q
31	4	49.89	Q
32	3	49.93	Q
33	2	50.07	q
34	4	50.26	q
35	2	50.42	q
36	1	50.78	q
37	3	52.10
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	4

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Time	Notes
1	3	46.54	Q
2	4	46.70	Q
3	1	46.81	Q
4	2	46.91	Q
5	2	46.97	Q
6	2	47.04	Q
7	4	47.06	Q
8	1	47.10	Q
9	1	47.15	Q
10	2	47.24	Q
11	3	47.25	Q
12	3	47.26	Q
13	4	47.49	Q
14	1	47.61	Q
15	4	47.81	Q
16	3	47.82	Q
17	2	47.83	q
18	3	48.05	q
19	4	48.31
20	4	48.37
21	2	48.48
22	4	48.52
23	4	48.58
24	3	48.66
25	2	48.72
26	1	48.89
27	1	48.98
28	1	48.98
29	2	49.22
30	1	49.27
31	3	49.73
32	2	49.74
33	1	49.82
34	3	50.06
35	4	50.30
36	3	50.38

Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualify for the final.

Rank	Heat	Time	Notes
1	1	45.78	Q
2	1	45.89	Q
3	1	46.12	Q
4	1	46.22	Q
5	2	46.45	Q
6	1	46.50	q
7	2	46.60	Q
8	2	46.64	Q
9	2	46.68	Q
10	1	46.74
11	2	46.82
12	1	46.91
13	2	47.11
14	2	47.30
15	1	47.47
16	1	47.82
17	2	47.85
18	2	48.49

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