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

The men's 400 metres event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held 16–18 September on National Stadium, Bukit Jalil.

Medalists

width=200 bgcolor=gold	Gold	width=200 bgcolor=silver	Silver	width=200 bgcolor=CC9966	Bronze
Iwan Thomas	Mark Richardson	Sugath Thilakaratne

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			46.50?	Q
2	1			46.58	Q^[3]
3	1			46.59	Q
4	1			47.35	Q
5	1			51.93
	1
1	2			46.14	Q
2	2			46.15	Q
3	2			46.16	Q
4	2			46.60	Q
5	2			46.95	q
6	2			47.21	q
7	2			48.74
8	2			52.77
1	3			46.18	Q
2	3			46.76	Q
3	3			47.18	Q
4	3			47.41	Q
5	3			47.91
6	3			48.22
7	3			49.46
8	3			53.18
1	4			46.37	Q
2	4			46.63	Q
3	4			46.86	Q
4	4			47.16	Q
5	4			47.37	q
6	4			47.80	q
7	4			47.90	q
1	5			45.97	Q
2	5			46.14	Q
3	5			46.42	Q
4	5			46.72	Q
5	5			47.23	q
6	5			47.26	q
7	5			48.82
8	5			50.54
1	6			46.19	Q
2	6			46.20	Q
3	6			46.25	Q
4	6			47.04	Q
5	6			47.76	q
6	6			48.18
7	6			50.15

Quarterfinals

Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the semifinals.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3			45.26	Q
2	3			45.42	Q
3	2			45.53	Q
4	2			45.54	Q
5	4			45.55	Q
6	1			45.64	Q
6	3			45.64	Q
8	1			45.71	Q
8	2			45.71	Q
10	3			45.73	Q
11	4			45.74	Q
12	4			45.90	Q
13	1			45.96	Q
14	1			45.97	Q
14	2			45.97	Q
16	3			46.03
17	4			46.11	Q
18	1			46.17
19	3			46.30
20	4			46.35
21	2			46.63
22	1			46.71
23	4			46.89
24	2			47.12
25	1			47.23
26	2			47.34
27	3			47.41
28	1			47.66
29	3			47.66
30	4			48.77
	4
	2

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2			44.61	Q
2	2			44.83	Q, SB
3	2			45.01	Q
4	1			45.03	Q
5	1			45.09	Q
6	2			45.10	Q
7	2			45.13
8	2			45.19	SB
9	1			45.48	Q
10	1			45.48	Q
11	1			45.54
12	2			46.06
13	1			46.12
14	1			46.50
15	1			46.77
16	2			47.80

Final

^[5]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			44.52	GR
			44.60	SB
			44.64	SB
4			45.30
5			45.45
6			45.49
7			45.55
8			45.56

Notes and References

1. Web site: Non-qualifiers results . 2014-07-06 . https://archive.today/20120914052130/http://www.thecgf.com/games/results.asp . 2012-09-14 . dead .
2. https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/121814012/ Heats results
3. Web site: 1998 Australian Almanac . 2015-12-11 . 2015-11-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151103220107/http://athhistory.imgstg.com/almanac/Almanac-1998-99.pdf . dead .
4. http://kl98.thecgf.com/results/19at200men-sf1.html Semifinal 1 results
5. http://kl98.thecgf.com/results/18at400men-final.html Final results