Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's 400 metres explained

The Men's 400 metres at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, was held at Hampden Park between 28 and 30 July 2014.^[1] The event was won by pre-event favourite and Olympic champion Kirani James in a new Commonwealth Games record. Wayde van Niekerk from South Africa came second and Lalonde Gordon of Trinidad and Tobago got the bronze medal.

Results

First round

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	4		0.169	45.69		Q
2	7		0.230	46.25		Q
3	6		0.178	46.31		Q
4	8		0.168	46.35		q
5	5		0.171	47.02
6	2		0.190	48.86
7	1		0.221	49.54
8	3		0.213	50.02	SB

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	4		0.180	45.86		Q
2	6		0.175	46.26		Q
3	2		0.168	46.87		Q
4	1		0.149	47.51
5	3		0.154	47.72
6	5		0.171	47.97
7	7		0.117	48.50

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction	Result	Notes	Qual.
1			0.173	45.52		Q
2			0.153	45.80		Q
3			0.180	46.14		Q
4			0.182	46.87		q
5			0.171	47.60
6			0.176	50.90
			0.187

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	8		0.197	46.07		Q
2	7		0.174	46.16		Q
3	2		0.204	46.73
4	4		0.175	47.60
5	5		0.218	47.85
6	1		0.201	51.50
	6		0.163
	3		0.142

Heat 5

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	3		0.168	46.30		Q
2	5		0.171	46.39		Q
3	7		0.151	46.64		Q
4	2		0.170	47.17
5	4		0.191	47.32
6	1		0.202	49.24
	6

Heat 6

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	7		0.187	45.33		Q
2	1		0.205	45.90		Q
3	3		0.184	47.11		Q
4	2		0.156	49.62
	5		0.226
	6		0.212
	4

Heat 7

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	6		0.194	45.57		Q
2	1		0.184	45.84		Q
3	8		0.171	46.41		Q
4	7		0.177	46.94	=PB	q
5	4		0.189	47.07
6	3		0.198	47.33
7	2		0.162	48.65
8	5		0.210	50.87

Semi-finals

Semi-final 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	5		0.190	45.22		Q
2	6		0.168	45.49		Q
3	3		0.152	45.55		q
4	8		0.188	45.95
5	4		0.168	46.68
6	2		0.185	47.16
7	7		0.196	47.43
8	1		0.171	47.49

Semi-final 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	4		0.156	45.14		Q
2	2		0.173	45.41		Q
3	6		0.195	45.47		q
4	5		0.155	45.71
5	7		0.175	46.16
6	3		0.168	46.28
7	8		0.174	46.35
8	1		0.187	46.57

Semi-final 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	5		0.183	45.37		Q
2	4		0.175	45.44		Q
3	3		0.191	45.57
4	6		0.254	46.38
5	2		0.151	46.57
6	1		0.156	47.30
7	8		0.181	47.70
	7		0.137

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction	Result	Notes
	6		0.154	44.24	GR
	4		0.168	44.68
	3		0.183	44.78	SB
4	5		0.156	45.15
5	8		0.174	45.63
6	7		0.145	45.82
	2		0.182
	1

Notes and References

1. Web site: Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games . 21 July 2014 . Glasgow 2014.