Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games – Men's 400 metres explained

Event:	Men's 400 metres
Games:	2022
Venue:	Alexander Stadium
Dates:	3 August (first round) 5 August (semifinals) 7 August (final)
Competitors:	48
Nations:	29
Win Value:	44.66
Gold:	Muzala Samukonga
Goldcga:	ZAM
Silver:	Matthew Hudson-Smith
Silvercga:	ENG
Bronze:	Jonathan Jones
Bronzecga:	BAR
Prev:	2018
Next:	2026

The men's 400 metres at the 2022 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, took place in the Alexander Stadium on 3, 5 and 7 August 2022.

Records

Prior to this competition, the existing world and Games records were as follows:

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

Date	Time	Round
Wednesday 3 August 2022	12:20	First round
Friday 5 August 2022	21:09	Semifinals
style=background:lemonchiffon	Sunday 7 August 2022	style=background:lemonchiffon	10:34	style=background:lemonchiffon	Final

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 3 fastest (q) advance to the Semifinals.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Result	Notes
1	5	6	44.89	Q,
2	2	6	45.18	Q,
3	1	4	45.51	Q
4	2	5	45.75	Q
5	3	2	45.91	Q
6	1	5	45.98	Q
7	2	7	45.98	Q
8	5	7	46.14	Q
9	4	3	46.26	Q
10	3	7	46.31	Q
11	6	4	46.34	Q
12	3	8	46.35	Q,
13	6	7	46.38	Q
14	7	2	46.39	Q
15	5	4	46.41	Q
16	1	2	46.51	Q
17	1	6	46.53	q
18	7	5	46.55	Q
19	5	5	46.63	q
20	3	4	46.66	q
21	2	2	46.71
22	7	6	46.74	Q
23	4	6	46.77	Q
24	4	2	46.84	Q
25	7	7	46.95
26	6	8	47.08	Q
27	7	8	47.08
28	2	3	47.12
29	1	7	47.29
30	4	5	47.49
31	1	8	47.51
32	2	8	47.55
33	5	8	47.63
34	6	5	48.08
35	2	4	48.23
36	4	7	48.47
37	5	3	48.51
38	7	3	48.67
39	7	4	48.73
40	4	4	48.87
41	6	3	48.96
42	5	2	49.12	=
43	6	2	49.46
44	4	8	51.10
45	1	3	51.62
46	3	5	52.92
	6	6
	3	3
	3	6

First 2 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) advance to the Final.^[3]

Rank	Heat	Lane	Result	Notes
1	3	6	45.77	Q
2	1	7	45.80	Q,
3	2	7	45.82	Q
4	1	4	45.85	Q
5	1	5	45.98	q
6	3	5	45.99	Q
7	2	6	46.06	Q
8	1	6	46.30	q
9	3	7	46.33
10	3	9	46.40
11	2	4	46.40
12	3	8	46.46
13	2	8	46.68
14	1	2	46.78
15	3	4	47.00
16	3	2	47.00
17	1	3	47.03
18	2	5	47.06
19	3	3	47.22
20	2	2	47.40
21	2	9	47.45
22	2	3	47.50
23	1	8	47.63
	1	9

The medals were determined in the final.^[4]

Web site: Men's 200m. Birmingham 2022. 8 August 2022. 8 August 2022.
Web site: 5 August 2022 . Men's 400m Round 1 Results Summary . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220901100128/https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/ATH/2022-08-05/ATHM400M--------------RND1--------__C74A_1.0.pdf . 1 September 2022 . 2022 Commonwealth Games Micro Plus Timing Services.
Web site: 5 August 2022 . Men's 400m Semi-Finals Results Summary . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220901101356/https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/ATH/2022-08-05/ATHM400M--------------SFNL--------__C74A_1.0.pdf . 1 September 2022 . 2022 Commonwealth Games Micro Plus Timing Services.
Web site: 7 August 2022 . Men's 400m Final Results . live . https://web.archive.org/web/20220809114532/https://b2022-pdf.microplustimingservices.com/ATH/2022-08-07/ATHM400M--------------FNL-000100--__C73A_1.0.pdf . 9 August 2022 . 2022 Commonwealth Games Micro Plus Timing Services.