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

Men's 400 metres
at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Men's 400 metres ; at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Venue	Alexander Stadium
Dates	3 August (first round) ; 5 August (semifinals) ; 7 August (final)
Competitors	48 from 29 nations
Winning time	44.66
Medalists
	← 2018 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:

World record	Wayde van Niekerk (RSA)	43.03	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	14 August 2016
Commonwealth record	Wayde van Niekerk (RSA)	43.03	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	14 August 2016
Games record	Kirani James (GRN)	44.24	Glasgow, Scotland	30 July 2014

Schedule

The schedule was as follows:^[1]

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

All times are British Summer Time (UTC+1)

Results

First round

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
1	5	6	Muzala Samukonga	Zambia (ZAM)	44.89	Q, PB
2	2	6	Nathon Allen	Jamaica (JAM)	45.18	Q, SB
3	1	4	Anthony Cox	Jamaica (JAM)	45.51	Q
4	2	5	Leungo Scotch	Botswana (BOT)	45.75	Q
5	3	2	Boniface Mweresa	Kenya (KEN)	45.91	Q
6	1	5	Steven Solomon	Australia (AUS)	45.98 [.972]	Q
7	2	7	Asa Guevara	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	45.98 [.976]	Q
8	5	7	Jevaughn Powell	Jamaica (JAM)	46.14	Q
9	4	3	Matthew Hudson-Smith	England (ENG)	46.26	Q
10	3	7	Samson Oghenewegba Nathaniel	Nigeria (NGR)	46.31	Q
11	6	4	Zibane Ngozi	Botswana (BOT)	46.34	Q
12	3	8	Michael Francois	Grenada (GRN)	46.35	Q, PB
13	6	7	Haron Adoli	Uganda (UGA)	46.38	Q
14	7	2	Jonathan Jones	Barbados (BAR)	46.39	Q
15	5	4	Alonzo Russell	Bahamas (BAH)	46.41	Q
16	1	2	Ivan Geldenhuys	Namibia (NAM)	46.51	Q
17	1	6	Kalinga Kumarage	Sri Lanka (SRI)	46.53	q
18	7	5	Anthony Pesela	Botswana (BOT)	46.55	Q
19	5	5	Sikiru Adeyemi	Nigeria (NGR)	46.63	q
20	3	4	Kyle Gale	Barbados (BAR)	46.66	q
21	2	2	Mahhad Bock	Namibia (NAM)	46.71
22	7	6	Kennedy Luchembe	Zambia (ZAM)	46.74	Q
23	4	6	Dubem Amene	Nigeria (NGR)	46.77	Q
24	4	2	Joe Brier	Wales (WAL)	46.84	Q
25	7	7	Andre Retief	Namibia (NAM)	46.95
26	6	8	Michael Joseph	Saint Lucia (LCA)	47.08 [.074]	Q
27	7	8	William Rayian	Kenya (KEN)	47.08 [.080]
28	2	3	Alford Conteh	Sierra Leone (SLE)	47.12	PB
29	1	7	Desroy Jordan	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG)	47.29	PB
30	4	5	Cameron Chalmers	Guernsey (GGY)	47.49
31	1	8	Che Lara	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	47.51
32	2	8	Tan Zong Yang	Singapore (SGP)	47.55
33	5	8	Arinze Chance	Guyana (GUY)	47.63
34	6	5	Kashief King	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	48.08
35	2	4	Emmanuel Wanga	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	48.23
36	4	7	Aboubakar Tetndap Nsangou	Cameroon (CMR)	48.47
37	5	3	Derick St Jean	Dominica (DMA)	48.51
38	7	3	Thiruben Thana Rajan	Singapore (SGP)	48.67
39	7	4	Edio Mussacate	Mozambique (MOZ)	48.73	PB
40	4	4	Adriano Gumbs	British Virgin Islands (IVB)	48.87
41	6	3	Adain Peters	Grenada (GRN)	48.96
42	5	2	Farook Mponda	Malawi (MAW)	49.12	=PB
43	6	2	Angelo Garland	Turks and Caicos Islands (TCA)	49.46	SB
44	4	8	Va-Sheku Sheriff	Sierra Leone (SLE)	51.10
45	1	3	Obediah Timbaci	Vanuatu (VAN)	51.62	SB
46	3	5	Ken Reyes	Turks and Caicos Islands (TCA)	52.92
	6	6	Emmanuel Korir	Kenya (KEN)	DQ	TR 17.3.1
	3	3	Shadrick Tansi	Papua New Guinea (PNG)	DQ	TR 17.3.1
	3	6	Zakithi Nene	South Africa (RSA)	DNS

Semifinals

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

Rank	Heat	Lane	Name	Nation	Result	Notes
1	3	6	Matthew Hudson-Smith	England (ENG)	45.77	Q
2	1	7	Haron Adoli	Uganda (UGA)	45.80	Q, PB
3	2	7	Jonathan Jones	Barbados (BAR)	45.82	Q
4	1	4	Boniface Mweresa	Kenya (KEN)	45.85	Q
5	1	5	Anthony Cox	Jamaica (JAM)	45.98	q
6	3	5	Nathon Allen	Jamaica (JAM)	45.99	Q
7	2	6	Muzala Samukonga	Zambia (ZAM)	46.06	Q
8	1	6	Steven Solomon	Australia (AUS)	46.30	q
9	3	7	Leungo Scotch	Botswana (BOT)	46.33
10	3	9	Alonzo Russell	Bahamas (BAH)	46.40 [.392]
11	2	4	Jevaughn Powell	Jamaica (JAM)	46.40 [.400]
12	3	8	Asa Guevara	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	46.46
13	2	8	Ivan Geldenhuys	Namibia (NAM)	46.68
14	1	2	Kyle Gale	Barbados (BAR)	46.78
15	3	4	Samson Oghenewegba Nathaniel	Nigeria (NGR)	47.00 [.993]
16	3	2	Kalinga Kumarage	Sri Lanka (SRI)	47.00 [.997]
17	1	3	Michael Joseph	Saint Lucia (LCA)	47.03
18	2	5	Zibane Ngozi	Botswana (BOT)	47.06
19	3	3	Kennedy Luchembe	Zambia (ZAM)	47.22
20	2	2	Sikiru Adeyemi	Nigeria (NGR)	47.40
21	2	9	Michael Francois	Grenada (GRN)	47.45
22	2	3	Joe Brier	Wales (WAL)	47.50
23	1	8	Anthony Pesela	Botswana (BOT)	47.63
	1	9	Dubem Amene	Nigeria (NGR)	DNF

Final

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

Rank	Lane	Name	Result	Notes
	8	Muzala Samukonga (ZAM)	44.66	NR
	7	Matthew Hudson-Smith (ENG)	44.81
	5	Jonathan Jones (BAR)	44.89
4	6	Boniface Mweresa (KEN)	44.96	PB
5	4	Haron Adoli (UGA)	45.62	PB
6	2	Anthony Cox (JAM)	46.17
7	3	Steven Solomon (AUS)	46.22
8	9	Nathon Allen (JAM)	48.00

References

^ "Men's 200m". Birmingham 2022. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
^ "Men's 400m Round 1 Results Summary" (PDF). 2022 Commonwealth Games Micro Plus Timing Services. 5 August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 September 2022.
^ "Men's 400m Semi-Finals Results Summary" (PDF). 2022 Commonwealth Games Micro Plus Timing Services. 5 August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 September 2022.
^ "Men's 400m Final Results" (PDF). 2022 Commonwealth Games Micro Plus Timing Services. 7 August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 August 2022.

[1] "Men's 200m". Birmingham 2022. 8 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.

[2] "Men's 400m Round 1 Results Summary" (PDF). 2022 Commonwealth Games Micro Plus Timing Services. 5 August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 September 2022.

[3] "Men's 400m Semi-Finals Results Summary" (PDF). 2022 Commonwealth Games Micro Plus Timing Services. 5 August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 September 2022.

[4] "Men's 400m Final Results" (PDF). 2022 Commonwealth Games Micro Plus Timing Services. 7 August 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 9 August 2022.

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Athletics at the 2022 Commonwealth Games

Qualification
Track / road events
100 m	men	women
100 m T12	men
100 m T34		women
100 m T38	men	women
100 m T47	men
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
1500 m T54	men	women
5000 m	men	women
10,000 m	men	women
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men	women
3000 m steeplechase	men	women
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Marathon	men	women
Marathon T54	men	women
10,000 m walk	men	women
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men	women
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men	women
Shot put	men	women
Shot put F57		women
Discus throw	men	women
Discus throw F44/64	men	women
Hammer throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Combined events
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
v t e

v t e Commonwealth Games champions in men's 400 metres
440 yards (1930–1966)	1930: Alex Wilson (CAN) 1934: Godfrey Rampling (ENG) 1938: Bill Roberts (ENG) 1950: Edwin Carr (AUS) 1954: Kevan Gosper (AUS) 1958: Milkha Singh (IND) 1962: George Kerr (JAM) 1966: Wendell Mottley (TRI)
400 metres (1970–present)	1970: Charles Asati (KEN) 1974: Charles Asati (KEN) 1978: Rick Mitchell (AUS) 1982: Bert Cameron (JAM) 1986: Roger Black (ENG) 1990: Darren Clark (AUS) 1994: Charles Gitonga (KEN) 1998: Iwan Thomas (WAL) 2002: Michael Blackwood (JAM) 2006: John Steffensen (AUS) 2010: Mark Mutai (KEN) 2014: Kirani James (GRN) 2018: Isaac Makwala (BOT) 2022: Muzala Samukonga (ZAM)