Athletics at the 1990 Commonwealth Games – Men's 400 metres

Men's 400 metres at the Commonwealth Games

The men's 400 metres event at the 1990 Commonwealth Games was held on 27 and 28 January at the Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Darren Clark Australia	Samson Kitur Kenya	Simeon Kipkemboi Kenya

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Samson Kitur	Kenya	46.12	Q
2	4	Stephen Mwanzia	Kenya	46.51	Q
3	5	Darren Clark	Australia	46.64	Q
4	1	Simeon Kipkemboi	Kenya	46.70	Q
5	2	Devon Morris	Jamaica	46.73	Q
6	4	Wayne McDonald	England	46.87	Q
7	1	Trevor Graham	Jamaica	47.11	Q
8	3	Howard Burnett	Jamaica	47.12	Q
9	4	Robert Stone	Australia	47.13	Q
10	1	Mark Garner	Australia	47.23	Q
11	3	Camera Ntereke	Botswana	47.27	Q
12	3	Todd Bennett	England	47.28	Q
13	4	Patrick Delice	Trinidad and Tobago	47.37	Q
14	4	Mike McLean	Canada	47.49	Q
15	4	John Goville	Uganda	47.64	Q
16	1	Craig Purdy	New Zealand	47.67	Q
17	1	Steve O'Brien	Canada	47.85	Q
18	5	Felix Sandy	Sierra Leone	47.89	Q
19	5	Joseph Adam	Seychelles	48.08	Q
20	5	Siebert Straughan	Barbados	48.11	Q
21	5	Anton Skerritt	Canada	48.20	Q
22	1	Mohamed Hossain Milzer	Bangladesh	48.24	Q
22	2	Phil Brown	England	48.24	Q
24	2	Takale Tuna	Papua New Guinea	48.45	Q
25	2	Grant Gilbert	New Zealand	48.47	Q
26	5	Duane Johnson	Guyana	48.49	Q
27	3	Troy Douglas	Bermuda	48.80	Q
28	5	Eugene Matthews	Trinidad and Tobago	48.84	q
29	2	David Teece	Isle of Man	48.99	Q
30	1	Muhammad Sadaqat	Pakistan	49.08	q
31	3	Muhammad Fayyaz	Pakistan	49.19	Q
32	5	Lamin Marikong	Gambia	49.75	q
33	3	Darren Dale	New Zealand	50.27	Q
34	4	John Hou	Papua New Guinea	50.32	q
35	4	Patrick Mchiwiri	Malawi	50.86	q
36	1	Ancel Nalau	Vanuatu	53.32	q
37	2	Baptiste Firiam	Vanuatu	1:03.41
	3	Alvin Daniel	Trinidad and Tobago	DNF
	2	Brian Whittle	Scotland	DNS

Quarterfinals

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Samson Kitur	Kenya	45.79	Q
2	1	Robert Stone	Australia	46.23	Q
3	3	Devon Morris	Jamaica	46.24	Q
4	1	Howard Burnett	Jamaica	46.33	Q
5	3	Simeon Kipkemboi	Kenya	46.44	Q
6	3	Todd Bennett	England	46.59	Q
7	3	Patrick Delice	Trinidad and Tobago	46.67	Q
8	2	Darren Clark	Australia	46.68	Q
9	3	Anton Skerritt	Canada	46.74	q
10	2	Wayne McDonald	England	46.82	Q
11	1	Felix Sandy	Sierra Leone	46.89	Q
12	4	Stephen Mwanzia	Kenya	46.93	Q
13	4	Phil Brown	England	47.09	Q
14	4	Grant Gilbert	New Zealand	47.11	Q
15	4	Trevor Graham	Jamaica	47.19	Q
16	4	Mark Garner	Australia	47.24	q
17	2	Mike McLean	Canada	47.34	Q
18	2	Troy Douglas	Bermuda	47.41	Q
19	2	Camera Ntereke	Botswana	47.58
20	3	Siebert Straughan	Barbados	47.78
21	1	Craig Purdy	New Zealand	47.87
22	2	Darren Dale	New Zealand	47.98
23	1	Takale Tuna	Papua New Guinea	47.99
24	1	Duane Johnson	Guyana	48.04
25	4	John Goville	Uganda	48.07
26	2	Joseph Adam	Seychelles	48.51
27	2	Mohamed Hossain Milzer	Bangladesh	48.60
28	4	Steve O'Brien	Canada	48.71
29	4	Muhammad Fayyaz	Pakistan	48.75
30	3	Muhammad Sadaqat	Pakistan	49.00
31	3	David Teece	Isle of Man	49.43
32	1	Patrick Mchiwiri	Malawi	51.69
33	4	John Hou	Papua New Guinea	52.24
	2	Eugene Matthews	Trinidad and Tobago	DQ
	1	Lamin Marikong	Gambia	DNS
	3	Ancel Nalau	Vanuatu	DNS

Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Darren Clark	Australia	45.64	Q
2	2	Samson Kitur	Kenya	45.67	Q
3	2	Mark Garner	Australia	46.02	Q
4	2	Todd Bennett	England	46.06	Q
5	1	Simeon Kipkemboi	Kenya	46.22	Q
6	2	Stephen Mwanzia	Kenya	46.28	q
7	1	Robert Stone	Australia	46.29	Q
8	1	Devon Morris	Jamaica	46.65	Q
9	1	Grant Gilbert	New Zealand	46.68	Q
10	1	Trevor Graham	Jamaica	46.89
11	1	Patrick Delice	Trinidad and Tobago	47.08
12	1	Wayne McDonald	England	47.13
13	1	Felix Sandy	Sierra Leone	47.21
14	2	Howard Burnett	Jamaica	47.22
15	2	Anton Skerritt	Canada	47.79
16	1	Mike McLean	Canada	47.81
17	2	Troy Douglas	Bermuda	48.15
	2	Phil Brown	England	DNF

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	6	Darren Clark	Australia	44.60	CR
	4	Samson Kitur	Kenya	44.88
	7	Simeon Kipkemboi	Kenya	44.93
4	1	Robert Stone	Australia	45.25
5	8	Devon Morris	Jamaica	45.68
6	3	Mark Garner	Australia	46.10
7	2	Grant Gilbert	New Zealand	46.18
8	9	Stephen Mwanzia	Kenya	46.35
9	5	Todd Bennett	England	46.64

References

• Semifinals results
• Heats and Quarterfinals results