Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 400 metres

Men's 400 metres at the Commonwealth Games

The Men's 400 metres at the 2010 Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Thursday 7 October till Saturday 9 October 2010.

The winning margin was 0.02 seconds equalling the winning margin from the men's 400 metres final at the Manchester games in 2002. As of 2024, these remain the closest finals in the men's 400 metres at these games since the introduction of fully automatic timing.

The top three runners in each of the initial six heats automatically qualified for the second round. The next six fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. Those 24 runners competed in three semi-finals, with the top two runners from each heat qualifying for the final plus the two fastest runners.

Records

World Record	43.18	Michael Johnson	United States	Seville, Spain	26 August 1999
Games Record	44.52	Iwan Thomas	WAL	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	1998

Round 1

First 3 in each heat (Q) and 6 best performers (q) advance to the Semifinals.

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	3	Conrad Williams (ENG)	0.214	45.78	Q
2	5	Michael Mathieu (BAH)	0.169	46.22	Q
3	4	Alli Ngaimoko (UGA)	0.221	46.79	Q
4	6	Prasanna Amarasekara (SRI)	0.172	47.50	q
5	8	Saaid Hassan (MDV)	0.177	48.56	NR
6	7	Thomas Vandy (SLE)	0.241	49.16
7	2	John Rivan (PNG)	0.236	50.48

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	8	Ramon Miller (BAH)	0.182	46.12	Q, SB
2	6	Ben Offereins (AUS)	0.188	46.85	Q
3	3	Sakarea Kamberuka (BOT)	0.340	47.06	Q
4	2	Graham Hedman (ENG)	0.171	47.45	q
5	4	Harpreet Singh (IND)	0.213	48.29
6	5	Hywel Robinson (GUE)	0.211	50.08
–	7	Jimmy Noklam (VAN)	0.247		DNF

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	3	Andretti Bain (BAH)	0.192	46.19	Q
2	8	Robert Tobin (ENG)	0.208	46.26	Q
3	5	Vincent Kiilo (KEN)	0.218	46.89	Q
4	7	Jean Degrace (MRI)	0.195	47.21	q, SB
5	6	Bockarie Sesay (SLE)	0.236	48.72
6	4	Hussain Inaas (MDV)	0.193	49.64	PB
7	2	Reonardo Harvey (TCI)	0.155	51.17

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	4	Mark Muttai (KEN)	0.257	45.90	Q
2	8	Joel Milburn (AUS)	0.255	46.72	Q
3	2	Isaac Makwala (BOT)	0.209	47.39	Q
4	6	Tom Druce (GUE)	0.192	47.70	q
5	5	Gift Soko (ZAM)	0.228	48.45
6	3	Arnold Sorina (VAN)	0.225	48.97	SB
7	7	Peter Semper (MNT)	0.172	51.21

Heat 5

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	4	Oral Thompson (JAM)	0.173	46.60	Q
2	6	Obakeng Ngwingwa (BOT)	0.249	46.79	Q
3	7	Lalonde Gordon (TRI)	0.208	47.07	Q
4	5	Nelson Stone (PNG)	0.300	47.22	q
5	3	Golden Gunde (MAW)	0.246	48.57	NR
6	2	Ismaila Manga (GAM)	0.164	49.02

Heat 6

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	2	Erison Hurtault (DMA)	0.181	46.50	Q
2	8	Sean Wroe (AUS)	0.206	46.82	Q
3	7	Savior Kombe (ZAM)	0.211	46.88	Q
4	5	Geoffrey Ngeno (KEN)	0.285	47.40	q
5	6	Jean Augustin (MRI)	0.236	48.43	NR
6	3	Ibrahim Turay (SLE)	0.216	50.96
7	4	Akeame Mussington (ANG)	0.187	51.39	NR

Semifinals

First 2 in each heat (Q) and 2 best performers (q) advance to the Final.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	7	Mark Muttai (KEN)	0.260	45.63	Q
2	5	Sean Wroe (AUS)	0.212	45.64	Q
3	6	Andretti Bain (BAH)	0.178	46.18
4	4	Robert Tobin (ENG)	0.185	46.27
5	3	Nelson Stone (PNG)	0.277	46.70	NR
6	2	Prasanna Amarasekara (SRI)	0.151	46.87	SB
7	9	Sakarea Kamberuka (BOT)	0.267	46.91
8	8	Savior Kombe (ZAM)	0.187	47.12

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	7	Michael Mathieu (BAH)	0.166	45.72	Q
2	4	Conrad Williams (ENG)	0.201	45.82	Q
3	6	Ben Offereins (AUS)	0.210	46.11	q
4	9	Alli Ngaimoko (UGA)	0.241	46.63	SB
5	5	Oral Thompson (JAM)	0.130	46.77
6	8	Isaac Makwala (BOT)	0.287	47.07
7	3	Jean Degrace (MRI)	0.186	47.52
8	2	Geoffrey Ngeno (KEN)	0.248	49.31

Semifinal 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	5	Ramon Miller (BAH)	0.188	45.67	Q, SB
2	6	Joel Milburn (AUS)	0.208	45.79	Q
3	4	Erison Hurtault (DMA)	0.185	45.93	q
4	9	Lalonde Gordon (TRI)	0.221	46.33	PB
5	8	Vincent Kiilo (KEN)	0.199	46.50	SB
6	7	Obakeng Ngwingwa (BOT)	0.213	46.82
7	3	Graham Hedman (ENG)	0.186	47.02
8	2	Tom Druce (GUE)	0.178	48.30

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
	5	Mark Muttai (KEN)	0.227	45.44
	6	Sean Wroe (AUS)	0.195	45.46
	4	Ramon Miller (BAH)	0.185	45.55	SB
4	7	Michael Mathieu (BAH)	0.177	45.56	=SB
5	9	Joel Milburn (AUS)	0.241	45.71	SB
6	8	Conrad Williams (ENG)	0.199	45.88
7	2	Ben Offereins (AUS)	0.190	46.00
8	3	Erison Hurtault (DMA)	0.199	46.07

External links

• 2010 Commonwealth Games - Athletics