Jump to content

Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games – Men's 400 metres

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Men's 400 metres
at the Commonwealth Games

The men's 400 metres event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 6 and 7 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[1]

Medalists

[edit]
Gold Silver Bronze
Rick Mitchell
 Australia
Joseph Coombs
 Trinidad and Tobago
Glenn Bogue
 Canada

Results

[edit]

Heats

[edit]

Held on 6 August

Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the quarterfinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 6 Joel Ngetich  Kenya 46.50 Q
2 4 Rick Mitchell  Australia 46.74 Q
3 5 Glenn Bogue  Canada 46.77 Q
4 5 Clyde Edwards  Barbados 46.78 Q
5 6 Glen Cohen  England 47.15 Q
6 4 Washington Njiri  Kenya 47.20 Q
7 5 Chum Darvall  Australia 47.42 Q
7 6 John Bandu  Ghana 47.42 Q
9 2 Richard Ashton  England 47.50 Q
10 3 Terry Whitehead  England 47.52 Q
11 2 Joseph Coombs  Trinidad and Tobago 47.53 Q
12 4 Michael Delaney  Wales 47.56 Q
13 2 Jeremiah Ongwae  Kenya 47.61 Q
14 3 Rayfield Beaton  Guyana 47.77 Q
15 1 David Jenkins  Scotland 47.78 Q
16 1 Fred Sowerby  Antigua and Barbuda 47.82 Q
17 4 Clive Beattie  Northern Ireland 47.83 Q
18 1 Mike Paul  Trinidad and Tobago 47.87 Q
19 5 Roger Jenkins  Scotland 47.93 Q
20 1 Jeff Griffiths  Wales 47.97 Q
21 6 Bevan Smith  New Zealand 48.02 Q
22 4 Mike Solomon  Trinidad and Tobago 48.14 Q
23 2 Brian Saunders  Canada 48.26 Q
24 3 John Higham  Australia 48.27 Q
25 6 Appunidage Premachandra  Sri Lanka 48.30 Q
26 3 Zvonko Stankovic  Canada 48.31 Q
27 2 Elroy Turner  Antigua and Barbuda 48.46 Q
28 1 Bertland Cameron  Jamaica 48.49 Q
29 3 Benjamin Soglo  Ghana 48.53 Q
30 6 Carlsen Phillips  Bermuda 48.77 q
31 2 Renelda Swan  Bermuda 48.78 q
32 3 David Anderson  Isle of Man 48.80
33 1 Vaughn Harvey  Bermuda 48.86
34 5 Donald Pierre  Grenada 49.19 Q
35 4 Lester Flax  Antigua and Barbuda 49.42
36 6 Norris Bailey  Belize 49.64
37 5 Heligar Calderon  Saint Lucia 50.04
38 2 Keith Rocque  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 50.15
39 4 Henry Carver  Mauritius 50.76
40 5 Bambo Fatty  Gambia 50.98
41 3 Michael Olliviere  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 51.15
42 1 Genevieve Nestor  Saint Lucia 51.39

Quarterfinals

[edit]

Held on 6 August

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 3 Glenn Bogue  Canada 46.06 Q
2 2 Richard Ashton  England 46.27 Q
3 4 Rick Mitchell  Australia 46.36 Q
4 1 Clyde Edwards  Barbados 46.38 Q
5 2 Joseph Coombs  Trinidad and Tobago 46.40 Q
6 3 Joel Ngetich  Kenya 46.43 Q
7 3 Glen Cohen  England 46.45 Q
8 2 Washington Njiri  Kenya 46.46 Q
9 1 Terry Whitehead  England 46.52 Q
10 1 Brian Saunders  Canada 46.59 Q
11 2 David Jenkins  Scotland 46.66 q
12 2 Chum Darvall  Australia 46.71 q
13 1 Bevan Smith  New Zealand 46.77 q
14 4 Fred Sowerby  Antigua and Barbuda 46.80 Q
15 4 Mike Solomon  Trinidad and Tobago 46.89 Q
16 1 Rayfield Beaton  Guyana 47.07 q
17 1 Bertland Cameron  Jamaica 47.20
18 3 John Bandu  Ghana 47.21
19 4 Jeremiah Ongwae  Kenya 47.31
20 1 Michael Delaney  Wales 47.41
21 4 Jeff Griffiths  Wales 47.41
22 3 Roger Jenkins  Scotland 47.44
23 4 Clive Beattie  Northern Ireland 47.77
24 3 Mike Paul  Trinidad and Tobago 47.83
25 3 John Higham  Australia 47.84
26 4 Zvonko Stankovic  Canada 48.20
27 4 Benjamin Soglo  Ghana 48.29
28 2 Elroy Turner  Antigua and Barbuda 48.35
29 2 Renelda Swan  Bermuda 48.77
30 3 Carlsen Phillips  Bermuda 48.99
31 2 Donald Pierre  Grenada 50.45
1 Appunidage Premachandra  Sri Lanka DNS

Semifinals

[edit]

Held on 7 August

Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal (Q) qualify directly for the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes
1 1 Fred Sowerby  Antigua and Barbuda 46.86 Q
2 1 Joseph Coombs  Trinidad and Tobago 46.87 Q
3 1 Richard Ashton  England 46.88 Q
3 2 Rick Mitchell  Australia 46.88 Q
5 2 Glen Cohen  England 47.00 Q
6 1 Brian Saunders  Canada 47.32 Q
6 2 Glenn Bogue  Canada 47.32 Q
8 1 David Jenkins  Scotland 47.37
9 1 Chum Darvall  Australia 47.41
10 2 Mike Solomon  Trinidad and Tobago 47.61 Q
11 1 Clyde Edwards  Barbados 47.62
12 2 Joel Ngetich  Kenya 47.64
13 2 Terry Whitehead  England 47.85
14 2 Rayfield Beaton  Guyana 48.05
15 2 Bevan Smith  New Zealand 48.25
16 1 Washington Njiri  Kenya 48.55

Final

[edit]

Held on 7 August

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Rick Mitchell  Australia 46.34
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Joseph Coombs  Trinidad and Tobago 46.54
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Glenn Bogue  Canada 46.63
4 Mike Solomon  Trinidad and Tobago 46.97
5 Glen Cohen  England 46.99
6 Richard Ashton  England 47.32
7 Fred Sowerby  Antigua and Barbuda 47.51
8 Brian Saunders  Canada 48.01

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 29 November 2019.