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Athletics at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's 440 yards hurdles

Athletics at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 yd	men	women
220 yd	men	women
440 yd	men
880 yd	men
1 mile	men
3 miles	men
6 miles	men
80 m hurdles		women
120 yd hurdles	men
440 yd hurdles	men
4 × 110 yd relay	men	women
4 × 440 yd relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
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The men's 440 yards hurdles event at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 1 and 4 July at the Empire StadiuminVancouver, Canada.^[1]

Medalists[edit]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
David Lean  Australia	Harry Kane  England	Bob Shaw  Wales

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the final.^[2][3]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	David Lean	Australia	52.3	Q
2	1	Bob Shaw	Wales	53.8	Q
3	1	David Fleming	New Zealand	53.8	Q
4	1	Keith Holmes	Canada	54.1
5	1	John McRoberts	Canada	56.8
6	1	Korigo Barno	Kenya	57.2
1	2	Harry Kane	England	53.3	Q
2	2	Ken Wilmshurst	England	55.4	Q
3	2	Murray Gaziuk	Canada	56.2	Q
4	2	Alfred Brown	Southern Rhodesia	56.3
5	2	Mirza Khan	Pakistan	57.2
	2	Keith Gardner	Jamaica	DNS

Final[edit]

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	David Lean	Australia	52.4	GR
	Harry Kane	England	53.3
	Bob Shaw	Wales	53.3
4	David Fleming	New Zealand	53.9
5	Murray Gaziuk	Canada	55.5
6	Ken Wilmshurst	England	56.3

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