The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 18, 20 and 21 July at the Meadowbank StadiuminEdinburgh, Scotland.[1] It was the first time that the metric distance was contested at the Games replacing the 440 yards hurdles.
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
John Sherwood![]() |
William Koskei![]() |
Charles Kipkemboi Yego![]() |
Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | 1 | John Sherwood | ![]() |
51.6 | Q |
2 | 1 | Charles Kipkemboi Yego | ![]() |
51.8 | Q |
3 | 1 | Roger Johnson | ![]() |
51.9 | Q |
4 | 1 | William Taylor | ![]() |
54.4 | Q |
5 | 1 | Norman Brinkworth | ![]() |
55.3 | |
6 | 1 | Henry Jackson | ![]() |
1:00.4 | |
1 | Rich McDonald | ![]() |
DNF | ||
1 | 2 | John Akii-Bua | ![]() |
51.8 | Q |
2 | 2 | Bill Gairdner | ![]() |
52.3 | Q |
3 | 2 | Gary Knoke | ![]() |
52.4 | Q |
4 | 2 | David Scharer | ![]() |
52.5 | Q |
5 | 2 | John Lewis | ![]() |
53.4 | q |
6 | 2 | Tony Harper | ![]() |
53.6 | q |
7 | 2 | Raymond Lweendo | ![]() |
55.6 | |
8 | 2 | John Kinahan | ![]() |
55.8 | |
1 | 3 | William Koskei | ![]() |
51.3 | Q |
2 | 3 | Tony Collins | ![]() |
52.4 | Q |
3 | 3 | James Grant | ![]() |
52.5 | Q |
4 | 3 | Kingsley Agbabokha | ![]() |
53.1 | Q |
5 | 3 | Andrew Webb | ![]() |
53.5 | q |
6 | 3 | Wilfred Kailema | ![]() |
54.2 | q |
7 | 3 | Brian Donnelly | ![]() |
54.5 | |
8 | 3 | Roger Richardson | ![]() |
54.8 |
Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal (Q) qualify directly for the final.
Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 1 | John Sherwood | ![]() |
51.5 | Q |
2 | 1 | John Akii-Bua | ![]() |
51.9 | Q |
3 | 1 | Kingsley Agbabokha | ![]() |
52.1 | Q |
4 | 1 | Bill Gairdner | ![]() |
52.1 | Q |
5 | 1 | James Grant | ![]() |
52.2 | |
6 | 1 | William Taylor | ![]() |
52.2 | |
7 | 1 | John Lewis | ![]() |
52.4 | |
8 | 1 | Wilfred Kailema | ![]() |
54.6 | |
1 | 2 | William Koskei | ![]() |
51.3 | Q |
2 | 2 | Charles Kipkemboi Yego | ![]() |
51.7 | Q |
3 | 2 | Gary Knoke | ![]() |
51.75 | Q |
4 | 2 | David Scharer | ![]() |
51.9 | Q |
5 | 2 | Roger Johnson | ![]() |
52.0 | |
6 | 2 | Tony Collins | ![]() |
52.9 | |
7 | 2 | Andrew Webb | ![]() |
53.0 | |
8 | 2 | Tony Harper | ![]() |
53.1 |
Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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5 | John Sherwood | ![]() |
50.03 | |
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4 | William Koskei | ![]() |
50.15 | |
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2 | Charles Kipkemboi Yego | ![]() |
50.19 | |
4 | 7 | John Akii-Bua | ![]() |
51.1 | |
5 | 1 | David Scharer | ![]() |
51.17 | |
6 | 5 | Bill Gairdner | ![]() |
51.6 | |
7 | 8 | Kingsley Agbabokha | ![]() |
51.6 | |
8 | 3 | Gary Knoke | ![]() |
52.13 |
Commonwealth Games champions in men's 400 metres hurdles
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440 yards hurdles (1930–1966) |
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400 metres hurdles (1970–present) |
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