Athletics at the 2014 Commonwealth Games – Men's 400 metres

Men's 400 metres at the Commonwealth Games

The Men's 400 metres at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, as part of the athletics programme, was held at Hampden Park between 28 and 30 July 2014. The event was won by pre-event favourite and Olympic champion Kirani James in a new Commonwealth Games record. Wayde van Niekerk from South Africa came second and Lalonde Gordon of Trinidad and Tobago got the bronze medal.

Results

First round

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	4	File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Jarrin Solomon (TRI)	0.169	45.69		Q
2	7	File:Flag of Guyana.svg Winston George (GUY)	0.230	46.25		Q
3	6	File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Akheem Gauntlett (JAM)	0.178	46.31		Q
4	8	File:Flag of England.svg Nigel Levine (ENG)	0.168	46.35		q
5	5	File:Flag of Dominica.svg Erison Hurtault (DMA)	0.171	47.02
6	2	File:Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg Angelo Garland (TCI)	0.190	48.86
7	1	File:Flag of Tonga.svg Heamatangi Tuivai (TON)	0.221	49.54
8	3	File:Flag of Maldives.svg Hussain Inaas (MDV)	0.213	50.02	SB

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	4	File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Renny Quow (TRI)	0.180	45.86		Q
2	6	File:Flag of Australia.svg Steven Solomon (AUS)	0.175	46.26		Q
3	2	File:Flag of South Africa.svg Wayde van Niekerk (RSA)	0.168	46.87		Q
4	1	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Salihu Isah (NGR)	0.149	47.51
5	3	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Kwadwo Acheampong (GHA)	0.154	47.72
6	5	File:Flag of Saint Lucia.svg Rosen Daniel (LCA)	0.171	47.97
7	7	File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Theo Piniau (PNG)	0.117	48.50

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction	Result	Notes	Qual.
1		File:Flag of Grenada.svg Kirani James (GRN)	0.173	45.52		Q
2		File:Flag of England.svg Michael Bingham (ENG)	0.153	45.80		Q
3		File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Rusheen McDonald (JAM)	0.180	46.14		Q
4		File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Robertson (CAN)	0.182	46.87		q
5		File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Nelson Stone (PNG)	0.171	47.60
6		File:Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg Brandon Valentine-Parris (SVG)	0.176	50.90
		File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Noah Akwu (NGR)	0.187	DQ

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	8	File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg LaToy Williams (BAH)	0.197	46.07		Q
2	7	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daundre Barnaby (CAN)	0.174	46.16		Q
3	2	File:Flag of Uganda.svg Emmanuel Tugumisirize (UGA)	0.204	46.73
4	4	File:Flag of Kenya.svg Mark Mutai (KEN)	0.175	47.60
5	5	File:Flag of Malawi.svg Golden Gunde (MAW)	0.218	47.85
6	1	File:Flag of Anguilla.svg Akeame Mussington (ANG)	0.201	51.50
	6	File:Flag of Ghana.svg John O'Brien (GHA)	0.163		DNF
	3	File:Flag of Nigeria.svg Robert Simmons (NGR)	0.142		DNF

Heat 5

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	3	File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Chris Brown (BAH)	0.168	46.30		Q
2	5	File:Flag of Guyana.svg Stephan James (GUY)	0.171	46.39		Q
3	7	File:Flag of Botswana.svg Pako Seribe (BOT)	0.151	46.64		Q
4	2	File:Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg Lestrod Roland (SKN)	0.170	47.17
5	4	File:Flag of Saint Lucia.svg Talberc Poleon (LCA)	0.191	47.32
6	1	File:Flag of Samoa.svg Siologa Viliamu Sepa (SAM)	0.202	49.24
	6	File:Flag of Kenya.svg Boniface Mucheru (KEN)			DNS

Heat 6

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	7	File:Flag of Botswana.svg Isaac Makwala (BOT)	0.187	45.33		Q
2	1	File:Flag of Grenada.svg Bralon Taplin (GRN)	0.205	45.90		Q
3	3	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Philip Osei (CAN)	0.184	47.11		Q
4	2	File:Flag of Guernsey.svg Tom Druce (GUE)	0.156	49.62
	5	File:Flag of Kenya.svg Solomon odongo Buoga (KEN)	0.226		DQ
	6	File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Hugh Graham Jr. (JAM)	0.212		DQ
	4	File:Flag of Uganda.svg Alli Ngaimoko (UGA)			DNS

Heat 7

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	6	File:Flag of England.svg Martyn Rooney (ENG)	0.194	45.57		Q
2	1	File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Lalonde Gordon (TRI)	0.184	45.84		Q
3	8	File:Flag of Zambia.svg Saviour Kombe (ZAM)	0.171	46.41		Q
4	7	File:Flag of Dominica.svg Mitchel Davis (DMA)	0.177	46.94	=PB	q
5	4	File:Flag of Ghana.svg Daniel Gyasi (GHA)	0.189	47.07
6	3	File:Flag of Grenada.svg Payton Hazzard (GRN)	0.198	47.33
7	2	File:Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Kaminiel Matlaun (PNG)	0.162	48.65
8	5	File:Flag of Tanzania.svg Imani james Rusanganya (TAN)	0.210	50.87

Semi-finals

Semi-final 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	5	File:Flag of England.svg Martyn Rooney (ENG)	0.190	45.22		Q
2	6	File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Jarrin Solomon (TRI)	0.168	45.49		Q
3	3	File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Chris Brown (BAH)	0.152	45.55		q
4	8	File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Rusheen McDonald (JAM)	0.188	45.95
5	4	File:Flag of Grenada.svg Bralon Taplin (GRN)	0.168	46.68
6	2	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Philip Osei (CAN)	0.185	47.16
7	7	File:Flag of Botswana.svg Pako Seribe (BOT)	0.196	47.43
8	1	File:Flag of Dominica.svg Mitchel Davis (DMA)	0.171	47.49

Semi-final 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	4	File:Flag of Grenada.svg Kirani James (GRN)	0.156	45.14		Q
2	2	File:Flag of South Africa.svg Wayde van Niekerk (RSA)	0.173	45.41		Q
3	6	File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Renny Quow (TRI)	0.195	45.47		q
4	5	File:Flag of England.svg Michael Bingham (ENG)	0.155	45.71
5	7	File:Flag of Jamaica.svg Akheem Gauntlett (JAM)	0.175	46.16
6	3	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Daundre Barnaby (CAN)	0.168	46.28
7	8	File:Flag of Guyana.svg Stephan James (GUY)	0.174	46.35
8	1	File:Flag of Uganda.svg Emmanuel Tugumisirize (UGA)	0.187	46.57

Semi-final 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction	Result	Notes	Qual.
1	5	File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Lalonde Gordon (TRI)	0.183	45.37		Q
2	4	File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg LaToy Williams (BAH)	0.175	45.44		Q
3	3	File:Flag of Botswana.svg Isaac Makwala (BOT)	0.191	45.57
4	6	File:Flag of Guyana.svg Winston George (GUY)	0.254	46.38
5	2	File:Flag of England.svg Nigel Levine (ENG)	0.151	46.57
6	1	File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Mike Robertson (CAN)	0.156	47.30
7	8	File:Flag of Zambia.svg Saviour Kombe (ZAM)	0.181	47.70
	7	File:Flag of Australia.svg Steven Solomon (AUS)	0.137		DNF

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction	Result	Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s)	6	File:Flag of Grenada.svg Kirani James (GRN)	0.154	44.24	GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	4	File:Flag of South Africa.svg Wayde van Niekerk (RSA)	0.168	44.68
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	3	File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Lalonde Gordon (TRI)	0.183	44.78	SB
4	5	File:Flag of England.svg Martyn Rooney (ENG)	0.156	45.15
5	8	File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg LaToy Williams (BAH)	0.174	45.63
6	7	File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Jarrin Solomon (TRI)	0.145	45.82
	2	File:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Renny Quow (TRI)	0.182		DNF
	1	File:Flag of the Bahamas.svg Chris Brown (BAH)			DNS