Athletics at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 440 yards relay

Athletics at the 1958 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 4 × 440 yards relay event at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 26 July at the Cardiff Arms Park in Cardiff, Wales.^[1]

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
South Africa Gordon Day Gert Potgieter Malcolm Spence	England Ted Sampson John Wrighton John Salisbury Derek Johnson	Jamaica Malcolm Spence George Kerr Keith Gardner

Results[]

Heats[]

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Qualification: First 3 teams of each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
1	1	South Africa	Gordon Day, , Gert Potgieter, Malcolm Spence	3:13.4	Q
2	1	Canada	Doug Clement, Joe Mullins, George Shepherd, Terry Tobacco	3:14.2	Q
3	1	India	Milkha Singh, , ,	3:15.5	Q
4	1	Scotland	, , ,	3:17.4
5	1	Ghana	, , Frederick Owusu, J. Boama	3:21.4
1	2	Jamaica	, Malcolm Spence, George Kerr, Keith Gardner	3:13.7	Q
2	2	England	Ted Sampson, John Wrighton, John Salisbury, Derek Johnson	3:16.0	Q
3	2	Kenya	, Bartonjo Rotich, ,	3:16.7	Q
4	2	Trinidad and Tobago	Basil Ince, , Wilton Jackson, Clifton Bertrand	3:19.8
	2	Australia		DNS

Final[]

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Rank	Nation	Athletes	Time	Notes
	South Africa	Gordon Day, , Gert Potgieter, Malcolm Spence	3:08.21	GR
	England	Ted Sampson, John Wrighton, John Salisbury, Derek Johnson	3:09.61
	Jamaica	, Malcolm Spence, George Kerr, Keith Gardner	3:10.08
4	Canada	Doug Clement, Joe Mullins, George Shepherd, Terry Tobacco	3:12.8
5	India	Milkha Singh, , ,	3:15.3
6	Kenya	, Bartonjo Rotich, ,	3:16.7

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