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

Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
3000 m		women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
30 km walk	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
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 8 and 10 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.^[1]

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Daniel Kimaiyo  Kenya	Garry Brown  Australia	Alan Pascoe  England

Results[]

Heats[]

Held on 8 August

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1		Kenya	50.81	Q
2	1		Canada	51.17	Q
3	1	Alan Pascoe	England	51.39	Q
4	1		Wales	51.42	Q
5	1		Northern Ireland	51.45	q
6	1		Malaysia	54.36	q
1	2	Clive Barriffe	Jamaica	50.92	Q
2	2	William Koskei	Kenya	51.41	Q
3	2	Bill Hartley	England	51.89	Q
4	2		Canada	??.??	Q
	2		Ghana	DQ
	2		Tanzania	DNS
1	3	Daniel Kimaiyo	Kenya	51.25	Q
2	3	Garry Brown	Australia	52.91	Q
3	3	Gary Oakes	England	53.36	Q
4	3	David Anderson	Isle of Man	53.75	Q
5	3	Phillip Mills	New Zealand	53.78	q
6	3	Daniel Taillon	Canada	54.12	q

Semifinals[]

Held on 8 August

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Daniel Kimaiyo	Kenya	49.20	Q
2	2		Kenya	50.25	Q
3	2	William Koskei	Kenya	50.30	Q
4	1	Garry Brown	Australia	50.31	Q
5	2	Clive Barriffe	Jamaica	50.80	Q
6	1	Alan Pascoe	England	50.83	Q
7	1	Phillip Mills	New Zealand	50.92	Q
8	2	Gary Oakes	England	50.96	Q
9	2		Canada	51.27
10	2	Bill Hartley	England	51.57
11	1		Canada	51.98
12	2		Northern Ireland	52.85
13	1		Wales	53.00
14	1	David Anderson	Isle of Man	53.27
15	1	Daniel Taillon	Canada	53.81
	2		Malaysia	DNS

Final[]

Held on 10 August

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	8	Daniel Kimaiyo	Kenya	49.48
	4	Garry Brown	Australia	50.04
	3	Alan Pascoe	England	50.09
4	1		Kenya	50.50
5	6	William Koskei	Kenya	50.69
6	7	Clive Barriffe	Jamaica	51.50
7	2	Gary Oakes	England	51.60
8	5	Phillip Mills	New Zealand	52.01

References[]

• Heats & Semifinals results (The Canberra Times)
• Final results (The Canberra Times)
• Australian results