Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games – Men's 400 metres

Athletics at the 1982 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	women
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
Heptathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's 400 metres event at the 1982 Commonwealth Games was held on 3 and 4 October at the QE II Stadium in Brisbane, Australia.^[1]

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Bert Cameron  Jamaica	Rick Mitchell  Australia	Gary Minihan  Australia

Results[]

Heats[]

Qualification: First 6 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualify for the quarterfinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	John Anzrah	Kenya	46.80	Q
2	1	Michael Okot	Uganda	46.86	Q
3	5	Davison Lishebo	Zambia	47.44	Q
4	2		Nigeria	47.47	Q
5	1	Tim Bethune	Canada	47.73	Q
6	1	Rick Mitchell	Australia	47.93	Q
7	4		Kenya	47.96	Q
8	2	Bert Cameron	Jamaica	47.98	Q
9	2	Gary Minihan	Australia	48.25	Q
10	5	James Atuti	Kenya	48.26	Q
11	3		Ghana	48.27	Q
12	1		Cyprus	48.34	Q
13	3		Australia	48.35	Q
14	1		Ghana	48.37	Q
15	3	Phil Brown	England	48.49	Q
16	5	Todd Bennett	England	48.56	Q
17	1		Zimbabwe	48.63	Q
18	5		Barbados	48.67	Q
19	2		Canada	48.74	Q
20	3	Agripa Mwausegha	Malawi	48.77	Q
21	5		Ghana	48.92	Q
22	1		Barbados	49.05	q
23	3		Zimbabwe	49.08	Q
24	2	Lapule Tamean	Papua New Guinea	49.18	Q
25	4	Doug Hinds	Canada	49.20	Q
26	4		England	49.32	Q
27	4	Richard Louis	Barbados	49.54	Q
28	5	Joseph Rodan	Fiji	49.71	Q
29	4		Zimbabwe	49.85	Q
30	5		Botswana	49.86	q
31	4		Papua New Guinea	49.89	Q
32	3	Charles Lupiya	Zambia	49.93	Q
33	2		Gibraltar	50.07	q
34	4		Zambia	50.26	q
35	2		Hong Kong	50.42	q
36	1		Solomon Islands	50.78	q
37	3		Western Samoa	52.10
	3	Peter Rwamuhanda	Uganda	DNS
	4	Joseph Ramotshabi	Botswana	DNS

Quarterfinals[]

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Michael Okot	Uganda	46.54	Q
2	4	Rick Mitchell	Australia	46.70	Q
3	1	Bert Cameron	Jamaica	46.81	Q
4	2	Todd Bennett	England	46.91	Q
5	2	James Atuti	Kenya	46.97	Q
6	2	Tim Bethune	Canada	47.04	Q
7	4	John Anzrah	Kenya	47.06	Q
8	1	Doug Hinds	Canada	47.10	Q
9	1		Australia	47.15	Q
10	2	Davison Lishebo	Zambia	47.24	Q
11	3	Gary Minihan	Australia	47.25	Q
12	3	Phil Brown	England	47.26	Q
13	4		Ghana	47.49	Q
14	1		England	47.61	Q
15	4	Richard Louis	Barbados	47.81	Q
16	3		Cyprus	47.82	Q
17	2		Nigeria	47.83	q
18	3		Kenya	48.05	q
19	4		Canada	48.31
20	4		Zimbabwe	48.37
21	2		Barbados	48.48
22	4	Lapule Tamean	Papua New Guinea	48.52
23	4	Agripa Mwausegha	Malawi	48.58
24	3		Ghana	48.66
25	2		Ghana	48.72
26	1		Barbados	48.89
27	1		Zimbabwe	48.98
28	1	Charles Lupiya	Zambia	48.98
29	2		Zimbabwe	49.22
30	1		Botswana	49.27
31	3	Joseph Rodan	Fiji	49.73
32	2		Papua New Guinea	49.74
33	1		Gibraltar	49.82
34	3		Hong Kong	50.06
35	4		Solomon Islands	50.30
36	3		Zambia	50.38

Semifinals[]

Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualify for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Bert Cameron	Jamaica	45.78	Q
2	1	Todd Bennett	England	45.89	Q
3	1	Michael Okot	Uganda	46.12	Q
4	1		Australia	46.22	Q
5	2	Phil Brown	England	46.45	Q
6	1	Tim Bethune	Canada	46.50	q
7	2	Gary Minihan	Australia	46.60	Q
8	2	Rick Mitchell	Australia	46.64	Q
9	2	James Atuti	Kenya	46.68	Q
10	1		Kenya	46.74
11	2	John Anzrah	Kenya	46.82
12	1		England	46.91
13	2	Davison Lishebo	Zambia	47.11
14	2	Doug Hinds	Canada	47.30
15	1		Cyprus	47.47
16	1		Ghana	47.82
17	2		Nigeria	47.85
18	2	Richard Louis	Barbados	48.49

Final[]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	3	Bert Cameron	Jamaica	45.89
	6	Rick Mitchell	Australia	46.61
	2	Gary Minihan	Australia	46.68
4	5	Michael Okot	Uganda	46.81
5	9	Todd Bennett	England	47.06
6	7	Phil Brown	England	47.11
7	4	Tim Bethune	Canada	47.34
8	1		Australia	47.57
9	8	James Atuti	Kenya	48.01

References[]

• Heats & Quarterfinals results (The Sydney Morning Herald)
• Final results (The Sydney Morning Herald)
• Heat & Quarterfinals results (The Canberra Times)
• Semifinals & Final results (The Canberra Times)
• Australian results