Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Men's 400 metres hurdles

Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	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
Road events
Marathon	men
20 mile 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 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 18, 20 and 21 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland.^[1] It was the first time that the metric distance was contested at the Games replacing the 440 yards hurdles.

Medalists[edit]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
John Sherwood  England	William Koskei  Uganda	Charles Kipkemboi Yego  Kenya

Results[edit]

Heats[edit]

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	John Sherwood	England	51.6	Q
2	1	Charles Kipkemboi Yego	Kenya	51.8	Q
3	1	Roger Johnson	New Zealand	51.9	Q
4	1	William Taylor	Scotland	54.4	Q
5	1	Norman Brinkworth	Pakistan	55.3
6	1	Henry Jackson	Jamaica	1:00.4
	1	Rich McDonald	Canada	DNF
1	2	John Akii-Bua	Uganda	51.8	Q
2	2	Bill Gairdner	Canada	52.3	Q
3	2	Gary Knoke	Australia	52.4	Q
4	2	David Scharer	England	52.5	Q
5	2	John Lewis	Wales	53.4	q
6	2	Tony Harper	Bermuda	53.6	q
7	2	Raymond Lweendo	Zambia	55.6
8	2	John Kinahan	Northern Ireland	55.8
1	3	William Koskei	Uganda	51.3	Q
2	3	Tony Collins	England	52.4	Q
3	3	James Grant	Jamaica	52.5	Q
4	3	Kingsley Agbabokha	Nigeria	53.1	Q
5	3	Andrew Webb	Scotland	53.5	q
6	3	Wilfred Kailema	Kenya	54.2	q
7	3	Brian Donnelly	Canada	54.5
8	3	Roger Richardson	Wales	54.8

Semifinals[edit]

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	John Sherwood	England	51.5	Q
2	1	John Akii-Bua	Uganda	51.9	Q
3	1	Kingsley Agbabokha	Nigeria	52.1	Q
4	1	Bill Gairdner	Canada	52.1	Q
5	1	James Grant	Jamaica	52.2
6	1	William Taylor	Scotland	52.2
7	1	John Lewis	Wales	52.4
8	1	Wilfred Kailema	Kenya	54.6
1	2	William Koskei	Uganda	51.3	Q
2	2	Charles Kipkemboi Yego	Kenya	51.7	Q
3	2	Gary Knoke	Australia	51.75	Q
4	2	David Scharer	England	51.9	Q
5	2	Roger Johnson	New Zealand	52.0
6	2	Tony Collins	England	52.9
7	2	Andrew Webb	Scotland	53.0
8	2	Tony Harper	Bermuda	53.1

Final[edit]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	John Sherwood	England	50.03
	4	William Koskei	Uganda	50.15
	2	Charles Kipkemboi Yego	Kenya	50.19
4	7	John Akii-Bua	Uganda	51.1
5	1	David Scharer	England	51.17
6	5	Bill Gairdner	Canada	51.6
7	8	Kingsley Agbabokha	Nigeria	51.6
8	3	Gary Knoke	Australia	52.13

References[edit]

• Heats results (p9)
• Semifinals results (p11)
• Australian results