The Men's 400 metres at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

2010 Commonwealth Games

The 2010 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XIX Commonwealth Games, were held in Delhi, India, from 3 to 14 October 2010. A total of 6,081 athletes from 71 Commonwealth nations and dependencies competed in 21 sports and 272 events, making it the largest Commonwealth Games till date...

as part of the athletics programme

Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games

The athletics competition at the 2010 Commonwealth Games was held in New Delhi, India between 6 and 14 October. The track and field events took place between 6–12 October at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium while the marathon contests were held on a street course running through the city on 14...

 was held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Thursday 7 October till Saturday 9 October 2010.

The top three runners in each of the initial six heats automatically qualified for the second round. The next six fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. Those 24 runners competed in 3 semifinals, with the top two runners from each heat qualifying for the final plus the two fastest runners.

Records

World Record	43.18	Michael Johnson Michael Johnson (athlete) Michael Duane Johnson is a retired American sprinter. He won four Olympic gold medals and eight world championship gold medals. Johnson currently holds the world and Olympic records in the 400 m and 4 x 400 meters relay. He formerly held the world and Olympic record in the 200 m, and the world...	USA	Sevilla, Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...	26 AUG 1999
Games Record	44.52	Iwan Thomas Iwan Thomas Iwan Gwyn Thomas MBE is a sprinter who represented Great Britain and Northern Ireland at the Olympic Games in the 400 m, and Wales at the Commonwealth Games. Thomas is the current UK record holder at 400 m with a time of 44.36 seconds and is a former European and Commonwealth games champion...	WAL Wales Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...	Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the second largest city in Malaysia by population. The city proper, making up an area of , has a population of 1.4 million as of 2010. Greater Kuala Lumpur, also known as the Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million... , Malaysia	1998

Heat 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	3		0.214	45.78	Q
2	5		0.169	46.22	Q
3	4		0.221	46.79	Q
4	6		0.172	47.50	q
5	8		0.177	48.56	NR
6	7		0.241	49.16
7	2		0.236	50.48

Heat 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	8		0.182	46.12	Q, SB
2	6		0.188	46.85	Q
3	3		0.340	47.06	Q
4	2		0.171	47.45	q
5	4		0.213	48.29
6	5		0.211	50.08
–	7		0.247		DNF

Heat 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	3		0.192	46.19	Q
2	8		0.208	46.26	Q
3	5		0.218	46.89	Q
4	7		0.195	47.21	q, SB
5	6		0.236	48.72
6	4		0.193	49.64	PB
7	2		0.155	51.17

Heat 4

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	4		0.257	45.90	Q
2	8		0.255	46.72	Q
3	2		0.209	47.39	Q
4	6		0.192	47.70	q
5	5		0.228	48.45
6	3		0.225	48.97	SB
7	7		0.172	51.21

Heat 5

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	4		0.173	46.60	Q
2	6		0.249	46.79	Q
3	7		0.208	47.07	Q
4	5		0.300	47.22	q
5	3		0.246	48.57	NR
6	2		0.164	49.02

Heat 6

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	2		0.181	46.50	Q
2	8		0.206	46.82	Q
3	7		0.211	46.88	Q
4	5		0.285	47.40	q
5	6		0.236	48.43	NR
6	3		0.216	50.96
7	4		0.187	51.39	NR

Semifinal 1

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	7		0.260	45.63	Q
2	5		0.212	45.64	Q
3	6		0.178	46.18
4	4		0.185	46.27
5	3		0.277	46.70	NR
6	2		0.151	46.87	SB
7	9		0.267	46.91
8	8		0.187	47.12

Semifinal 2

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	7		0.166	45.72	Q
2	4		0.201	45.82	Q
3	6		0.210	46.11	q
4	9		0.241	46.63	SB
5	5		0.130	46.77
6	8		0.287	47.07
7	3		0.186	47.52
8	2		0.248	49.31

Semifinal 3

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
1	5		0.188	45.67	Q, SB
2	6		0.208	45.79	Q
3	4		0.185	45.93	q
4	9		0.221	46.33	PB
5	8		0.199	46.50	SB
6	7		0.213	46.82
7	3		0.186	47.02
8	2		0.178	48.30

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Reaction Time	Result	Notes
	5		0.227	45.44
	6		0.195	45.46
	4		0.185	45.55	SB
	7		0.177	45.55	SB
5	9		0.241	45.71	SB
6	8		0.199	45.88
7	2		0.190	46.00
8	3		0.199	46.07

External links

• 2010 Commonwealth Games - Athletics