Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's 400 metres

Going into the event, the top ten Commonwealth athletes as ranked by the International Association of Athletics Federations were:

13 March Rank		Athlete	Nation	Games Result	27 March Rank
Comm.	World				Comm.	World
1	2	Chris Brown	Bahamas	4th	1	2
=2	=3	Timothy Benjamin	Wales	Did Not Compete	=2	=3
=2	=3	Brandon Simpson	Jamaica	Did Not Compete	=2	=3
4	5	Tyler Christopher	Canada	Did Not Compete	4	5
5	=7	Alleyne Francique	Grenada	Silver	5	6
6	=9	Michael Blackwood	Jamaica	Did Not Compete	6	=9
7	12	Davian Clarke	Jamaica	Semifinalist	7	12
8	16	Sanjay Ayre	Jamaica	Did Not Compete	9	17
9	17	John Steffensen	Australia	Gold	8	13
10	18	Robert Tobin	England	Semifinalist	11	19

All times shown are in seconds.

• Q denotes qualification by place in heat.
• q denotes qualification by overall place.
• DNS denotes did not start.
• DNF denotes did not finish.
• DQ denotes disqualification.
• NR denotes national record.
• GR denotes Games record.
• WR denotes world record.
• PB denotes personal best.
• SB denotes season best.

Heats

Heat 1 of 8 Date: Monday 20 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM Wind: ?.? m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	7	James Godday	Nigeria	3	0.224 s	45.93 s	Q
2	=9	Chris Lloyd	Dominica	4	0.166 s	46.14 s	Q	SB
3	19	Gakologelwang Masheto	Botswana	6	0.174 s	46.43 s	q	PB
4	24	Jan van der Merwe	South Africa	5	0.292 s	46.81 s	q
5	=36	Chris Walasi	Solomon Islands	2	0.193 s	48.20 s
-	-	Moses Kamut	Vanuatu	1		DNS

Heat 2 of 8 Date: Monday 20 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM Wind: ?.? m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	14	Robert Tobin	England	4	0.230 s	46.20 s	Q
2	21	Davian Clarke	Jamaica	7	0.246 s	46.53 s	Q
3	22	Damion Barry	Trinidad and Tobago	3	0.244 s	46.66 s	q
4	30	Julius Kirwa	Kenya	5	0.213 s	47.55 s
5	31	Enote Inanga	Saint Kitts and Nevis	6	0.216 s	47.59 s
6	=36	Samuel Egadu	Uganda	2	0.217 s	48.20 s

Heat 3 of 8 Date: Monday 20 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM Wind: ?.? m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	18	Ato Modibo	Trinidad and Tobago	3	??	46.42 s	Q
2	23	Eric Milazar	Mauritius	5	??	46.68 s	Q
3	26	Rohan Pradeep Kumara	Sri Lanka	7	??	47.03 s
4	28	Gareth Warburton	Wales	6	??	47.31 s
5	34	Waisea Finau	Fiji	2	??	48.10 s		PB

Heat 4 of 8 Date: Monday 20 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM Wind: ?.? m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	11	Chris Brown	Bahamas	4	0.187 s	46.16 s	Q
2	13	Clinton Hill	Australia	6	0.206 s	46.18 s	Q
3	25	Prasanna Amarasekara	Sri Lanka	3	0.227 s	46.83 s
4	35	Fernando Augustin	Mauritius	5	0.212 s	48.11 s
5	43	Tawhidul Islam Md	Bangladesh	7	0.239 s	51.70 s
6	44	Shaquan Been	Turks and Caicos Islands	2	0.250 s	51.79 s

Heat 5 of 8 Date: Monday 20 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM Wind: ?.? m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	6	John Steffensen	Australia	2	0.200 s	45.87 s	Q
2	15	Saul Welgopwa	Nigeria	7	0.360 s	46.26 s	Q
3	20	Ofentse Mogawane	South Africa	6	0.178 s	46.44 s	q
4	32	Obakeng Ngwigwa	Botswana	5	0.229 s	47.67 s
5	41	Nkosie Barnes	Antigua and Barbuda	4	0.327 s	49.69 s
-	-	Daryl Vassallo	Gibraltar	3		DNS

Heat 6 of 8 Date: Monday 20 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM Wind: ?.? m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	1	California Molefe	Botswana	6	0.228 s	45.36 s	Q
2	2	Alleyne Francique	Grenada	3	0.183 s	45.60 s	Q	SB
3	4	Avard Moncur	Bahamas	4	0.194 s	45.82 s	q	SB
4	12	Sean Wroe	Australia	7	0.264 s	46.17 s	q
5	39	Foy Waqairadovu	Fiji	2	0.224 s	48.98 s		PB
6	46	Ismail Saneem	Maldives	5	0.226 s	53.42 s		SB
-	-	Bola Lawal	Nigeria	8	0.242 s	DSQ		163.3

Heat 7 of 8 Date: Monday 20 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM Wind: ?.? m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	8	Lansford Spence	Jamaica	2	0.278 s	46.13 s	Q
2	=9	Paul Gorries	South Africa	5	0.279 s	46.14 s	Q
3	16	Wambua Musembi	Kenya	3	0.364 s	46.31 s	q
4	17	Niko Verekauta	Fiji	4	0.236 s	46.40 s	q	PB
5	29	Roger Polydore	Dominica	6	0.323 s	47.40 s		PB
6	45	Arnold Sorina	Vanuatu	1	0.190 s	52.41 s
-	-	Albert Kobba	Sierra Leone	7	0.183 s	DSQ		163.3

Heat 8 of 8 Date: Monday 20 March 2006 Time: ??:?? AM Wind: ?.? m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	3	Martyn Rooney	England	7	0.255 s	45.69 s	Q	PB
2	5	Jermaine Gonzales	Jamaica	6	0.223 s	45.86 s	Q	SB
3	27	Ezra Sambu	Kenya	3	0.269 s	47.10 s
4	33	Hassan Fullah	Sierra Leone	4	0.186 s	47.91 s
5	38	Jean Degrace	Mauritius	5	0.223 s	48.41 s
6	40	Lukungu Waiswa	Uganda	1	0.319 s	49.10 s		PB
7	42	Charmant Ollivierre	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	2	0.235 s	50.31 s
-	-	Dennis Darling	Bahamas	8	0.154 s	DNF

Heats Overall Results
Place	Athlete	Nation	Heat	Lane	Place	Wind	Time	Qual.	Record
1	California Molefe	Botswana	6	6	1	?.?	45.36 s	Q
2	Alleyne Francique	Grenada	6	3	2	?.?	45.60 s	Q	SB
3	Martyn Rooney	England	8	7	1	?.?	45.69 s	Q	PB
4	Avard Moncur	Bahamas	6	4	3	?.?	45.82 s	q	SB
5	Jermaine Gonzales	Jamaica	8	6	2	?.?	45.86 s	Q	SB
6	John Steffensen	Australia	5	2	1	?.?	45.87 s	Q
7	James Godday	Nigeria	1	3	1	?.?	45.93 s	Q
8	Lansford Spence	Jamaica	7	2	1	?.?	46.13 s	Q
9	Paul Gorries	South Africa	7	5	2	?.?	46.14 s	Q
	Chris Lloyd	Dominica	1	4	2	?.?	46.14 s	Q	SB
11	Chris Brown	Bahamas	4	4	1	?.?	46.16 s	Q
12	Sean Wroe	Australia	6	7	4	?.?	46.17 s	q
13	Clinton Hill	Australia	4	6	2	?.?	46.18 s	Q
14	Robert Tobin	England	2	4	1	?.?	46.20 s	Q
15	Saul Welgopwa	Nigeria	5	7	2	?.?	46.26 s	Q
16	Wambua Musembi	Kenya	7	3	3	?.?	46.31 s	q
17	Niko Verekauta	Fiji	7	4	4	?.?	46.40 s	q	PB
18	Ato Modibo	Trinidad and Tobago	3	3	1	?.?	46.42 s	Q
19	Gakologelwang Masheto	Botswana	1	6	3	?.?	46.43 s	q	PB
20	Ofentse Mogawane	South Africa	5	6	3	?.?	46.44 s	q
21	Davian Clarke	Jamaica	2	7	2	?.?	46.53 s	Q
22	Damion Barry	Trinidad and Tobago	2	3	3	?.?	46.66 s	q
23	Eric Milazar	Mauritius	3	5	2	?.?	46.68 s	Q
24	Jan van der Merwe	South Africa	1	5	4	?.?	46.81 s	q
25	Prasanna Amarasekara	Sri Lanka	4	3	3	?.?	46.83 s
26	Rohan Pradeep Kumara	Sri Lanka	3	7	3	?.?	47.03 s
27	Ezra Sambu	Kenya	8	3	3	?.?	47.10 s
28	Gareth Warburton	Wales	3	6	4	?.?	47.31 s
29	Roger Polydore	Dominica	7	6	5	?.?	47.40 s		PB
30	Julius Kirwa	Kenya	2	5	4	?.?	47.55 s
31	Enote Inanga	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2	6	5	?.?	47.59 s
32	Obakeng Ngwigwa	Botswana	5	5	4	?.?	47.67 s
33	Hassan Fullah	Sierra Leone	8	4	4	?.?	47.91 s
34	Waisea Finau	Fiji	3	2	5	?.?	48.10 s		PB
35	Fernando Augustin	Mauritius	4	5	4	?.?	48.11 s
36	Samuel Egadu	Uganda	2	2	6	?.?	48.20 s
	Chris Walasi	Solomon Islands	2	2	6	?.?	48.20 s
38	Jean Degrace	Mauritius	8	5	5	?.?	48.41 s
39	Foy Waqairadovu	Fiji	6	2	5	?.?	48.98 s		PB
40	Lukungu Waiswa	Uganda	8	1	6	?.?	49.10 s		PB
41	Nkosie Barnes	Antigua and Barbuda	5	4	5	?.?	49.69 s
42	Charmant Ollivierre	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	8	2	7	?.?	50.31 s
43	Tawhidul Islam Md	Bangladesh	4	7	5	?.?	51.70 s
44	Shaquan Been	Turks and Caicos Islands	4	2	6	?.?	51.79 s
45	Arnold Sorina	Vanuatu	7	1	6	?.?	52.41 s
46	Ismail Saneem	Maldives	6	5	6	?.?	53.42 s		SB
-	Dennis Darling	Bahamas	8	8	-	?.?	DNF
	Bola Lawal	Nigeria	6	8	-	?.?	DSQ		163.3
	Albert Kobba	Sierra Leone	7	7	-	?.?	DSQ		163.3
	Moses Kamut	Vanuatu	1	1	-	?.?	DNS
	Daryl Vassallo	Gibraltar	5	3	-	?.?	DNS

Semi Finals

Semifinal 1 of 3 Date: Tuesday 21 March 2006 Time: ??:?? PM Wind: ?.? m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	3	Lansford Spence	Jamaica	5	0.323 s	45.32 s	Q
2	4	Martyn Rooney	England	3	0.221 s	45.35 s	Q	PB
3	8	Paul Gorries	South Africa	6	0.177 s	45.41 s	q	SB
4	9	Ato Modibo	Trinidad and Tobago	4	0.256 s	45.44 s
5	10	Avard Moncur	Bahamas	2	0.166 s	45.72 s		SB
6	16	Saul Welgopwa	Nigeria	1	0.168 s	46.12 s
7	18	Niko Verekauta	Fiji	7	0.189 s	46.28 s		PB
8	21	Sean Wroe	Australia	8	0.207 s	46.47 s

Semifinal 2 of 3 Date: Thursday 23 March 2006 Time: ??:?? PM Wind: ?.? m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	1	John Steffensen	Australia	5	0.283 s	45.05 s	Q	PB
2	=5	Alleyne Francique	Grenada	3	0.215 s	45.36 s	Q	SB
3	7	Jermaine Gonzales	Jamaica	6	0.350 s	45.38 s	q	PB
4	13	James Godday	Nigeria	4	0.308 s	45.80 s
5	19	Wambua Musembi	Kenya	7	0.370 s	46.34 s
6	20	Ofentse Mogawane	South Africa	8	0.350 s	46.46 s
7	22	Eric Milazar	Mauritius	1	0.254 s	46.48 s
8	24	Gakologelwang Masheto	Botswana	2	0.150 s	46.97 s

Semifinal 3 of 3 Date: Thursday 23 March 2006 Time: ??:?? PM Wind: ?.? m/s
Place		Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Qual.	Record
Heat	Overall
1	2	Chris Brown	Bahamas	6	0.182 s	45.24 s	Q	SB
2	=5	California Molefe	Botswana	3	0.289 s	45.36 s	Q	FS 1
3	11	Robert Tobin	England	4	0.236 s	45.74 s
4	12	Davian Clarke	Jamaica	7	0.213 s	45.74 s
5	14	Clinton Hill	Australia	1	0.206 s	45.86 s
6	15	Jan van der Merwe	South Africa	2	0.250 s	45.93 s
7	17	Chris Lloyd	Dominica	5	0.162 s	46.24 s
8	23	Damion Barry	Trinidad and Tobago	8	0.418 s	46.96 s

Semifinals Overall Results
Place	Athlete	Nation	Heat	Lane	Place	Wind	Time	Qual.	Record
1	John Steffensen	Australia	2	5	1	?.?	45.05 s	Q	PB
2	Chris Brown	the Bahamas	3	6	1	?.?	45.24 s	Q	SB
3	Lansford Spence	Jamaica	1	5	1	?.?	45.32 s	Q
4	Martyn Rooney	England	1	3	2	?.?	45.35 s	Q	PB
5	Alleyne Francique	Grenada	2	3	2	?.?	45.36 s	Q	SB
	California Molefe	Botswana	3	3	2	?.?	45.36 s	Q	FS 1
7	Jermaine Gonzales	Jamaica	2	6	3	?.?	45.38 s	q	PB
8	Paul Gorries	South Africa	1	6	3	?.?	45.41 s	q	SB
9	Ato Modibo	Trinidad and Tobago	1	4	4	?.?	45.44 s
10	Avard Moncur	Bahamas	1	2	5	?.?	45.72 s		SB
11	Robert Tobin	England	3	4	3	?.?	45.74 s
12	Davian Clarke	Jamaica	3	7	4	?.?	45.74 s
13	James Godday	Nigeria	2	4	4	?.?	45.80 s
14	Clinton Hill	Australia	3	1	5	?.?	45.86 s
15	Jan van der Merwe	South Africa	3	2	6	?.?	45.93 s
16	Saul Welgopwa	Nigeria	1	1	6	?.?	46.12 s
17	Chris Lloyd	Dominica	3	5	7	?.?	46.24 s
18	Niko Verekauta	Fiji	1	7	7	?.?	46.28 s		PB
19	Wambua Musembi	Kenya	2	7	5	?.?	46.34 s
20	Ofentse Mogawane	South Africa	2	8	6	?.?	46.46 s
21	Sean Wroe	Australia	1	8	8	?.?	46.47 s
22	Eric Milazar	Mauritius	2	1	7	?.?	46.48 s
23	Damion Barry	Trinidad and Tobago	3	8	8	?.?	46.96 s
24	Gakologelwang Masheto	Botswana	2	2	8	?.?	46.97 s

Final

Final Date: Wednesday 22 March 2006 Time: ??:?? PM Wind: ?.? m/s
Place	Athlete	Nation	Lane	Reaction	Time	Record
1	John Steffensen	Australia	4	0.201 s	44.73 s	PB
2	Alleyne Francique	Grenada	7	0.206 s	45.09 s	SB
3	Jermaine Gonzales	Jamaica	8	0.216 s	45.16 s	PB
4	Chris Brown	Bahamas	3	0.264 s	45.19 s	SB
5	Martyn Rooney	England	5	0.182 s	45.51 s
6	California Molefe	Botswana	2	0.283 s	45.78 s
7	Paul Gorries	South Africa	1	0.161 s	45.79 s
7	Lansford Spence	Jamaica	6	0.322 s	45.79 s

• Results