The men's 400 metres event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 6 and 7 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeRick MitchellJoseph CoombsGlenn Bogue
Results Heats Held on 6 August
Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the quarterfinals. Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 6 Joel Ngetich 46.50 Q 2 4 Rick Mitchell 46.74 Q 3 5 Glenn Bogue 46.77 Q 4 5 Clyde Edwards 46.78 Q 5 6 Glen Cohen 47.15 Q 6 4 Washington Njiri 47.20 Q 7 5 Chum Darvall 47.42 Q 7 6 John Bandu 47.42 Q 9 2 Richard Ashton 47.50 Q 10 3 Terry Whitehead 47.52 Q 11 2 Joseph Coombs 47.53 Q 12 4 Michael Delaney 47.56 Q 13 2 Jeremiah Ongwae 47.61 Q 14 3 Rayfield Beaton 47.77 Q 15 1 David Jenkins 47.78 Q 16 1 Fred Sowerby 47.82 Q 17 4 Clive Beattie 47.83 Q 18 1 Mike Paul 47.87 Q 19 5 Roger Jenkins 47.93 Q 20 1 Jeff Griffiths 47.97 Q 21 6 Bevan Smith 48.02 Q 22 4 Mike Solomon 48.14 Q 23 2 Brian Saunders 48.26 Q 24 3 John Higham 48.27 Q 25 6 Appunidage Premachandra 48.30 Q 26 3 Zvonko Stankovic 48.31 Q 27 2 Elroy Turner 48.46 Q 28 1 Bertland Cameron 48.49 Q 29 3 Benjamin Soglo 48.53 Q 30 6 Carlsen Phillips 48.77 q 31 2 Renelda Swan 48.78 q 32 3 David Anderson 48.80 33 1 Vaughn Harvey 48.86 34 5 Donald Pierre 49.19 Q 35 4 Lester Flax 49.42 36 6 Norris Bailey 49.64 37 5 Heligar Calderon 50.04 38 2 Keith Rocque 50.15 39 4 Henry Carver 50.76 40 5 Bambo Fatty 50.98 41 3 Michael Olliviere 51.15 42 1 Genevieve Nestor 51.39
Quarterfinals Held on 6 August
Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals. Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Glenn Bogue 46.06 Q 2 2 Richard Ashton 46.27 Q 3 4 Rick Mitchell 46.36 Q 4 1 Clyde Edwards 46.38 Q 5 2 Joseph Coombs 46.40 Q 6 3 Joel Ngetich 46.43 Q 7 3 Glen Cohen 46.45 Q 8 2 Washington Njiri 46.46 Q 9 1 Terry Whitehead 46.52 Q 10 1 Brian Saunders 46.59 Q 11 2 David Jenkins 46.66 q 12 2 Chum Darvall 46.71 q 13 1 Bevan Smith 46.77 q 14 4 Fred Sowerby 46.80 Q 15 4 Mike Solomon 46.89 Q 16 1 Rayfield Beaton 47.07 q 17 1 Bertland Cameron 47.20 18 3 John Bandu 47.21 19 4 Jeremiah Ongwae 47.31 20 1 Michael Delaney 47.41 21 4 Jeff Griffiths 47.41 22 3 Roger Jenkins 47.44 23 4 Clive Beattie 47.77 24 3 Mike Paul 47.83 25 3 John Higham 47.84 26 4 Zvonko Stankovic 48.20 27 4 Benjamin Soglo 48.29 28 2 Elroy Turner 48.35 29 2 Renelda Swan 48.77 30 3 Carlsen Phillips 48.99 31 2 Donald Pierre 50.45 1 Appunidage Premachandra
Semifinals Held on 7 August
Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal (Q) qualify directly for the final. Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Fred Sowerby 46.86 Q 2 1 Joseph Coombs 46.87 Q 3 1 Richard Ashton 46.88 Q 3 2 Rick Mitchell 46.88 Q 5 2 Glen Cohen 47.00 Q 6 1 Brian Saunders 47.32 Q 6 2 Glenn Bogue 47.32 Q 8 1 David Jenkins 47.37 9 1 Chum Darvall 47.41 10 2 Mike Solomon 47.61 Q 11 1 Clyde Edwards 47.62 12 2 Joel Ngetich 47.64 13 2 Terry Whitehead 47.85 14 2 Rayfield Beaton 48.05 15 2 Bevan Smith 48.25 16 1 Washington Njiri 48.55
Final Held on 7 August
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Rick Mitchell 46.34 Joseph Coombs 46.54 Glenn Bogue 46.63 4 Mike Solomon 46.97 5 Glen Cohen 46.99 6 Richard Ashton 47.32 7 Fred Sowerby 47.51 8 Brian Saunders 48.01
References
Heats & Quarterfinals results (The Canberra Times) Semifinals & Final results (The Canberra Times) Australian results