The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 8 and 10 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Medalists GoldSilverBronzeDaniel KimaiyoGarry BrownAlan Pascoe
Results Heats Held on 8 August
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 Peter Kipchumba 50.81 Q 2 1 Gladstone Williams 51.17 Q 3 1 Alan Pascoe 51.39 Q 4 1 Steve James 51.42 Q 5 1 Clive Beattie 51.45 q 6 1 Simit Bolkiah 54.36 q 1 2 Clive Barriffe 50.92 Q 2 2 William Koskei 51.41 Q 3 2 Bill Hartley 51.89 Q 4 2 Mike Forgrave Q 2 Joseph Appiagyei 2 Lutama Ibis 1 3 Daniel Kimaiyo 51.25 Q 2 3 Garry Brown 52.91 Q 3 3 Gary Oakes 53.36 Q 4 3 David Anderson 53.75 Q 5 3 Phillip Mills 53.78 q 6 3 Daniel Taillon 54.12 q
Semifinals Held on 8 August
Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal (Q) qualify directly for the final. Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Daniel Kimaiyo 49.20 Q 2 2 Peter Kipchumba 50.25 Q 3 2 William Koskei 50.30 Q 4 1 Garry Brown 50.31 Q 5 2 Clive Barriffe 50.80 Q 6 1 Alan Pascoe 50.83 Q 7 1 Phillip Mills 50.92 Q 8 2 Gary Oakes 50.96 Q 9 2 Gladstone Williams 51.27 10 2 Bill Hartley 51.57 11 1 Mike Forgrave 51.98 12 2 Clive Beattie 52.85 13 1 Steve James 53.00 14 1 David Anderson 53.27 15 1 Daniel Taillon 53.81 2 Simit Bolkiah
Final Held on 10 August Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 8 Daniel Kimaiyo 49.48 4 Garry Brown 50.04 3 Alan Pascoe 50.09 4 1 Peter Kipchumba 50.50 5 6 William Koskei 50.69 6 7 Clive Barriffe 51.50 7 2 Gary Oakes 51.60 8 5 Phillip Mills 52.01
References
Heats & Semifinals results (The Canberra Times) Final results (The Canberra Times) Australian results