Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's 400 metres

Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) qualified for the quarterfinals.^[1][2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Roxbert Martin	Jamaica	46.50?	Q
2	1	Patrick Dwyer	Australia	46.58	Q[3]
3	1	Paul McBurney	Northern Ireland	46.59	Q
4	1	Solomon Wariso	England	47.35	Q
5	1	Kirthley Richardson	Anguilla	51.93
	1	Silas Helo	Solomon Islands	DNS
1	2	Kennedy Ochieng	Kenya	46.14	Q
2	2	Soloveni Nakaunicina	Fiji	46.15	Q
3	2	Arnaud Malherbe	South Africa	46.16	Q
4	2	Shane Niemi	Canada	46.60	Q
5	2	Johnson Kubisa	Botswana	46.95	q
6	2	Romzi Bakar	Malaysia	47.21	q
7	2	Bothwell Namuswa	Zambia	48.74
8	2	Abdulla Ibrahim	Maldives	52.77
1	3	Greg Haughton	Jamaica	46.18	Q
2	3	Iwan Thomas	Wales	46.76	Q
3	3	Declan Stack	Australia	47.18	Q
4	3	Brian Forbes	Northern Ireland	47.41	Q
5	3	Aminiasi Babitu	Fiji	47.91
6	3	Arnold Payne	Zimbabwe	48.22
7	3	Mohsin Munir	Pakistan	49.46
8	3	Thyroid Smith	Turks and Caicos Islands	53.18
1	4	Troy McIntosh	Bahamas	46.37	Q
2	4	Mark Hylton	England	46.63	Q
3	4	Tawanda Chiwira	Zimbabwe	46.86	Q
4	4	Hendrick Mokganyetsi	South Africa	47.16	Q
5	4	Evripides Demosthenous	Cyprus	47.37	q
6	4	Donald Bruno	Canada	47.80	q
7	4	Nadarajan Deverajo	Malaysia	47.90	q
1	5	Sugath Thilakaratne	Sri Lanka	45.97	Q
2	5	Jamie Baulch	Wales	46.14	Q
3	5	Davian Clarke	Jamaica	46.42	Q
4	5	Adriaan Botha	South Africa	46.72	Q
5	5	Lulu Basinyi	Botswana	47.23	q
6	5	Henry Semiti	Fiji	47.26	q
7	5	Erwin Naimwhaka	Namibia	48.82
8	5	Naseer Ismail	Maldives	50.54
1	6	Mark Richardson	England	46.19	Q
2	6	Jeffrey Masvanhise	Zimbabwe	46.20	Q
3	6	Abednego Matilu	Kenya	46.25	Q
4	6	Casey Vincent	Australia	47.04	Q[3]
5	6	Fernando Augustin	Mauritius	47.76	q
6	6	Yazid Parlan	Malaysia	48.18
7	6	N'Kosi Barnes	Antigua and Barbuda	50.15

Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the semifinals.^[1]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Iwan Thomas	Wales	45.26	Q
2	3	Troy McIntosh	Bahamas	45.42	Q
3	2	Kennedy Ochieng	Kenya	45.53	Q
4	2	Mark Richardson	England	45.54	Q
5	4	Sugath Thilakaratne	Sri Lanka	45.55	Q
6	1	Jamie Baulch	Wales	45.64	Q
6	3	Abednego Matilu	Kenya	45.64	Q
8	1	Patrick Dwyer	Australia	45.71	Q
8	2	Arnaud Malherbe	South Africa	45.71	Q
10	3	Greg Haughton	Jamaica	45.73	Q
11	4	Roxbert Martin	Jamaica	45.74	Q
12	4	Paul McBurney	Northern Ireland	45.90	Q
13	1	Davian Clarke	Jamaica	45.96	Q
14	1	Mark Hylton	England	45.97	Q
14	2	Jeffrey Masvanhise	Zimbabwe	45.97	Q
16	3	Casey Vincent	Australia	46.03
17	4	Solomon Wariso	England	46.11	Q
18	1	Shane Niemi	Canada	46.17
19	3	Adriaan Botha	South Africa	46.30
20	4	Soloveni Nakaunicina	Fiji	46.35
21	2	Declan Stack	Australia	46.63
22	1	Lulu Basinyi	Botswana	46.71
23	4	Evripides Demosthenous	Cyprus	46.89
24	2	Romzi Bakar	Malaysia	47.12
25	1	Hendrick Mokganyetsi	South Africa	47.23
26	2	Johnson Kubisa	Botswana	47.34
27	3	Brian Forbes	Northern Ireland	47.41
28	1	Fernando Augustin	Mauritius	47.66
29	3	Henry Semiti	Fiji	47.66
30	4	Nadarajan Deverajo	Malaysia	48.77
	4	Tawanda Chiwira	Zimbabwe	DNF
	2	Donald Bruno	Canada	DNS

Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the final.^[4]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Iwan Thomas	Wales	44.61	Q
2	2	Jamie Baulch	Wales	44.83	Q, SB
3	2	Arnaud Malherbe	South Africa	45.01	Q
4	1	Mark Richardson	England	45.03	Q
5	1	Sugath Thilakaratne	Sri Lanka	45.09	Q
6	2	Davian Clarke	Jamaica	45.10	Q
7	2	Roxbert Martin	Jamaica	45.13
8	2	Troy McIntosh	Bahamas	45.19	SB
9	1	Greg Haughton	Jamaica	45.48	Q
10	1	Kennedy Ochieng	Kenya	45.48	Q
11	1	Mark Hylton	England	45.54
12	2	Abednego Matilu	Kenya	46.06
13	1	Patrick Dwyer	Australia	46.12
14	1	Paul McBurney	Northern Ireland	46.50
15	1	Jeffrey Masvanhise	Zimbabwe	46.77
16	2	Solomon Wariso	England	47.80

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Iwan Thomas	Wales	44.52	GR
	Mark Richardson	England	44.60	SB
	Sugath Thilakaratne	Sri Lanka	44.64	SB
4	Jamie Baulch	Wales	45.30
5	Arnaud Malherbe	South Africa	45.45
6	Greg Haughton	Jamaica	45.49
7	Davian Clarke	Jamaica	45.55
8	Kennedy Ochieng	Kenya	45.56