Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1982 Commonwealth Games was held on 5 and 7 October at the QE II Stadium in Brisbane, Australia.

Men's 400 metres hurdles at the Commonwealth Games

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Garry Brown Australia	Peter Rwamuhanda Uganda	Greg Rolle Bahamas

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualify for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Garry Brown	Australia	50.06	Q
2	2	Mike Whittingham	England	51.02	Q
3	2	Karl Smith	Jamaica	51.26	Q
4	2	Stanley Devine	Scotland	51.34	Q
5	1	Peter Rwamuhanda	Uganda	51.71	Q
6	1	Greg Rolle	Bahamas	51.91	Q
7	1	Lloyd Guss	Canada	51.95	Q
8	2	Eric Spence	Canada	52.01	q
9	1	Gary Oakes	England	52.05	Q
10	1	Phil Beattie	Northern Ireland	52.15
11	1	Meshak Munyoro	Kenya	52.22
12	2	Wilbert Greaves	England	52.81
13	2	Paiwa Bogela	Papua New Guinea	53.93
14	1	David McCutcheon	Isle of Man	54.46
15	2	Ian Newhouse	Canada	54.81
16	1	Joseph Rodan	Fiji	55.09
17	1	Lau Chi Keung	Hong Kong	56.17
18	2	William Pakoa	Vanuatu	1:00.06

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	8	Garry Brown	Australia	49.37
	2	Peter Rwamuhanda	Uganda	49.95
	7	Greg Rolle	Bahamas	50.50
4	1	Mike Whittingham	England	51.04
5	6	Lloyd Guss	Canada	51.23
6	5	Stanley Devine	Scotland	51.68
7	3	Eric Spence	Canada	51.84
8	9	Gary Oakes	England	51.96
9	4	Karl Smith	Jamaica	53.52

References

• Final results (The Sydney Morning Herald)
• Heats results (The Canberra Times)
• Final results (The Canberra Times)
• Australian results Archived 14 April 2017 at the Wayback Machine