The men's 400 metres event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held 16–18 September on National Stadium, Bukit Jalil.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeIwan ThomasMark RichardsonSugath Thilakaratne

Results

Heats Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 8 fastest (q) qualified for the quarterfinals.Heats results

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

Quarterfinals Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the semifinals.

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

Semifinals Qualification: First 4 of each heat qualified directly (Q) for the final.Semifinal 1 results, Semifinal 2 results

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

Final Final results Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Iwan Thomas 44.52 GR 6 Mark Richardson 44.60 SB 5 Sugath Thilakaratne 44.64 SB 4 4 Jamie Baulch 45.30 5 1 Arnaud Malherbe 45.45 6 8 Greg Haughton 45.49 7 7 Davian Clarke 45.55 8 2 Kennedy Ochieng 45.56

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