The men's 400 metres event at the 1982 Commonwealth Games was held on 3 and 4 October at the QE II Stadium in Brisbane, Australia.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeBert CameronRick MitchellGary Minihan

Results Heats Qualification: First 6 in each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualify for the quarterfinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 John Anzrah 46.80 Q 2 1 Michael Okot 46.86 Q 3 5 Davison Lishebo 47.44 Q 4 2 John Okoye 47.47 Q 5 1 Tim Bethune 47.73 Q 6 1 Rick Mitchell 47.93 Q 7 4 Elisha Bitok 47.96 Q 8 2 Bert Cameron 47.98 Q 9 2 Gary Minihan 48.25 Q 10 5 James Atuti 48.26 Q 11 3 Abu Alhassan 48.27 Q 12 1 Nikolaos Megalemos 48.34 Q 13 3 Greg Parker 48.35 Q 14 1 Edward Pappoe 48.37 Q 15 3 Phil Brown 48.49 Q 16 5 Todd Bennett 48.56 Q 17 1 Glen Taute 48.63 Q 18 5 Gordon Hinds 48.67 Q 19 2 Gerry Hinds 48.74 Q 20 3 Agripa Mwausegha 48.77 Q 21 5 Awudu Nuhu 48.92 Q 22 1 David Carter 49.05 q 23 3 Njere Shumba 49.08 Q 24 2 Lapule Tamean 49.18 Q 25 4 Doug Hinds 49.20 Q 26 4 Steven Scutt 49.32 Q 27 4 Richard Louis 49.54 Q 28 5 Joseph Rodan 49.71 Q 29 4 Glen de Souza 49.85 Q 30 5 Pius Kgannyeng 49.86 q 31 4 Paiwa Bogela 49.89 Q 32 3 Charles Lupiya 49.93 Q 33 2 John Chappory 50.07 q 34 4 Dick Kunda 50.26 q 35 2 Lau Chi Keung 50.42 q 36 1 Aaron Hitu 50.78 q 37 3 Rolagi Faa Mausili 52.10 3 Peter Rwamuhanda 4 Joseph Ramotshabi

Quarterfinals Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 3 Michael Okot 46.54 Q 2 4 Rick Mitchell 46.70 Q 3 1 Bert Cameron 46.81 Q 4 2 Todd Bennett 46.91 Q 5 2 James Atuti 46.97 Q 6 2 Tim Bethune 47.04 Q 7 4 John Anzrah 47.06 Q 8 1 Doug Hinds 47.10 Q 9 1 Greg Parker 47.15 Q 10 2 Davison Lishebo 47.24 Q 11 3 Gary Minihan 47.25 Q 12 3 Phil Brown 47.26 Q 13 4 Abu Alhassan 47.49 Q 14 1 Steven Scutt 47.61 Q 15 4 Richard Louis 47.81 Q 16 3 Nikolaos Megalemos 47.82 Q 17 2 John Okoye 47.83 q 18 3 Elisha Bitok 48.05 q 19 4 Gerry Hinds 48.31 20 4 Njere Shumba 48.37 21 2 Gordon Hinds 48.48 22 4 Lapule Tamean 48.52 23 4 Agripa Mwausegha 48.58 24 3 Edward Pappoe 48.66 25 2 Awudu Nuhu 48.72 26 1 David Carter 48.89 27 1 Glen de Souza 48.98 28 1 Charles Lupiya 48.98 29 2 Glen Taute 49.22 30 1 Pius Kgannyeng 49.27 31 3 Joseph Rodan 49.73 32 2 Paiwa Bogela 49.74 33 1 John Chappory 49.82 34 3 Lau Chi Keung 50.06 35 4 Aaron Hitu 50.30 36 3 Dick Kunda 50.38

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

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Bert Cameron 45.78 Q 2 1 Todd Bennett 45.89 Q 3 1 Michael Okot 46.12 Q 4 1 Greg Parker 46.22 Q 5 2 Phil Brown 46.45 Q 6 1 Tim Bethune 46.50 q 7 2 Gary Minihan 46.60 Q 8 2 Rick Mitchell 46.64 Q 9 2 James Atuti 46.68 Q 10 1 Elisha Bitok 46.74 11 2 John Anzrah 46.82 12 1 Steven Scutt 46.91 13 2 Davison Lishebo 47.11 14 2 Doug Hinds 47.30 15 1 Nikolaos Megalemos 47.47 16 1 Abu Alhassan 47.82 17 2 John Okoye 47.85 18 2 Richard Louis 48.49

Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 3 Bert Cameron 45.89 6 Rick Mitchell 46.61 2 Gary Minihan 46.68 4 5 Michael Okot 46.81 5 9 Todd Bennett 47.06 6 7 Phil Brown 47.11 7 4 Tim Bethune 47.34 8 1 Greg Parker 47.57 9 8 James Atuti 48.01

References

Heats & Quarterfinals results (The Sydney Morning Herald) Final results (The Sydney Morning Herald) Heat & Quarterfinals results (The Canberra Times) Semifinals & Final results (The Canberra Times) Australian results