The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games was held on 27 and 29 January at the Queen Elizabeth II Park in Christchurch, New Zealand.
Medallists + Gold Silver BronzeAlan PascoeBruce FieldBill Koskei
Results Heats Held on 27 January
Qualification for semifinal The first 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.
+ Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Fatwell Kimaiyo 52.1 Q 2 1 Alan Pascoe 53.0 Q 3 1 Silver Ayoo 53.2 Q 4 1 Gladstone Agbamu 53.9 Q 5 1 Wynford Leyshon 54.0 Q 1 Sakaraia Tuva DNS 1 2 Bruce Field 51.42 Q 2 2 Bill Hartley 52.5 Q 3 2 Colin O'Neill 52.6 Q 4 2 Bill Koskei 52.7 Q 5 2 Rendell McIntosh 53.1 Q 6 2 Iroa Pamoa 54.28 1 3 Cosmas Silei 51.7 Q 2 3 Gary Knoke 52.30 Q 3 3 Roger Johnson 52.9 Q 4 3 John Sherwood 52.87 Q 5 3 Berwyn Price 53.0 Q 6 3 Seru Gukilau 53.0 q
Semifinals Held on 27 January
Qualification for final The first 4 in each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.
+ Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Fatwell Kimaiyo 49.8 Q 2 1 Bill Hartley 50.4 Q 3 1 Gary Knoke 50.60 Q 4 1 Colin O'Neill 52.3 Q 5 1 Roger Johnson 52.45 6 1 Berwyn Price 52.80 7 1 Seru Gukilau 52.88 8 1 Gladstone Agbamu 53.74 1 2 Bruce Field 49.49 Q 2 2 Bill Koskei 49.6 Q 3 2 Alan Pascoe 50.4 Q 4 2 Cosmas Silei 50.7 Q 5 2 Silver Ayoo 51.87 6 2 Rendell McIntosh 51.95 7 2 Wynford Leyshon 52.64 2 John Sherwood DNS
Final Held on 29 January
+ Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 8 Alan Pascoe 48.83 GR 5 Bruce Field 49.32 4 Bill Koskei 49.34 4 7 Fatwell Kimaiyo 49.63 5 1 Cosmas Silei 50.02 6 3 Bill Hartley 50.20 7 6 Gary Knoke 50.23 8 2 Colin O'Neill 50.58
References
Heats & Semifinals results