Athletics at the 2010 Commonwealth Games – Men's 400 metres
Rank Lane Name Reaction Time Result Notes
1 7 Michael Mathieu ( BAH ) 0.166 45.72 Q
2 4 Conrad Williams ( ENG ) 0.201 45.82 Q
3 6 Ben Offereins ( AUS ) 0.210 46.11 q
4 9 Alli Ngaimoko ( UGA ) 0.241 46.63 SB
5 5 Oral Thompson ( JAM ) 0.130 46.77
6 8 Isaac Makwala ( BOT ) 0.287 47.07
7 3 Jean Degrace ( MRI ) 0.186 47.52
8 2 Geoffrey Ngeno ( KEN ) 0.248 49.31
Semifinals -- Semifinal 2
The Men's 400 metres at the 2010 Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium on Thursday 7 October till Saturday 9 October 2010. The top three runners in each of the initial six heats automatically qualified for the second round. The next six fastest runners from across the heats also qualified. Those 24 runners competed in 3 semifinals, with the top two runners from each heat qualifying for the final plus the two fastest runners.