Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's 440 yards hurdles

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Men's 440 yards hurdles
at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue Perry Lakes Stadium
Date24 November 1962 (1962-11-24) (heats)
26 November 1962 (1962-11-26) (final)
Competitors14 from 9 nations
Winning time51.5
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of British East Africa.svg  Kenya
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the Uganda Protectorate.svg  Uganda
  1958
1966  

The men's 440 yards hurdles at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Perry Lakes Stadium on Saturday 24 November and Monday 26 November 1962.

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The top three runners in each of the two heats qualified for the final.

The event was won by Australian Ken Roche in 51.5 seconds, ahead of Kenya's Kimaru Songok and Benson Ishiepai from Uganda. Roche was trailing Songok at the final hurdle but managed to seal the victory over the final 10 yards by 0.4 seconds. [1]

Records

World recordFlag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  Gert Potgieter  (SAF)49.3 Bloemfontein, South Africa16 April 1960
Commonwealth record
Games recordFlag of South Africa (1928-1982).svg  Gert Potgieter  (SAF)49.7 Cardiff, Wales 22 July 1958

Heats

Heat 1

[2]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Benson Ishiepai Flag of the Uganda Protectorate.svg  Uganda 52.0Q
2 Gary Knoke Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 52.1Q
3 Kimaru Songok Flag of British East Africa.svg  Kenya 52.6Q
4 Dave Prince Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 53.7
5 George Shepherd Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg  Canada 54.3
6 Kuda Ditta Flag of the Crown Colony of Sarawak (1946).svg  Sarawak 55.7
Paul Dallow Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand DNF

Heat 2

[2]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1 Ken Roche Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 52.3Q
2 Michael Devlin Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 52.5Q
3 Chris Surety Flag of England.svg  England 53.8Q
4 Karu Selvaratnam Flag of Malaya.svg  Malaya 54.2
5 Logan Aikman Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 56.2
Jerome Ochana Flag of the Uganda Protectorate.svg  Uganda DNF
Ken Peters Flag of Hong Kong (1959-1997).svg  Hong Kong DNS

Final

[3] [4]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Ken Roche Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 51.5
Silver medal icon.svg Kimaru Songok Flag of British East Africa.svg  Kenya 51.9
Bronze medal icon.svg Benson Ishiepai Flag of the Uganda Protectorate.svg  Uganda 52.3
4 Gary Knoke Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 52.5
5 Michael Devlin Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 52.6
6 Chris Surety Flag of England.svg  England 53.3

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References

  1. Webster, Jim (27 November 1962). "Australia's Golden Day in Perth". The Sydney Morning Herald . John Fairfax and Sons. p. 25.
  2. 1 2 "Yesterday's full Games details". The Sun-Herald . Sydney: John Fairfax and Sons. 25 November 1962. p. 62.
  3. "Results from Perth - Fourth Day". The Sydney Morning Herald . John Fairfax and Sons. 27 November 1962. p. 26.
  4. "Results of the men's 440 yards hurdles at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games". CGF. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2014.