Men's 440 yards hurdles at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
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Venue | Perry Lakes Stadium | |||||||||
Date | 24 November 1962 (heats) 26 November 1962 (final) | |||||||||
Competitors | 14 from 9 nations | |||||||||
Winning time | 51.5 | |||||||||
Medalists | ||||||||||
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Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games | ||
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Track events | ||
100 yd | men | women |
220 yd | men | women |
440 yd | men | |
880 yd | men | women |
1 mile | men | |
3 miles | men | |
6 miles | men | |
80 m hurdles | women | |
120 yd hurdles | men | |
440 yd hurdles | men | |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4 × 110 yd relay | men | women |
4 × 440 yd relay | men | |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
Field events | ||
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Javelin throw | men | women |
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.
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]
World record | Gert Potgieter (SAF) | 49.3 | Bloemfontein, South Africa | 16 April 1960 |
Commonwealth record | ||||
Games record | Gert Potgieter (SAF) | 49.7 | Cardiff, Wales | 22 July 1958 |
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Benson Ishiepai | Uganda | 52.0 | Q |
2 | Gary Knoke | Australia | 52.1 | Q |
3 | Kimaru Songok | Kenya | 52.6 | Q |
4 | Dave Prince | Australia | 53.7 | |
5 | George Shepherd | Canada | 54.3 | |
6 | Kuda Ditta | Sarawak | 55.7 | |
Paul Dallow | New Zealand | DNF |
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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1 | Ken Roche | Australia | 52.3 | Q |
2 | Michael Devlin | Australia | 52.5 | Q |
3 | Chris Surety | England | 53.8 | Q |
4 | Karu Selvaratnam | Malaya | 54.2 | |
5 | Logan Aikman | New Zealand | 56.2 | |
Jerome Ochana | Uganda | DNF | ||
Ken Peters | Hong Kong | DNS |
Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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Ken Roche | Australia | 51.5 | ||
Kimaru Songok | Kenya | 51.9 | ||
Benson Ishiepai | Uganda | 52.3 | ||
4 | Gary Knoke | Australia | 52.5 | |
5 | Michael Devlin | Australia | 52.6 | |
6 | Chris Surety | England | 53.3 |
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