Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 440 yards relay

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Men's 4 × 440 yards relay
at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue Perry Lakes Stadium
Date1 December 1962 (1962-12-01)
Teams8
Winning time3:10.2
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Flag of Jamaica (1957-1962).svg  Jamaica
Silver medal icon.svg   Flag of England.svg  England
Bronze medal icon.svg   Flag of the Union of African States (1961-1962).svg  Ghana
  1958
1966  

The men's 4 × 440 yards relay at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Perry Lakes Stadium on Saturday 1 December 1962.

Contents

Eights nations competed in two heats in the first round, with the top three from each heat qualifying for the final.

The event was won Jamaican team of Malcolm Spence, Laurie Khan, Mel Spence and George Kerr in a time of 3:10.2. They finished a full second ahead of English team of Adrian Metcalfe, Robert Setti, Barry Jackson and Robbie Brightwell and the Ghanaian quartet of Ebenezer Quartey, James Addy, Frederick Owusu and John Asare-Antwi who won bronze. [1]

Records

World recordFlag of the United States.svg  United States  (USA)
(Eddie Southern, Earl Young, Otis Davis, Jack Yerman)
3:05.6 Walnut, California, United States12 August 1960 [2]
Commonwealth record
Games recordFlag of South Africa (1928-1994).svg  South Africa  (SAF)
(Gerald Evans, Gert Potgieter, Gordon Day, Malcolm Spence)
3:08.1 Cardiff, Wales 27 July 1958 [3]

Round 1

Heat 1

[1]

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
1Flag of Jamaica (1957-1962).svg  Jamaica George Kerr, Laurie Khan, Malcolm Spence, Mel Spence 3:12.1Q
2Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Brian Waters, Peter Quiggan, John Randall, Ken Roche 3:15.4Q
3Flag of British East Africa.svg  Kenya Kimaru Songok, Peter Francis, Seraphino Antao, Wilson Kiprugut 3:18.9Q
4Flag of Malaya.svg  Malaya Karu Selvaratnam, Mazlan Hamzah, Mohamed Abdul Rahiman, Victor Asirvatham 3:22.5

Heat 2

[1]

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
1Flag of England.svg  England Adrian Metcalfe, Barry Jackson, Robert Setti, Robbie Brightwell 3:13.1Q
2Flag of the Union of African States (1961-1962).svg  Ghana Ebenezer Quartey, Frederick Owusu, James Addy, John Asare-Antwi 3:14.0Q
3Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Canada George Shepherd, Don Bertoia, Lynn Eves, Bill Crothers 3:15.2Q
4Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Barry Robinson, Dave Norris, Gary Philpott, Peter Snell 3:17.3

Final

[4]

RankNationCompetitorsTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svgFlag of Jamaica (1957-1962).svg  Jamaica Malcolm Spence, Laurie Khan, Mel Spence, George Kerr 3:10.2
Silver medal icon.svgFlag of England.svg  England Adrian Metcalfe, Robert Setti, Barry Jackson, Robbie Brightwell 3:11.2
Bronze medal icon.svgFlag of the Union of African States (1961-1962).svg  Ghana Ebenezer Quartey, James Addy, Frederick Owusu, John Asare-Antwi 3:12.3
4Flag of Australia.svg  Australia Brian Waters, Peter Quiggan, John Randall, Ken Roche 3:12.9
5Flag of British East Africa.svg  Kenya Kimaru Songok, Peter Francis, Seraphino Antao, Wilson Kiprugut 3:16.0
6Canadian Red Ensign (1957-1965).svg  Canada George Shepherd, Don Bertoia, Lynn Eves, Bill Crothers 3:20.6

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