The men's 400 metres event at the 1990 Commonwealth Games was held on 27 and 28 January at the Mount Smart Stadium in Auckland.

Medalists GoldSilverBronzeDarren ClarkSamson KiturSimeon Kipkemboi

Results Heats Qualification: First 6 of each heat (Q) and the next 6 fastest (q) qualified for the quarterfinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Samson Kitur 46.12 Q 2 4 Stephen Mwanzia 46.51 Q 3 5 Darren Clark 46.64 Q 4 1 Simeon Kipkemboi 46.70 Q 5 2 Devon Morris 46.73 Q 6 4 Wayne McDonald 46.87 Q 7 1 Trevor Graham 47.11 Q 8 3 Howard Burnett 47.12 Q 9 4 Robert Stone 47.13 Q 10 1 Mark Garner 47.23 Q 11 3 Camera Ntereke 47.27 Q 12 3 Todd Bennett 47.28 Q 13 4 Patrick Delice 47.37 Q 14 4 Mike McLean 47.49 Q 15 4 John Goville 47.64 Q 16 1 Craig Purdy 47.67 Q 17 1 Steve O'Brien 47.85 Q 18 5 Felix Sandy 47.89 Q 19 5 Joseph Adam 48.08 Q 20 5 Siebert Straughan 48.11 Q 21 5 Anton Skerritt 48.20 Q 22 1 Mohamed Hossain Milzer 48.24 Q 22 2 Phil Brown 48.24 Q 24 2 Takale Tuna 48.45 Q 25 2 Grant Gilbert 48.47 Q 26 5 Duane Johnson 48.49 Q 27 3 Troy Douglas 48.80 Q 28 5 Eugene Matthews 48.84 q 29 2 David Teece 48.99 Q 30 1 Muhammad Sadaqat 49.08 q 31 3 Muhammad Fayyaz 49.19 Q 32 5 Lamin Marikong 49.75 q 33 3 Darren Dale 50.27 Q 34 4 John Hou 50.32 q 35 4 Patrick Mchiwiri 50.86 q 36 1 Ancel Nalau 53.32 q 37 2 Baptiste Firiam 3 Alvin Daniel 2 Brian Whittle

Quarterfinals Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 1 Samson Kitur 45.79 Q 2 1 Robert Stone 46.23 Q 3 3 Devon Morris 46.24 Q 4 1 Howard Burnett 46.33 Q 5 3 Simeon Kipkemboi 46.44 Q 6 3 Todd Bennett 46.59 Q 7 3 Patrick Delice 46.67 Q 8 2 Darren Clark 46.68 Q 9 3 Anton Skerritt 46.74 q 10 2 Wayne McDonald 46.82 Q 11 1 Felix Sandy 46.89 Q 12 4 Stephen Mwanzia 46.93 Q 13 4 Phil Brown 47.09 Q 14 4 Grant Gilbert 47.11 Q 15 4 Trevor Graham 47.19 Q 16 4 Mark Garner 47.24 q 17 2 Mike McLean 47.34 Q 18 2 Troy Douglas 47.41 Q 19 2 Camera Ntereke 47.58 20 3 Siebert Straughan 47.78 21 1 Craig Purdy 47.87 22 2 Darren Dale 47.98 23 1 Takale Tuna 47.99 24 1 Duane Johnson 48.04 25 4 John Goville 48.07 26 2 Joseph Adam 48.51 27 2 Mohamed Hossain Milzer 48.60 28 4 Steve O'Brien 48.71 29 4 Muhammad Fayyaz 48.75 30 3 Muhammad Sadaqat 49.00 31 3 David Teece 49.43 32 1 Patrick Mchiwiri 51.69 33 4 John Hou 52.24 2 Eugene Matthews 1 Lamin Marikong 3 Ancel Nalau

Semifinals Qualification: First 4 of each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank Heat Name Nationality Time Notes 1 2 Darren Clark 45.64 Q 2 2 Samson Kitur 45.67 Q 3 2 Mark Garner 46.02 Q 4 2 Todd Bennett 46.06 Q 5 1 Simeon Kipkemboi 46.22 Q 6 2 Stephen Mwanzia 46.28 q 7 1 Robert Stone 46.29 Q 8 1 Devon Morris 46.65 Q 9 1 Grant Gilbert 46.68 Q 10 1 Trevor Graham 46.89 11 1 Patrick Delice 47.08 12 1 Wayne McDonald 47.13 13 1 Felix Sandy 47.21 14 2 Howard Burnett 47.22 15 2 Anton Skerritt 47.79 16 1 Mike McLean 47.81 17 2 Troy Douglas 48.15 2 Phil Brown

Final Rank Lane Name Nationality Time Notes 6 Darren Clark 44.60 CR 4 Samson Kitur 44.88 7 Simeon Kipkemboi 44.93 4 1 Robert Stone 45.25 5 8 Devon Morris 45.68 6 3 Mark Garner 46.10 7 2 Grant Gilbert 46.18 8 9 Stephen Mwanzia 46.35 9 5 Todd Bennett 46.64

References

Semifinals results Heats and Quarterfinals results