# Athletics at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's 440 yards

The men's 440 yards event at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 17, 22 and 24 July at the Cardiff Arms Park in Cardiff, Wales.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Milkha Singh India | Malcolm Spence South Africa | Terry Tobacco Canada |

## Results
### Heats

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the quarterfinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | John MacIsaac | Scotland | 48.3 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Kevan Gosper | Australia | 48.3 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Ignatius Okello | Uganda | 48.7 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Gerard Leroy | Mauritius | 50.5 | |
| 5 | 1 | Charles Flower | Gibraltar | 53.1 | |
| 1 | 2 | Malcolm Spence | South Africa | 47.6 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Basil Ince | Trinidad and Tobago | 47.9 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Ted Sampson | England | 48.4 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Doug Clement | Canada | 49.4 | |
| 5 | 2 | Robert Hay | Scotland | 49.9 | |
| 1 | 3 | Malcolm Spence | Jamaica | 48.3 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | John Salisbury | England | 48.7 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | James Paterson | Scotland | 48.9 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Frederick Owusu | Ghana | 49.2 | |
| 5 | 3 | Rasaki Adenola | Nigeria | 52.3 | |
| 1 | 4 | George Kerr | Jamaica | 48.4 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Derek Johnson | England | 49.0 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | John Quartey | Ghana | 50.0 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | William Dundas | Northern Ireland | 51.0 | |
| 5 | 4 | Francis Tommy | Sierra Leone | 52.0 | |
| 1 | 5 | Milkha Singh | India | 48.9 | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Samuel Chemweno | Kenya | 48.9 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Wilton Jackson | Trinidad and Tobago | 49.2 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Melville Spence | Jamaica | 50.2 | |
| 5 | 5 | I. Benjamin | Sierra Leone | 52.1 | |
| 1 | 6 | Gerald Evans | South Africa | 48.9 | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Barry Robinson | New Zealand | 48.9 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | George Shepherd | Canada | 49.6 | Q |
| 4 | 6 | Muhammad Yaqub | Pakistan | 50.1 | |
| 5 | 6 | Richard Ampadu | Ghana | 50.2 | |
| 6 | 6 | Clyde James | Trinidad and Tobago | 54.6 | |
| 1 | 7 | John Wrighton | England | 49.5 | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Kipkorir Boit Kibet | Kenya | 49.6 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Ronald Thomson | Scotland | 49.7 | Q |
| 4 | 7 | Daljit Singh | India | 50.2 | |
| 5 | 7 | Adebayo Oladapo | Nigeria | 50.7 | |
| 1 | 8 | Terry Tobacco | Canada | 48.2 | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Bartonjo Rotich | Kenya | 49.1 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Abdul Rahim bin Ahmed | Malaya | 49.7 | Q |
| 4 | 8 | Gerald James | Jamaica | 49.9 | |
| 5 | 8 | Tham Siew-kai | Sarawak | 53.9 | |
| | 8 | Clifton Bertrand | Trinidad and Tobago | DNF | |

### Quarterfinals

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the semifinals.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Ted Sampson | England | 46.8 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Kevan Gosper | Australia | 47.4 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Gerald Evans | South Africa | 47.9 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Ronald Thomson | Scotland | 48.8 | |
| 5 | 1 | Wilton Jackson | Trinidad and Tobago | 49.2 | |
| | 1 | John Quartey | Ghana | DNS | |
| 1 | 2 | Malcolm Spence | South Africa | 46.7 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | John Salisbury | England | 47.3 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Kipkorir Boit Kibet | Kenya | 48.0 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Ignatius Okello | Uganda | 48.9 | |
| 5 | 2 | Abdul Rahim bin Ahmed | Malaya | 49.4 | |
| | 2 | Barry Robinson | New Zealand | DNF | |
| 1 | 3 | Terry Tobacco | Canada | 46.8 | Q |
| 2 | 3 | John Wrighton | England | 47.2 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | George Kerr | Jamaica | 47.2 | Q |
| 4 | 3 | Basil Ince | Trinidad and Tobago | 47.9 | |
| 5 | 3 | Samuel Chemweno | Kenya | 48.3 | |
| 6 | 3 | James Paterson | Scotland | 48.6 | |
| 1 | 4 | Milkha Singh | India | 47.0 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | John MacIsaac | Scotland | 47.3 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Bartonjo Rotich | Kenya | 47.5 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Derek Johnson | England | 47.7 | |
| 5 | 4 | Malcolm Spence | Jamaica | 48.4 | |
| | 4 | George Shepherd | Canada | DNS | |

### Semifinals

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the final.
| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Malcolm Spence | South Africa | 47.3 | Q |
| 2 | 1 | John Wrighton | England | 47.5 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Terry Tobacco | Canada | 47.9 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Ted Sampson | England | 48.2 | |
| 5 | 1 | George Kerr | Jamaica | 48.4 | |
| 6 | 1 | Kipkorir Boit Kibet | Kenya | 49.8 | |
| 1 | 2 | Milkha Singh | India | 47.4 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | John Salisbury | England | 47.4 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | John MacIsaac | Scotland | 48.1 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Kevan Gosper | Australia | 48.1 | |
| 5 | 2 | Bartonjo Rotich | Kenya | 48.2 | |
| 6 | 2 | Gerald Evans | South Africa | 48.96 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 6 | Milkha Singh | India | 46.71 |
| | 1 | Malcolm Spence | South Africa | 46.9 |
| | 2 | Terry Tobacco | Canada | 47.05 |
| 4 | 3 | John Salisbury | England | 47.1 |
| 5 | 4 | John Wrighton | England | 47.2 |
| 6 | 5 | John MacIsaac | Scotland | 48.9 |