# Athletics at the 1994 Commonwealth Games – Men's 400 metres

The men's 400 metres event at the 1994 Commonwealth Games was held on 22 and 23 August at the Centennial Stadium in Victoria, British Columbia.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Charles Gitonga Kenya | Du'aine Ladejo England | Sunday Bada Nigeria |

## Results
### Heats

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Eswort Coombs | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 46.36 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | David McKenzie | England | 46.39 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Iwan Thomas | Wales | 46.46 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Paul McBurney | Northern Ireland | 46.49 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Paul Greene | Australia | 46.56 | Q |
| 6 | 3 | Patrick Delice | Trinidad and Tobago | 46.61 | Q |
| 7 | 4 | Bobang Phiri | South Africa | 46.67 | Q |
| 8 | 6 | Neil de Silva | Trinidad and Tobago | 46.70 | Q |
| 9 | 4 | Arnold Payne | Zimbabwe | 46.77 | Q |
| 10 | 3 | Ibrahim Hassan | Ghana | 46.80 | Q |
| 11 | 7 | Francis Ogola | Uganda | 46.81 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | Shaun Farrell | New Zealand | 46.84 | q |
| 13 | 8 | Sunday Bada | Nigeria | 46.91 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | Jamie Baulch | Wales | 46.93 | q |
| 15 | 2 | Ahmed Agabus | Ghana | 46.97 | Q |
| 16 | 4 | Hayden Stephen | Trinidad and Tobago | 47.09 | q |
| 17 | 1 | Brett Callaghan | Australia | 47.10 | Q |
| 18 | 1 | Brian Whittle | Scotland | 47.12 | Q |
| 18 | 8 | Byron Goodwin | Canada | 47.12 | Q |
| 20 | 3 | Desiré Pierre-Lewis | Mauritius | 47.16 | q |
| 20 | 6 | Omokaro Alohan | Nigeria | 47.16 | Q |
| 20 | 8 | Michael Joubert | Australia | 47.16 | q |
| 23 | 7 | Charles Gitonga | Kenya | 47.26 | Q |
| 24 | 2 | Arnaud Malherbe | South Africa | 47.29 | Q |
| 25 | 7 | Danny McFarlane | Jamaica | 47.30 | Q |
| 26 | 8 | Riaan Dempers | South Africa | 47.50 | q |
| 27 | 5 | Abednego Matilu | Kenya | 47.52 | Q |
| 28 | 1 | Linval Laird | Jamaica | 47.53 | q |
| 29 | 2 | Carl Oliver | Bahamas | 47.57 | q |
| 30 | 1 | Alex Fugallo | England | 47.58 | |
| 31 | 5 | Rayton Archer | Canada | 47.62 | Q |
| 32 | 5 | Jude Monye | Nigeria | 47.63 | Q |
| 33 | 3 | Joseph Magut | Kenya | 47.71 | |
| 34 | 7 | Evripides Demosthenous | Cyprus | 47.78 | |
| 35 | 8 | Ralph Blaauw | Namibia | 47.78 | |
| 36 | 2 | Roxbert Martin | Jamaica | 47.84 | |
| 37 | 5 | Rodney Forde | Barbados | 47.90 | |
| 37 | 6 | Du'aine Ladejo | England | 47.90 | Q |
| 39 | 6 | Kenmore Hughes | Antigua and Barbuda | 48.11 | |
| 40 | 6 | Maxime Charlemagne | Saint Lucia | 48.14 | |
| 41 | 2 | Roger Jordan | Barbados | 49.28 | |
| 42 | 8 | Kenneth Moima | Botswana | 49.74 | |
| 43 | 6 | Mario Todman | British Virgin Islands | 49.76 | |
| 44 | 7 | Motlatsi Maseela | Lesotho | 50.27 | |
| 45 | 7 | Dwight Stewart | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 50.61 | |
| 46 | 3 | Ronald Flierl | Papua New Guinea | 50.80 | |
| 47 | 4 | Michael Joseph | Belize | 51.78 | |
| 48 | 7 | Elroy Shaw | Belize | 53.38 | |
| | 1 | Solomon Amegatcher | Ghana | DNF | |
| | 1 | Thabani Gonye | Zimbabwe | DNF | |
| | 3 | Mark Graham | Canada | DQ | |
| | 5 | Mohamed Arman Sanip | Brunei | DQ | |
| | 2 | Sugath Thilakaratne | Sri Lanka | DNS | |
| | 4 | Ndumiso Mdziniso | Swaziland | DNS | |
| | 5 | Roger Mathavious | British Virgin Islands | DNS | |
| | 6 | Keteng Baloseng | Botswana | DNS | |

### Quarterfinals

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Neil de Silva | Trinidad and Tobago | 46.04 | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Charles Gitonga | Kenya | 46.16 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Bobang Phiri | South Africa | 46.16 | Q |
| 4 | 1 | Sunday Bada | Nigeria | 46.18 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Du'aine Ladejo | England | 46.26 | Q |
| 6 | 4 | Francis Ogola | Uganda | 46.27 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Iwan Thomas | Wales | 46.37 | Q |
| 8 | 4 | David McKenzie | England | 46.38 | Q |
| 9 | 3 | Abednego Matilu | Kenya | 46.44 | Q |
| 10 | 4 | Jamie Baulch | Wales | 46.45 | |
| 11 | 1 | Danny McFarlane | Jamaica | 46.47 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Eswort Coombs | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 46.48 | Q |
| 13 | 2 | Paul Greene | Australia | 46.54 | Q |
| 14 | 2 | Ahmed Agabus | Ghana | 46.63 | Q |
| 15 | 2 | Omokaro Alohan | Nigeria | 46.66 | Q |
| 16 | 2 | Hayden Stephen | Trinidad and Tobago | 46.68 | Q |
| 17 | 2 | Paul McBurney | Northern Ireland | 46.78 | |
| 18 | 4 | Jude Monye | Nigeria | 46.95 | |
| 19 | 1 | Brian Whittle | Scotland | 47.00 | |
| 19 | 3 | Patrick Delice | Trinidad and Tobago | 47.00 | Q |
| 19 | 4 | Ibrahim Hassan | Ghana | 47.00 | |
| 22 | 1 | Brett Callaghan | Australia | 47.04 | |
| 23 | 4 | Linval Laird | Jamaica | 47.21 | |
| 24 | 1 | Desiré Pierre-Lewis | Mauritius | 47.23 | |
| 25 | 3 | Michael Joubert | Australia | 47.40 | |
| 26 | 2 | Arnold Payne | Zimbabwe | 47.50 | |
| 27 | 3 | Shaun Farrell | New Zealand | 47.60 | |
| 28 | 2 | Arnaud Malherbe | South Africa | 47.68 | |
| 29 | 3 | Carl Oliver | Bahamas | 47.71 | |
| 30 | 3 | Rayton Archer | Canada | 47.72 | |
| 31 | 2 | Byron Goodwin | Canada | 48.11 | |
| 32 | 1 | Riaan Dempers | South Africa | 49.07 | |

### Semifinals

| Rank | Heat | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Du'aine Ladejo | England | 45.20 | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Sunday Bada | Nigeria | 45.32 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Bobang Phiri | South Africa | 45.45 | Q |
| 4 | 2 | Eswort Coombs | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 45.54 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Abednego Matilu | Kenya | 45.67 | |
| 6 | 1 | Patrick Delice | Trinidad and Tobago | 45.68 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Paul Greene | Australia | 45.72 | Q |
| 8 | 1 | Charles Gitonga | Kenya | 45.80 | Q |
| 9 | 2 | Hayden Stephen | Trinidad and Tobago | 45.83 | |
| 10 | 1 | Neil de Silva | Trinidad and Tobago | 45.80 | Q |
| 11 | 2 | Iwan Thomas | Wales | 45.98 | |
| 12 | 1 | David McKenzie | England | 46.18 | |
| 13 | 2 | Danny McFarlane | Jamaica | 46.19 | |
| 14 | 1 | Ahmed Agabus | Ghana | 46.30 | |
| 15 | 1 | Francis Ogola | Uganda | 46.47 | |
| 16 | 1 | Omokaro Alohan | Nigeria | 46.71 | |

### Final

| Rank | Lane | Name | Nationality | Time |
| | 8 | Charles Gitonga | Kenya | 45.00 |
| | 6 | Du'aine Ladejo | England | 45.11 |
| | 4 | Sunday Bada | Nigeria | 45.45 |
| 4 | 5 | Paul Greene | Australia | 45.50 |
| 5 | 3 | Patrick Delice | Trinidad and Tobago | 45.89 |
| 6 | 7 | Eswort Coombs | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 45.96 |
| 7 | 1 | Neil de Silva | Trinidad and Tobago | 46.27 |
| 8 | 2 | Bobang Phiri | South Africa | 46.35 |