Athletics at the 1998 Commonwealth Games – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1998 Commonwealth Games was held 16–18 September on National Stadium, Bukit Jalil.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Dinsdale Morgan Jamaica	Rohan Robinson Australia	Kenneth Harnden Zimbabwe

Results

Heats

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Rohan Robinson	Australia	49.29	Q
2	1	Erick Keter	Kenya	49.57	Q
3	2	Dinsdale Morgan	Jamaica	49.60	Q
4	1	Wayne Whyte	Jamaica	49.75	q
5	2	Victor Houston	Barbados	49.87	Q
6	3	Zid Abou Hamed	Australia	49.94	Q
7	3	Kenneth Harnden	Zimbabwe	49.96	Q
8	3	Kemel Thompson	Jamaica	49.97	q
9	1	Anthony Borsumato	England	50.15
10	2	Matthew Beckenham	Australia	50.19
11	2	Matthew Douglas	Northern Ireland	50.20
12	2	Monte Raymond	Canada	50.34
13	3	Alexandre Marchand	Canada	50.65
14	1	Zion Armstrong	New Zealand	50.77
15	1	Laurier Primeau	Canada	50.80
16	2	Gary Jennings	England	50.94
17	1	Essel Mensah	Ghana	51.89
18	3	Muhamad Amin	Pakistan	52.01
19	1	Matthew Elias	Wales	52.34
20	3	Rudy Tirvengadum	Mauritius	53.80
	2	Jovesa Naivalu	Fiji	DNS
	2	Stephen Banane	Seychelles	DNS
	3	Paul Gray	Wales	DNS

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Dinsdale Morgan	Jamaica	48.28	GR
	Rohan Robinson	Australia	48.99
	Kenneth Harnden	Zimbabwe	49.06
4	Zid Abou Hamed	Australia	49.11	SB
5	Victor Houston	Barbados	49.21	PB
6	Kemel Thompson	Jamaica	49.81
7	Erick Keter	Kenya	49.98
8	Wayne Whyte	Jamaica	51.10