Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles
400 metres hurdles
The 400 metres hurdles is an Olympic athletics event in track and field. On a standard outdoor track 400 metres is the length of the inside lane once around the stadium. Runners stay in their lane the entire way after starting out of the blocks and must clear ten hurdles that are evenly...

event at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

Athletics at the 2006 Commonwealth Games

At the 2006 Commonwealth Games, the athletics events were held in Melbourne, Australia from 19 March to 25 March 2006. A total of 47 events were contested, of which 24 by male and 23 by female athletes. Furthermore, three men's and three women's disability events were held within the programme...

was held on March 21–23.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
LJ van Zyl	Alwyn Myburgh Alwyn Myburgh Alwyn Myburgh is a South African hurdler.His personal best time is 48.09 seconds, achieved at the 2001 Summer Universiade in Beijing.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*100 metres - 10.66 s...	Kemel Thompson Kemel Thompson Kemel Thompson is a Jamaican athlete who competes in the 400 metres hurdles.His personal best time is 48.05 seconds, achieved in London in 2003.Kemel graduated from Loughborough University's Business School in 2003.-Achievements:...

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 4 fastest (q) qualified for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Time	Notes
1	1	Alwyn Myburgh Alwyn Myburgh Alwyn Myburgh is a South African hurdler.His personal best time is 48.09 seconds, achieved at the 2001 Summer Universiade in Beijing.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*100 metres - 10.66 s...	49.34	Q
2	2	Rhys Williams Rhys Williams Rhys Williams may refer to:Rhys Williams , Welsh actorRhys Williams , Welsh athlete*Rhys H. Williams , Welsh rugby union player...	49.52	Q, PB
3	2	Christopher Rawlinson	49.67	Q
4	1	Dean Griffiths Dean Griffiths Dean Horace Griffiths is a male hurdler from Jamaica, who represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He set his personal best while winning the men's 400m hurdles at the NCAA Championship on June 13, 2003 in Sacramento, California and help Auburn University to a...	49.69	Q
5	2	LJ van Zyl	49.70	Q
6	3	Matt Elias	49.77	Q
7	3	Brendan Cole Brendan Cole Brendan Cole is a ballroom dancer specialising in Latin American dancing. He is most famous for appearing on the BBC show Strictly Come Dancing, a dance contest in which a professional ballroom dancer is partnered with a celebrity amateur dancer...	49.85	Q
8	1	Tristan Thomas Tristan Thomas Tristan Thomas is an Australian athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles.Currently coached by Craig Hilliard at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra, Thomas set personal bests at over a diverse range of distances and was nationally ranked over 200 metres, 400 metres, 800 metres and...	49.88	Q, PB
9	4	Kemel Thompson Kemel Thompson Kemel Thompson is a Jamaican athlete who competes in the 400 metres hurdles.His personal best time is 48.05 seconds, achieved in London in 2003.Kemel graduated from Loughborough University's Business School in 2003.-Achievements:...	49.89	Q
10	4	Pieter de Villiers	50.07	Q
11	3	Mowen Boino	50.37	Q, NR Papua New Guinean records in athletics The following are the national records in athletics in Papua New Guinea maintained by PNG's national athletics federation: Papua New Guinea Athletic Union.-Men:-Women:-Men:-Women:# = not officially ratifiedx = mixed raceA = affected by altitude...
12	3	Ian Weakly	50.50	q
13	4	Matthew Douglas	50.71	Q
14	1	Antonio Veillesse	51.88	q
14	4	Kurt Couto	51.88	q
16	2	Douglas Lynes	52.06	q
17	4	Vincent Kiilu	52.40
18	4	Lensley Juhel	52.48
19	3	Dan Kirwa Katonon	52.69
20	1	Ednal Rolle	52.87
21	1	Aleki Sapot	54.15
22	2	Elliot Wood	54.55

Semifinals

Qualification: First 4 of each semifinal (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Time	Notes
1	2	Kemel Thompson Kemel Thompson Kemel Thompson is a Jamaican athlete who competes in the 400 metres hurdles.His personal best time is 48.05 seconds, achieved in London in 2003.Kemel graduated from Loughborough University's Business School in 2003.-Achievements:...	48.71	Q
2	1	Alwyn Myburgh Alwyn Myburgh Alwyn Myburgh is a South African hurdler.His personal best time is 48.09 seconds, achieved at the 2001 Summer Universiade in Beijing.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*100 metres - 10.66 s...	49.04	Q
3	2	LJ van Zyl	49.08	Q
4	1	Rhys Williams Rhys Williams Rhys Williams may refer to:Rhys Williams , Welsh actorRhys Williams , Welsh athlete*Rhys H. Williams , Welsh rugby union player...	49.17	Q, PB
5	1	Christopher Rawlinson	49.21	Q, SB
6	2	Pieter de Villiers	49.32	Q
7	2	Brendan Cole Brendan Cole Brendan Cole is a ballroom dancer specialising in Latin American dancing. He is most famous for appearing on the BBC show Strictly Come Dancing, a dance contest in which a professional ballroom dancer is partnered with a celebrity amateur dancer...	49.36	Q, PB
8	2	Ian Weakly	49.83
9	2	Matt Elias	49.89
10	1	Dean Griffiths Dean Griffiths Dean Horace Griffiths is a male hurdler from Jamaica, who represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He set his personal best while winning the men's 400m hurdles at the NCAA Championship on June 13, 2003 in Sacramento, California and help Auburn University to a...	49.98	Q
11	1	Tristan Thomas Tristan Thomas Tristan Thomas is an Australian athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles.Currently coached by Craig Hilliard at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra, Thomas set personal bests at over a diverse range of distances and was nationally ranked over 200 metres, 400 metres, 800 metres and...	50.56
12	2	Matthew Douglas	50.56
13	1	Mowen Boino	50.78
14	1	Antonio Veillesse	51.43	PB
15	1	Kurt Couto	52.16
16	2	Douglas Lynes	53.06

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Time	Notes
	6	LJ van Zyl	48.05	GR
	4	Alwyn Myburgh Alwyn Myburgh Alwyn Myburgh is a South African hurdler.His personal best time is 48.09 seconds, achieved at the 2001 Summer Universiade in Beijing.-Achievements:-Personal bests:*100 metres - 10.66 s...	48.23	SB
	5	Kemel Thompson Kemel Thompson Kemel Thompson is a Jamaican athlete who competes in the 400 metres hurdles.His personal best time is 48.05 seconds, achieved in London in 2003.Kemel graduated from Loughborough University's Business School in 2003.-Achievements:...	48.65
4	3	Rhys Williams Rhys Williams Rhys Williams may refer to:Rhys Williams , Welsh actorRhys Williams , Welsh athlete*Rhys H. Williams , Welsh rugby union player...	49.09	PB
5	8	Brendan Cole Brendan Cole Brendan Cole is a ballroom dancer specialising in Latin American dancing. He is most famous for appearing on the BBC show Strictly Come Dancing, a dance contest in which a professional ballroom dancer is partnered with a celebrity amateur dancer...	49.41
6	7	Dean Griffiths Dean Griffiths Dean Horace Griffiths is a male hurdler from Jamaica, who represented his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. He set his personal best while winning the men's 400m hurdles at the NCAA Championship on June 13, 2003 in Sacramento, California and help Auburn University to a...	49.85
7	2	Pieter de Villiers	50.51
8	1	Christopher Rawlinson	52.89

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