Athletics at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's 440 yards

Held on 6 August

Qualification: First 2 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the semifinals.[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Kevan Gosper	Australia	47.1	Q, GR
2	1	Laird Sloane	Canada	48.5	Q
3	1	Harry Kane	England	48.7
4	1	Musembi Mbathi	Kenya	49.4
5	1	Peter Phillips	Wales	50.0
6	1	John Quartey	Gold Coast	50.0
1	2	Don Jowett	New Zealand	48.4	Q
2	2	James Rogers	British Guiana	48.6	Q
3	2	Dick Harding	Canada	49.2
4	2	Edward Nyako	Gold Coast	51.4
5	2	Josefa Sadulu	Fiji	52.5
	2	Allan Moore	Jamaica	DNF
1	3	Terry Tobacco	Canada	48.3	Q
2	3	Kipkorir Boit Kibet	Kenya	49.0	Q
3	3	Keith Davis	Bermuda	49.9
4	3	Cyril Johnson	Bahamas	51.8
	3	Keith Gardner	Jamaica	DNS
	3	Mike Agostini	Trinidad and Tobago	DNS
1	4	Louis Gooden	Jamaica	54.5	Q
2	4	Alan Dick	England	55.4	Q
	4	Joginder Dhanaor	India	DNF
	4	Leonard Dames	Bahamas	DNS
1	5	Peter Fryer	England	48.6	Q
2	5	Fitzroy Bates	Trinidad and Tobago	49.1	Q
3	5	David Fleming	New Zealand	49.8
4	5	Richard Ampadu	Gold Coast	50.2
5	5	Irrington Isaacs	Bahamas	54.3
1	6	Peter Higgins	England	49.1	Q
2	6	Henry Ofori-Nayako	Gold Coast	49.5	Q
3	6	Joseph Foreman	Canada	49.9
4	6	Richard Estick	Jamaica	50.1
	4	Abdul Karim Amu	Nigeria	DNS

Held on 6 August

Qualification: First 3 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the final.[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Kevan Gosper	Australia	47.8	Q
2	1	Terry Tobacco	Canada	48.4	Q
3	1	James Rogers	British Guiana	48.4	Q
4	1	Henry Ofori-Nayako	Gold Coast	48.9
5	1	Fitzroy Bates	Trinidad and Tobago	49.2
6	1	Peter Higgins	England	50.3
1	2	Alan Dick	England	48.8	Q
2	2	Don Jowett	New Zealand	48.9	Q
3	2	Peter Fryer	England	48.9	Q
4	2	Laird Sloane	Canada	49.2
5	2	Kipkorir Boit Kibet	Kenya	49.6
6	2	Louis Gooden	Jamaica	49.7

Held on 7 August[3][4]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Kevan Gosper	Australia	47.2	GR
	Don Jowett	New Zealand	47.4
	Terry Tobacco	Canada	47.8
4	Peter Fryer	England	48.4
5	James Rogers	British Guiana	48.5
6	Alan Dick	England	48.6