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

Qualification: First 4 in each heat (Q) qualify directly for the semifinals.[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Gert Potgieter	South Africa	51.9	Q, GR
2	1	Bartonjo Rotich	Kenya	52.8	Q
3	1	Chris Goudge	England	53.3	Q
4	1	Muhammad Yaqub	Pakistan	53.6	Q
5	1	Wilton Jackson	Trinidad and Tobago	1:06.2
1	2	David Lean	Australia	52.0	Q
2	2	Alexander Hannah	Scotland	53.9	Q
3	2	John Metcalf	England	54.7	Q
4	2	Bob Shaw	Wales	55.0	Q
5	2	Jagdev Singh	India	55.4
1	3	George Shepherd	Canada	53.3	Q
2	3	Tom Farrell	England	53.4	Q
3	3	Mark Cumming	Northern Ireland	55.4	Q
4	3	Wahid Usmani	India	55.6	Q
5	3	David Westerhout	England	55.7

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

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Gert Potgieter	South Africa	51.1	Q, GR
2	1	John Metcalf	England	53.4	Q
3	1	George Shepherd	Canada	53.4	Q
4	1	Alexander Hannah	Scotland	53.9
5	1	Wahid Usmani	India	57.0
6	1	Muhammad Yaqub	Pakistan	57.0
1	2	David Lean	Australia	51.8	Q
2	2	Bartonjo Rotich	Kenya	52.9	Q
3	2	Chris Goudge	England	53.3	Q
4	2	Bob Shaw	Wales	54.2
5	2	Mark Cumming	Northern Ireland	59.2
	2	Tom Farrell	England	DNF

[3]

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	5	Gert Potgieter	South Africa	49.73	WR
	6	David Lean	Australia	50.59
	2	Bartonjo Rotich	Kenya	51.75
4	1	John Metcalf	England	52.4
5	4	Chris Goudge	England	52.5
6	3	George Shepherd	Canada	52.8