Athletics at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games – Men's 400 metres hurdles

Held on 27 January

Qualification: First 5 in each heat (Q) and the next 1 fastest (q) qualify for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Fatwell Kimaiyo	Kenya	52.1	Q
2	1	Alan Pascoe	England	53.0	Q
3	1	Silver Ayoo	Uganda	53.2	Q
4	1	Gladstone Agbamu	Nigeria	53.9	Q
5	1	Wynford Leyshon	Wales	54.0	Q
	1	Sakaraia Tuva	Fiji	DNS
1	2	Bruce Field	Australia	51.42	Q
2	2	Bill Hartley	England	52.5	Q
3	2	Colin O'Neill	Wales	52.6	Q
4	2	Bill Koskei	Kenya	52.7	Q
5	2	Rendell McIntosh	New Zealand	53.1	Q
6	2	Iroa Pamoa	Papua New Guinea	54.28
1	3	Cosmas Silei	Kenya	51.7	Q
2	3	Gary Knoke	Australia	52.30	Q
3	3	Roger Johnson	New Zealand	52.9	Q
4	3	John Sherwood	England	52.87	Q
5	3	Berwyn Price	Wales	53.0	Q
6	3	Seru Gukilau	Fiji	53.0	q

Held on 27 January

Qualification: First 4 in each semifinal (Q) qualify directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Fatwell Kimaiyo	Kenya	49.8	Q
2	1	Bill Hartley	England	50.4	Q
3	1	Gary Knoke	Australia	50.60	Q
4	1	Colin O'Neill	Wales	52.3	Q
5	1	Roger Johnson	New Zealand	52.45
6	1	Berwyn Price	Wales	52.80
7	1	Seru Gukilau	Fiji	52.88
8	1	Gladstone Agbamu	Nigeria	53.74
1	2	Bruce Field	Australia	49.49	Q
2	2	Bill Koskei	Kenya	49.6	Q
3	2	Alan Pascoe	England	50.4	Q
4	2	Cosmas Silei	Kenya	50.7	Q
5	2	Silver Ayoo	Uganda	51.87
6	2	Rendell McIntosh	New Zealand	51.95
7	2	Wynford Leyshon	Wales	52.64
	2	John Sherwood	England	DNS

Held on 29 January

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	8	Alan Pascoe	England	48.83	GR
	5	Bruce Field	Australia	49.32
	4	Bill Koskei	Kenya	49.34
4	7	Fatwell Kimaiyo	Kenya	49.63
5	1	Cosmas Silei	Kenya	50.02
6	3	Bill Hartley	England	50.20
7	6	Gary Knoke	Australia	50.23
8	2	Colin O'Neill	Wales	50.58