Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 400 metres relay
The men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 11 and 12 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[1]
Medalists
Gold | Silver | Bronze |
![]() Washington Njiri Daniel Kimaiyo Bill Koskei Joel Ngetich |
![]() Clive Barriffe Bertland Cameron Colin Bradford Floyd Brown Seymour Newman* |
![]() John Higham Chum Darvall Garry Brown Rick Mitchell |
*Athletes who competed in heats only
Results
Heats
Qualification: First 3 teams of each heat (Q) plus the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.
Rank | Heat | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | ![]() | Frank Van Doorn, Brian Saunders, Dacre Bowen, Glenn Bogue | 3:06.75 | Q |
2 | 2 | ![]() | Washington Njiri, Daniel Kimaiyo, Bill Koskei, Joel Ngetich | 3:06.82 | Q |
3 | 2 | ![]() | Terry Whitehead, Alan Pascoe, Richard Ashton, Glen Cohen | 3:06.88 | Q |
4 | 2 | ![]() | Roger Jenkins, Paul Forbes, Peter Hoffman, David Jenkins | 3:06.90 | q |
5 | 1 | ![]() | Clive Barriffe, Bertland Cameron, Colin Bradford, Floyd Brown, Seymour Newman[2] | 3:09.17 | Q |
6 | 1 | ![]() | Joseph Coombs, Mike Solomon, Mike Paul, Roy Astor | 3:09.31 | Q |
7 | 1 | ![]() | John Higham, Chum Darvall, Garry Brown, Rick Mitchell | 3:09.32 | Q |
8 | 1 | ![]() | Elroy Turner, Cuthbert Jacobs, Lester Flax, Fred Sowerby | 3:11.72 | q |
9 | 1 | ![]() | Berwyn Price, Jeff Griffiths, Michael Delaney, Steve James | 3:11.89 | |
10 | 1 | ![]() | Genevieve Nestor, Heligar Calderon, John Erysthee, Linus Ambrose | 3:22.96 | |
2 | ![]() | DNS |
Final
Rank | Nation | Athletes | Time | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | ![]() | Washington Njiri, Daniel Kimaiyo, Bill Koskei, Joel Ngetich | 3:03.54 | |
![]() | ![]() | Clive Barriffe, Bertland Cameron, Colin Bradford, Floyd Brown | 3:04.00 | |
![]() | ![]() | John Higham, Chum Darvall, Garry Brown, Rick Mitchell | 3:04.23 | |
4 | ![]() | Frank Van Doorn, Brian Saunders, Dacre Bowen, Glenn Bogue | 3:05.94 | |
5 | ![]() | Joseph Coombs, Mike Solomon, Mike Paul, Roy Astor | 3:06.73 | |
6 | ![]() | Roger Jenkins, Paul Forbes, Peter Hoffman, David Jenkins | 3:07.73 | |
7 | ![]() | Elroy Turner, Cuthbert Jacobs, Lester Flax, Fred Sowerby | 3:10.45 | |
![]() | Terry Whitehead, Alan Pascoe, Glen Cohen, Richard Ashton | DQ | [3] |
References
- "Results". Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2018-02-24.
- Exact composition of the team unknown
- England had originally finished first in the same time as Kenya but were disqualified for jostling with the Kenyan team on the third leg
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