Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's 440 yards hurdles
# Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's 440 yards hurdles

The men's 440 yards hurdles at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Perry Lakes Stadium on Saturday 24 November and Monday 26 November 1962.

The top three runners in each of the two heats qualified for the final.

The event was won by Australian Ken Roche in 51.5 seconds, ahead of Kenya's Kimaru Songok and Benson Ishiepai from Uganda. Roche was trailing Songok at the final hurdle but managed to seal the victory over the final 10 yards by 0.4 seconds.

## Records

| World record | Gert Potgieter (SAF) | 49.3 | Bloemfontein, South Africa | 16 April 1960 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Commonwealth record | | | | |
| Games record | Gert Potgieter (SAF) | 49.7 | Cardiff, Wales | 22 July 1958 |

## Heats

### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Benson Ishiepai | Uganda | 52.0 | Q |
| 2 | Gary Knoke | Australia | 52.1 | Q |
| 3 | Kimaru Songok | Kenya | 52.6 | Q |
| 4 | Dave Prince | Australia | 53.7 | |
| 5 | George Shepherd | Canada | 54.3 | |
| 6 | Kuda Ditta | Sarawak | 55.7 | |
| | Paul Dallow | New Zealand | | DNF |

### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Ken Roche | Australia | 52.3 | Q |
| 2 | Michael Devlin | Australia | 52.5 | Q |
| 3 | Chris Surety | England | 53.8 | Q |
| 4 | Karu Selvaratnam | Malaya | 54.2 | |
| 5 | Logan Aikman | New Zealand | 56.2 | |
| | Jerome Ochana | Uganda | | DNF |
| | Ken Peters | Hong Kong | | DNS |

## Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Ken Roche | Australia | 51.5 |
| | Kimaru Songok | Kenya | 51.9 |
| | Benson Ishiepai | Uganda | 52.3 |
| 4 | Gary Knoke | Australia | 52.5 |
| 5 | Michael Devlin | Australia | 52.6 |
| 6 | Chris Surety | England | 53.3 |
