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

The men's 440 yards event at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 6 and 7 July at the Empire Stadium in Vancouver, Canada.

## Medalists

| Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| - | - | - |
| Kevan Gosper Australia | Don Jowett New Zealand | Terry Tobacco Canada |

## Results

### Heats

Held on 6 August

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

| 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 | |

### Semifinals

Held on 6 August

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

| 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 | |

### Final

Held on 7 August

| 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 | |
