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

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Men's 440 yards hurdles at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Perry Lakes Stadium
Date	24 November 1962 (1962-11-24) (heats) 26 November 1962 (1962-11-26) (final)
Competitors	14 from 9 nations
Winning time	51.5
Medalists
Ken Roche    Australia   Kimaru Songok    Kenya   Benson Ishiepai    Uganda
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Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 yd	men	women
220 yd	men	women
440 yd	men
880 yd	men	women
1 mile	men
3 miles	men
6 miles	men
80 m hurdles		women
120 yd hurdles	men
440 yd hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 110 yd relay	men	women
4 × 440 yd relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
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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	Notes
	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

References

1. ^ Webster, Jim (27 November 1962). "Australia's Golden Day in Perth". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. p. 25.
2. ^ ^{a b} "Yesterday's full Games details". The Sun-Herald. Sydney: John Fairfax and Sons. 25 November 1962. p. 62.
3. ^ "Results from Perth - Fourth Day". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. 27 November 1962. p. 26.
4. ^ "Results of the men's 440 yards hurdles at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games". CGF. Archived from the original on 7 April 2014. Retrieved 2 April 2014.