Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games – Men's 400 metres hurdles

The men's 400 metres hurdles event at the 1986 Commonwealth Games was held on 27 and 28 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh.^[1]

Men's 400 metres hurdles at the Commonwealth Games

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Phil Beattie  Northern Ireland	Max Robertson  England	John Graham  Canada

Results

Heats

Qualification: First 3 of each heat (Q) and the next 2 fastest (q) qualified for the final.^[2]

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Phil Beattie	Northern Ireland	51.63	Q
2	2	Max Robertson	England	52.26	Q
3	2	Lloyd Guss	Canada	52.36	Q
4	1	John Graham	Canada	52.63	Q
5	1	Ken Gordon	Australia	52.66	Q
6	2	Pierre Leveille	Canada	52.75	q
7	1	Gary Oakes	England	53.02	Q
8	2	Mark Holtom	England	53.11	q
9	1	Wayne Paul	New Zealand	53.39
10	2	Dave McCutcheon	Scotland	53.58
11	1	Mark Hardie	Scotland	55.68
12	1	Mark Fulton	Scotland	57.90
	2	Joseph Rodan	Fiji	DNS

Final

Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	4	Phil Beattie	Northern Ireland	49.60	PB
	3	Max Robertson	England	49.77
	5	John Graham	Canada	50.25
4	6	Lloyd Guss	Canada	50.56
5	2	Mark Holtom	England	50.58
6	1	Gary Oakes	England	50.82
7	8	Pierre Leveille	Canada	51.54
8	7	Ken Gordon	Australia	51.59