Final time 1. Charles Jenkins USA 46.7s 2. Karl-Friedrich Haas GER 46.8s 3. Voitto Hellsten FIN 47.0s 3. Ardalion Ignatyev URS 47.0s 5. Louis Jones USA 48.1s 6. Malcolm Spence ZAF 48.3s world Men 400m History Venue: Melbourne Cricket Ground. Capp.: 120,000. -- competitors from -- nations. Round date H Athl. Semifinals 2 12 Round 2 4 24 Round 1 8 42 Semifinals Heat 1 time 1. A. Ignatiev URS 46.8s 2. M.C. Spence ZAF 47.2s 3. L.W. Jones USA 47.3s 4. Melville Spence JAM 47.5s 5. F.P. Higgins GBR 47.7s 6. I. Rodriguez PUR 47.7s Heat 2 time 1. C.I. Jenkins USA 46.1s 2. V.V. Hellsten FIN 46.1s 3. K. Haas GER 46.2s 4. R.K. Gosper AUS 46.2s 5. J.E. Salisbury GBR 47.3s 6. Malcolm Spence JAM 47.4s Round 2

Heat 1 time 1. L.W. Jones USA 47.4s 1. J.E. Salisbury GBR 47.4s 3. I. Rodriguez PUR 47.5s 4. C.T. Tobacco CAN 47.7s 5. J. Kuhl GER 48.0s -. A. Khan PAK DNS

Heat 2 time 1. A. Ignatiev URS 46.8s 2. Malcolm Spence JAM 47.4s 3. F.P. Higgins GBR 47.4s 4. G.C. Gipson AUS 47.4s 5. J. Degats FRA 48.7s 6. M. Cockburn CAn 49.5s

Heat 3 time 1. V.V. Hellsten FIN 46.8s 2. M.C. Spence ZAF 47.1s 3. Melville Spence JAM 47.3s 4. P. Haarhoff FRA 47.6s 5. J.G. Lee USA 48.1s 6. B. Kibet KEN 49.1s

Heat 4 time 1. R.K. Gosper AUS 46.7s 2. K. Haas GER 47.3s 3. C.I. Jenkins USA 47.5s 4. G.E. Kerr JAM 47.7s 5. M.K.V. Wheeler GBR 47.9s 6. J.-P. Martin du Gard FRA 48.2s

Heat 1 time 1. L.W. Jones USA 48.1s 2. M. Cockburn CAn 49.0s 3. A. Khan PAK 49.0s 4. K. Gratchev URS 49.4s 5. Legesse Bayene ETH 50.7s -. K. Akagi JPN DQ

Heat 2 time 1. C.T. Tobacco CAN 47.9s 2. J. Degats FRA 48.3s 3. J.G. Lee USA 48.3s 4. Bartonjo Rotich KEN 48.8s 5. J. Aparicio COL 49.0s 6. P. Somblingo PHI 49.4s -. K. Perera MAL

Heat 3 time 1. M.C. Spence ZAF 47.7s 2. J. Kuhl GER 48.7s 3. C.I. Jenkins USA 48.7s 4. Hailou Abbebe Eth 49.0s 5. A.-K.O. Amu NGR 49.4s

Heat 4 time 1. V.V. Hellsten FIN 48.4s 2. M.K.V. Wheeler GBR 49.3s 3. B. Kibet KEN 49.3s 4. I.de L. Sloan CAN 50.0s 5. S. Tongaram THA 53.4s

Heat 5 time 1. K. Haas GER 47.2s 2. G.C. Gipson AUS 47.7s 3. J.E. Salisbury GBR 47.7s 4. Milkha Singh IND 48.9s

Heat 6 time 1. A. Ignatiev URS 48.6s 2. G.E. Kerr JAM 49.7s 3. P. Haarhoff FRA 49.8s 4. K.G. Wanyoke KEN 50.6s

Heat 7 time 1. R.K. Gosper AUS 48.0s 2. Malcolm Spence JAM 48.2s 3. I. Rodriguez PUR 48.8s 4. G. Rasquin LUX 50.6s 5. A. Rahim Bin Ahmad MAL 50.8s 6. G. Johnson LBR 54.8s

Heat 8 time 1. F.P. Higgins GBR 47.9s 2. Melville Spence JAM 47.9s 3. J.-P. Martin du Gard FRA 49.8s 4. J.W. Goodman AUS 48.5s 5. Bayene Ayanew ETH 51.3s

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