Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's 4 × 440 yards relay

Men's 4 × 440 yards relay at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Perry Lakes Stadium
Date	1 December 1962
Teams	8
Winning time	3:10.2
Medalists
Malcolm Spence Laurie Khan Mel Spence George Kerr   Jamaica   Adrian Metcalfe Robert Setti Barry Jackson Robbie Brightwell   England   Ebenezer Quartey James Addy Frederick Owusu John Asare-Antwi   Ghana

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

The men's 4 × 440 yards relay at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Perry Lakes Stadium on Saturday 1 December 1962.

Eights nations competed in two heats in the first round, with the top three from each heat qualifying for the final.

The event was won Jamaican team of Malcolm Spence, Laurie Khan, Mel Spence and George Kerr in a time of 3:10.2. They finished a full second ahead of English team of Adrian Metcalfe, Robert Setti, Barry Jackson and Robbie Brightwell and the Ghanaian quartet of Ebenezer Quartey, James Addy, Frederick Owusu and John Asare-Antwi who won bronze.^[1]

Records

World record	United States (USA) (Eddie Southern, Earl Young, Otis Davis, Jack Yerman)	3:05.6	Walnut, California, United States	12 August 1960	[2]
Games record	South Africa (SAF) (Gerald Evans, Gert Potgieter, Gordon Day, Malcolm Spence)	3:08.1	Cardiff, Wales	27 July 1958	[3]
Commonwealth record		'

Round 1

Heat 1

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Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	Jamaica	George Kerr, Laurie Khan, Malcolm Spence, Mel Spence	3:12.1	Q
2	Australia	Brian Waters, Peter Quiggan, John Randall, Ken Roche	3:15.4	Q
3	Kenya	Kimaru Songok, Peter Francis, Seraphino Antao, Wilson Kiprugut	3:18.9	Q
4	Malaya	Karu Selvaratnam, Mazlan Hamzah, Mohamed Abdul Rahiman, Victor Asirvatham	3:22.5

Heat 2

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Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
1	England	Adrian Metcalfe, Barry Jackson, Robert Setti, Robbie Brightwell	3:13.1	Q
2	Ghana	Ebenezer Quartey, Frederick Owusu, James Addy, John Asare-Antwi	3:14.0	Q
3	Canada	George Shepherd, Don Bertoia, Lynn Eves, Bill Crothers	3:15.2	Q
4	New Zealand	Barry Robinson, Dave Norris, Gary Philpott, Peter Snell	3:17.3

Final

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Rank	Nation	Competitors	Time	Notes
	Jamaica	Malcolm Spence, Laurie Khan, Mel Spence, George Kerr	3:10.2
	England	Adrian Metcalfe, Robert Setti, Barry Jackson, Robbie Brightwell	3:11.2
	Ghana	Ebenezer Quartey, James Addy, Frederick Owusu, John Asare-Antwi	3:12.3
4	Australia	Brian Waters, Peter Quiggan, John Randall, Ken Roche	3:12.9
5	Kenya	Kimaru Songok, Peter Francis, Seraphino Antao, Wilson Kiprugut	3:16.0
6	Canada	George Shepherd, Don Bertoia, Lynn Eves, Bill Crothers	3:20.6

References

1. Abrahams, Harold (2 December 1962). "Snell wins disappointing mile". The Times. London: Times Newspapers Limited. p. 22.
2. Gustkey, Earl (12 August 1999). "Boston Leaps Beyond Owens Into History". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
3. "Seventh Day". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. 28 July 1958. p. 14.
4. "Results of the men's 4 × 440 yards relay at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games". CGF. Retrieved 26 April 2014.