659 Commonwealth Track and Field 1986 400m Men

1986 Commonwealth - Edinburgh 400m Men Final
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Men 400 Metres - Final - 27 Jul 86
1 Roger Black Eng 45.57 31.03.66 U23 Southampton AC
2 Darren Clark AUS 45.98 6.09.65 U23
3 Phil Brown Eng 46.80 6.01.62 Birchfield Harriers
4 Kriss Akabusi Eng 46.83 28.11.58 Southampton AC
5 Brian Whittle Sco 47.10 26.04.64 U23 Ayr Seaforth AAC
6 David Johnston AUS 47.24 8.11.61
7 Bruce Frayne AUS 47.29 24.01.58
8 Andre Smith CAN 47.97 6.11.61

[@trackandfieldarchive]

Clark blew that. He was way too cocky before the race, he wanted to toy with them and still win. He paid dearly for his complacency. He should have won that. Black ran it perfectly to take advantage of Clark's mistake.

[@JamieMonk]

Check out baby Roger Black!

[@Fatima502]

And to think Roger ran his greatest race 10 years later!

[@michaelt2564]

Okay, so Darren Clark lost this race....but he beat all the Brits in the AAA finals for 4 years in a row and set Commonwealth games record in 1990. Don't recall Black setting a Commonwealth Games record..

[@michaelt2564]

If Darren Clark was in Roger Black's inside lane and Black was in lane 8..I believe Clark would have ran over Roger Black...and would have gone under 45 sec..

[@WorldSacred]

Clark was not aware how fast Black had closed the stagger until the 220m mark. By then it was too late, as Black could cruise the bend and hit the straight with ease. Clark had taken the race too casually.

[@darrenshaw767]

No one was running sub 45 that day in that wind.