Wayde van Niekerk in the 400m at the World Athletics Championships 2022

BIRMINGHAM, UK (July 28) — World record holder Wayde van Niekerk is not on the entry list for the men’s 400 meters at the Commonwealth Games 2022 in Birmingham, UK, which will be held from 28 July to 8 August. Read more:Commonwealth Games 2022 women’s 200m entry list; Christine Mboma among confirmed entrants

Van Niekerk, who has been slowly working his way back to form after a series of injury setbacks in the last few seasons, was very optimistic about competing at Birmingham 2022 in the build-up to World Athletics Championships earlier this month, but the South African was not named in the team that traveled to Birmingham.

“I was, unfortunately, not selected to represent South Africa at the Commonwealth games this time around, so we shift our minds to the later part of the season and finish the season off healthy,” he wrote on Twitter.

The 30-year-old finished second in the one-lap event at the 2014 edition behind Grenada’s Kirani James and didn’t advance beyond the semi-finals of the 200m in Glasgow. Read more: How to watch the Commonwealth Games 2022 Opening Ceremony?

However, since then, Van Niekerk has won two world titles and an Olympic gold medal, in addition to setting the world record at 43.03 seconds at the Rio Olympic Games in 2016.

He finished 5th in the 400m final at the World Athletics Championships 2022 in Oregon, this month and has a season-best of 44.58.

Who is the favorite to win the Commonwealth Games 2022 men’s 400m title?

So, with Van Niekerk clearly out of the picture, home favorite Matthew Hudson-Smith, the world bronze medalist from Eugene, and current British national record holder, will start as the gold medal favorite after his excellent form thus far.

The lineup also includes Bayapo Ndori of Bostwana, the sixth place finisher in Oregon, Barbados’ Jonathan Jones, who was 8th in the final, as well as South semi-finalist Africa’s Zakithi Nene and Jamaica’s Nathon Allen, plus Emmanuel Korir of Kenya.

CGA codeAIA
Anguilla
Name Status Date of Birth Personal best Season’s best
Aiden HAZZARD StatusConfirmed 19 Apr 1998 48.42
CGA codeAUS
Australia
Name Status Date of Birth Personal best Season’s best
Steven SOLOMON StatusConfirmed 16 May 1993 44.94 45.28
CGA codeBAH
The Bahamas
Name Status Date of Birth Personal best Season’s best
Alonzo RUSSELL StatusConfirmed 08 Feb 1992 45.25 45.65
CGA codeBAR
Barbados
Name Status Date of Birth Personal best Season’s best
Kyle GALE StatusConfirmed 11 Jan 2002 45.4 45.4
Jonathan JONES StatusConfirmed 06 Feb 1999 44.43 44.43
CGA codeBOT
Botswana
Name Status Date of Birth Personal best Season’s best
Isaac MAKWALA StatusConfirmed 24 Sep 1985 43.72 45.03
Bayapo NDORI StatusConfirmed 20 Jun 1999 44.88 44.88
Anthony PESELA StatusConfirmed 09 Jun 2022 44.58 45.62
CGA codeCMR
Cameroon
Name Status Date of Birth Personal best Season’s best
Aboubakar Sidick TETNDAP NSANGOU StatusConfirmed 03 Sep 1995 46.03 46.29
CGA codeDMA
Dominica
Name Status Date of Birth Personal best Season’s best
Derick ST. JEAN StatusConfirmed 03 Jul 1996 46.77 48.01
CGA codeENG
England
Name Status Date of Birth Personal best Season’s best
Matthew HUDSON-SMITH StatusConfirmed 26 Oct 1994 44.35 44.35
CGA codeGGY
Guernsey
Name Status Date of Birth Personal best Season’s best
Cameron CHALMERS StatusConfirmed 06 Feb 1997 45.64 46.27
CGA codeGRN
Grenada
Name Status Date of Birth Personal best Season’s best
Michael FRANCOIS StatusConfirmed 02 Jul 1999 46.84 46.84
Adain PETERS StatusConfirmed 06 Feb 1998 47.62 48
CGA codeGUY
Guyana
Name Status Date of Birth Personal best Season’s best
Arinze CHANCE StatusConfirmed 20 Jan 1996 46.05 46.77
CGA codeIVB
British Virgin Islands
Name Status Date of Birth Personal best Season’s best
Adriano GUMBS StatusConfirmed 20 Oct 1997 47.27 48.47
CGA codeJAM
Jamaica
Name Status Date of Birth Personal best Season’s best
Nathon ALLEN StatusConfirmed 28 Oct 1995 44.13 45.21
Anthony COX StatusConfirmed 26 Aug 2000 45.43 45.43
Jevaughn POWELL StatusConfirmed 19 Nov 2000
CGA codeKEN
Kenya
Name Status Date of Birth Personal best Season’s best
Emmanuel Kipkurui KORIR StatusConfirmed 15 Jun 1995 44.21 44.87
Boniface Ontuga MWERESA StatusConfirmed 13 Nov 1993 45.01 45.7
CGA codeLCA
St Lucia
Name Status Date of Birth Personal best Season’s best
Michael JOSEPH StatusConfirmed 01 Nov 2002 45.68 45.68
CGA codeMAW
Malawi
Name Status Date of Birth Personal best Season’s best
Farook MPONDA StatusConfirmed 09 Oct 2004 49.12 49.34
CGA codeMOZ
Mozambique
Name Status Date of Birth Personal best Season’s best
Edio MUSSACATE StatusConfirmed 01 May 2005 48.85 48.85
CGA codeNAM
Namibia
Name Status Date of Birth Personal best Season’s best
Mahhad Alexander BOCK StatusConfirmed 23 Aug 1994 45.8 45.8
Ivan Danny GELDENHUYS StatusConfirmed 09 Aug 2001 46.29 46.41
Andre RETIEF StatusConfirmed 13 Aug 2002 46.17 46.17
CGA codeNGR
Nigeria
Name Status Date of Birth Personal best Season’s best
Sikiru Adewale ADEYEMI StatusConfirmed 02 Jul 1998 45.93 46.11
Samson Oghenewegba NATHANIEL StatusConfirmed 29 Aug 1997 45.23 45.99
Johnson NNAMANI StatusConfirmed 28 Jul 2003 46.23 46.23
CGA codePNG
Papua New Guinea
Name Status Date of Birth Personal best Season’s best
Shadrick TANSI StatusConfirmed 29 Sep 1999 47.9 47.9
Emmanuel WANGA StatusConfirmed 25 Dec 1999 47.43 47.43
CGA codeRSA
South Africa
Name Status Date of Birth Personal best Season’s best
Zakhiti NENE StatusConfirmed 02 Apr 1998 44.92 44.92
CGA codeSGP
Singapore
Name Status Date of Birth Personal best Season’s best
Thiruben S/O THANA RAJAN StatusConfirmed 28 Oct 2000 47.91 48.22
Zong Yang TAN StatusConfirmed 11 Jun 1994 47.03 47.03
CGA codeSHN
St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
Name Status Date of Birth Personal best Season’s best
Aiden YON-STEVENS StatusConfirmed 23 Jan 2005
CGA codeSKN
St Kitts and Nevis
Name Status Date of Birth Personal best Season’s best
Warren HAZEL StatusConfirmed 11 Feb 1996 45.68 47.01
CGA codeSLE
Sierra Leone
Name Status Date of Birth Personal best Season’s best
Alford CONTEH StatusConfirmed 20 Jul 1998 48.98
Va-Sheku SHERIFF StatusConfirmed 19 Dec 1998 45.72 48.74
CGA codeSRI
Sri Lanka
Name Status Date of Birth Personal best Season’s best
Kalinga HEWA KUMARAGE StatusConfirmed 25 Sep 1992 45.73 45.88
CGA codeSVG
St Vincent and the Grenadines
Name Status Date of Birth Personal best Season’s best
Akani SLATER StatusConfirmed 24 Dec 1997 46.15 46.48
CGA codeTCA
Turks and Caicos Islands
Name Status Date of Birth Personal best Season’s best
Angelo GARLAND StatusConfirmed 24 Jul 1994 46.82 50.29
Ken REYES StatusConfirmed 27 Jul 1999 49.13 52.35
CGA codeTTO
Trinidad and Tobago
Name Status Date of Birth Personal best Season’s best
Asa GUEVARA StatusConfirmed 20 Dec 1995 45.26 45.86
Kashief KING StatusConfirmed 19 Jan 1998 46.79 46.79
Dwight ST. HILLAIRE StatusConfirmed 05 Dec 1997 44.55 45.41
CGA codeUGA
Uganda
Name Status Date of Birth Personal best Season’s best
Haron ADOLI StatusConfirmed 08 Oct 1994 46.03 46.03
CGA codeVAN
Vanuatu
Name Status Date of Birth Personal best Season’s best
Obediah TIMBACI StatusConfirmed 03 Jun 2003 50.49 52.85
CGA codeWAL
Wales
Name Status Date of Birth Personal best Season’s best
Joseph BRIER StatusConfirmed 16 Mar 1999 45.56 45.56
CGA codeZAM
Zambia
Name Status Date of Birth Personal best Season’s best
Kennedy LUCHEMBE StatusConfirmed 08 Jul 2001 45.51 45.76
Patrick Kakozi NYAMBE StatusConfirmed 23 Oct 2002 45.87 45.87
Muzala SAMUKONGA StatusConfirmed 09 Dec 2002 45.21 45.21

Photo by Andy Lyons/Getty Images for World Athletics

Gary Smith is one of the leading writers for World-Track.org. He has over 20 years of running experience, as well as 12 years of coaching while covering several events, from the international to college level. Smith, who has covered events for publications such as Caribbean Net News, European Athletics, Cayman Net News, AFP, and Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC), is also a frequent contributor of SportingAlert.com and TrackAlerts.com. Twitter

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