[2] Warden, Mike Hogan and the eventual silver medalist John Cooper were the only two British men to contest the event.

[3] The English relay team consisted of Martin Winbolt-Lewis, John Adey and Timothy Graham, with Warden running the third leg.

He is currently listed as 66th on the British All-Time list for the 400 meter hurdles [8] Under the British Athletics Federation (later became UK Athletics) Warden was made National Coach for the North West and was later made National Jumps Coach.

However, in 1997 when the British Athletics Federation collapsed Warden, along with 8 other National Coaches including Bruce Longden who was instrumental in the career of Sally Gunnell, were made redundant.

[9] Warden was awarded the British Empire Medal (BEM) in the 2021 New Year Honours for services to athletics in North West England.