Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's marathon

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Men's marathon
at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
VenuePerry Lakes Stadium
Date29 November 1962 (1962-11-29)
Competitors21 from 9 nations
Winning time2:21:17.0 GR
Medalists
gold medal Brian Kilby  File:Flag of England.svg England
silver medal Dave Power  File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
bronze medal Rod Bonella  File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia
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Athletics at the 1962 British Empire
and Commonwealth Games
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Track events
100 ydmenwomen
220 ydmenwomen
440 ydmen
880 ydmenwomen
1 milemen
3 milesmen
6 milesmen
80 m hurdleswomen
120 yd hurdlesmen
440 yd hurdlesmen
3000 m steeplechasemen
4 × 110 yd relaymenwomen
4 × 440 yd relaymen
Road events
Marathonmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen

The men's marathon at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Perry Lakes Stadium on Thursday 29 November 1962. The event was won by the European champion, Englishman Brian Kilby in 2:21:17.0, setting a new Games record. Kilby won by 58.6 seconds ahead of the defending champion Australian Dave Power and another Australian Rod Bonella who won the bronze medal.[1] New Zealand's Barry Magee who finished fourth in the 6 mile event earlier in the meet, was ruled unfit to start the race due to blistered feet.[2]

Records

World record File:Flag of Ethiopia.svg Abebe Bikila (ETH) 2:15:16.2 Rome, Italy 10 September 1960
Commonwealth record
Games record File:Flag of Australia.svg Dave Power (AUS) 2:22:45.6 Cardiff, Wales 24 July 1958

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
29 November Final Brian Kilby File:Flag of England.svg England 2:21:17.0 GR

Final

[3]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Brian Kilby File:Flag of England.svg England 2:21:17.0 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dave Power File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia 2:22:15.4
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Rod Bonella File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia 2:24:07.0
4 Keith Ollerenshaw File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia 2:24:59
5 Mel Batty File:Flag of England.svg England 2:25:51
6 John Stephen Akhwari File:Flag of Tanganyika.svg Tanganyika 2:28:39
7 Jeff Julian File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand 2:30:13
8 Peter Wilkinson File:Flag of England.svg England 2:30:51
9 Martin Hyman File:Flag of England.svg England 2:32:07
10 Gul Muhammad File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 2:38:26
11 Deogatius Rwabugwene File:Flag of the Uganda Protectorate.svg Uganda 2:42:28
12 Gordon Dickson File:Flag of Canada (1957–1965).svg Canada 2:44:17
Bruce Kidd File:Flag of Canada (1957–1965).svg Canada DNF
Ian Sinfield File:Flag of Australia.svg Australia DNF
Muhammad Yusaf File:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan DNF
Alastair Wood File:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland DNF
Pascal Mfyomi File:Flag of Tanganyika.svg Tanganyika DNF
George Zebukire File:Flag of the Uganda Protectorate.svg Uganda DNF
Vinancio Okwera File:Flag of the Uganda Protectorate.svg Uganda DNF
John Merriman File:Flag of Wales 2.svg Wales DNF
Barry Magee File:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand DNS

References

  1. ↑ Our Athletics Correspondent (30 November 1962). "'A Little Bit Of Fear Keeps You Going'". The Times. London: Times Newspapers Ltd. p. 4. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  2. ↑ "Commonwealth Games in detail". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. 30 November 1962. p. 12.
  3. ↑ "Results of the men's marathon at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games". CGF. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2014.
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