Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games – Men's marathon

Men's marathon at the Commonwealth Games

The men's marathon event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 11 August 1978 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Gidamis Shahanga	Tanzania	2:15:39.76
	Jerome Drayton	Canada	2:16:13.46
	Paul Bannon	Canada	2:16:51.61
4	Kevin Ryan	New Zealand	2:17:16
5	Greg Hannon	Northern Ireland	2:17:25
6	Paul Ballinger	New Zealand	2:17:46
7	Richard Mabuza	Swaziland	2:19:49
8	Michael Critchley	Wales	2:19:51
9	Trevor Wright	England	2:20:15
10	Stanley Curran	England	2:21:18
11	Brian Maxwell	Canada	2:21:47
12	Jeff Norman	England	2:22:23
13	Terry Manners	New Zealand	2:23:00
14	Emmanuel Ndiemandoi	Tanzania	2:24:55
15	David Chettle	Australia	2:25:15
16	Steve Kelly	Isle of Man	2:27:36
17	James Butterfield	Bermuda	2:30:17
18	James Dingwall	Scotland	2:32:54
19	David Newton	Isle of Man	2:33:06
20	Thomas Ruto	Kenya	2:36:44
21	Garry Wilkinson	Bermuda	2:37:31
22	Patrick Chiwala	Zambia	2:38:00
23	Hector Romero	Gibraltar	2:42:25
24	Raymond Swan	Bermuda	2:42:35
25	Michael Rowland	Wales	2:48:10
26	Kenneth Hlasa	Lesotho	2:52:35
27	Frances Moholomanyane	Lesotho	2:52:58
28	Baba Ibrahim Suma-Keita	Sierra Leone	2:56:08
29	Bernard James	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	3:03:05
30	Henry Baptiste	Saint Lucia	3:11:09
	Shivnath Singh	India	DNF
	Richard Juma	Kenya	DNF
	John Kirimiti	Kenya	DNF
	John McLaughlin	Northern Ireland	DNF