Athletics at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's 6 miles

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Men's 6 miles
at the Commonwealth Games

The men's 6 miles event at the 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 31 July at the Empire Stadium in Vancouver, Canada. [1] [2] [3]

Peter Driver led a clean sweep of the medals for England. [4]

Results

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Peter Driver Flag of England.svg  England 29:09.4 GR
Silver medal icon.svg Frank Sando Flag of England.svg  England 29:10.0
Bronze medal icon.svg Jim Peters Flag of England.svg  England 29:20.0
4 Edwin Warren Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 29:42.6
5 Stan Cox Flag of England.svg  England 30:11.4
6 Ian Binnie Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland 30:15.2
7 Lazaro Chepkwony Flag of Kenya (1921-1963).svg  Kenya 30:16.2
8 Al Lawrence Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 30:18.8
9 Lawrence King Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 31:01.9
10 Selwyn Jones Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada 31:05.0
11 Ernest Haskell Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 31:41.0
Neil Robbins Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia DNF
Doug Kyle Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada DNF
Lyle Garbe Canadian Red Ensign (1921-1957).svg  Canada DNS

References

  1. "Results". thecgf.com. Archived from the original on 22 June 2021. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
  2. "Africans' fine high jumping: Many good performances on track". The Manchester Guardian. 2 August 1954. p. 7. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  3. "Emire Games Results". The Age. 2 August 1954. p. 15. Retrieved 27 September 2020.
  4. "Driver wins six miles race" . Sunday Mirror. 1 August 1954. Retrieved 7 April 2025 via British Newspaper Archive.