Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's 6 miles

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Men's 6 miles
at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue Perry Lakes Stadium
Date24 November 1962 (1962-11-24)
Competitors18 from 8 nations
Winning time28:26.6 GR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Bruce Kidd  Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg  Canada
Silver medal icon.svg   Dave Power  Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   John Merriman  Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales
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The men's 6 miles at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Perry Lakes Stadium on Saturday 24 November 1962.

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The event was won by the 19-year-old Canadian Bruce Kidd finishing 100 yards ahead the defending champion, Australian Dave Power and Welshmen John Merriman. Kidd crossed the line in 28:26.6 breaking the Commonwealth Games record set by Power in Cardiff by 21.2 seconds. Such was the pace of the race that the top six place getters finished inside the Games record time. [1]

Records

World recordFlag of Hungary.svg  Sándor Iharos  (HUN)27:43.8 Budapest, Hungary15 July 1956
Commonwealth record
Games recordFlag of Australia.svg  Dave Power  (AUS)28:47.8 Cardiff, Wales 20 July 1958 [2]

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
24 NovemberFinal Bruce Kidd Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg  Canada 28:26.6GR

Final

[3]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Bruce Kidd Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg  Canada 28:26.6 GR
Silver medal icon.svg Dave Power Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 28:34.0
Bronze medal icon.svg John Merriman Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales 28:40.8
4 Barry Magee Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 28:41.0
5 Martin Hyman Flag of England.svg  England 28:42.2
6 Mel Batty Flag of England.svg  England 28:44.6
7 Arere Anentia Flag of British East Africa.svg  Kenya 29:07.0
8 Henry Fowler Flag of England.svg  England 29:44.0
9 Michael Bullivant Flag of England.svg  England 29:46.0
10 Jeff Julian Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 29:50.0
11 James Wahome Flag of British East Africa.svg  Kenya 30:04.0
12 Bob Vagg Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 30:10.0
13 John Stephen Akhwari Flag of Tanganyika.svg  Tanganyika 31:08.0
Bill Baillie Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand DNF
Ron Clarke Flag of Australia.svg  Australia DNF
Tony Cook Flag of Australia.svg  Australia DNF
Alistair Fyfe Government Ensign of Gibraltar 1939-1999.svg  Gibraltar DNF
Pascal Mfyomi Flag of Tanganyika.svg  Tanganyika DNF

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References

  1. ↑ Webster, Jim (25 November 1962). ""Freak" takes 6 miles". The Sun-Herald . John Fairfax and Sons. p. 52.
  2. ↑ "Second Day". The Sydney Morning Herald . John Fairfax and Sons. 21 July 1958. p. 17.
  3. ↑ "Results of the men's 6 miles at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games". CGF. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
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