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
Venue Perry Lakes Stadium
Date29 November 1962 (1962-11-29)
Competitors21 from 9 nations
Winning time2:21:17.0 GR
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg   Brian Kilby  Flag of England.svg  England
Silver medal icon.svg   Dave Power  Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
Bronze medal icon.svg   Rod Bonella  Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
←  1958
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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.

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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 recordFlag of Ethiopia.svg  Abebe Bikila  (ETH)2:15:16.2 Rome, Italy10 September 1960
Commonwealth record
Games recordFlag of Australia.svg  Dave Power  (AUS)2:22:45.6 Cardiff, Wales24 July 1958

The following records were established during the competition:

DateEventNameNationalityTimeRecord
29 NovemberFinal Brian Kilby Flag of England.svg  England 2:21:17.0GR

Final

[3]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Brian Kilby Flag of England.svg  England 2:21:17.0 GR
Silver medal icon.svg Dave Power Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:22:15.4
Bronze medal icon.svg Rod Bonella Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:24:07.0
4 Keith Ollerenshaw Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:24:59
5 Mel Batty Flag of England.svg  England 2:25:51
6 John Stephen Akhwari Flag of Tanganyika.svg  Tanganyika 2:28:39
7 Jeff Julian Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:30:13
8 Peter Wilkinson Flag of England.svg  England 2:30:51
9 Martin Hyman Flag of England.svg  England 2:32:07
10 Gul Muhammad Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 2:38:26
11 Deogatius Rwabugwene Flag of the Uganda Protectorate.svg  Uganda 2:42:28
12 Gordon Dickson Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg  Canada 2:44:17
Bruce Kidd Flag of Canada (1957-1965).svg  Canada DNF
Ian Sinfield Flag of Australia.svg  Australia DNF
Muhammad Yusaf Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan DNF
Alastair Wood Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland DNF
Pascal Mfyomi Flag of Tanganyika.svg  Tanganyika DNF
George Zebukire Flag of the Uganda Protectorate.svg  Uganda DNF
Vinancio Okwera Flag of the Uganda Protectorate.svg  Uganda DNF
John Merriman Flag of Wales 2.svg  Wales DNF
Barry Magee Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand DNS

References

  1. ↑ "A Little Bit of Fear Keeps You Going". The Times . London: Times Newspapers Ltd. 30 November 1962. p. 4.
  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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