Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's 3 miles

Men's 3 miles at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Perry Lakes Stadium
Date	26 November 1962 (1962-11-26)
Competitors	18 from 9 nations
Winning time	13:34.2
Medalists
Murray Halberg    New Zealand   Ron Clarke    Australia   Bruce Kidd    Canada
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The men's 3 miles at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Perry Lakes Stadium on Monday 26 November 1962.

The event was won by the defending and Olympic champion as well as the world and Games record holder, New Zealand's Murray Halberg in 13:34.2. Halberg finished ahead of Australian Ron Clarke and Canadian Bruce Kidd who won the 6 mile event earlier in the meet. ^[1]

Records

World record	Murray Halberg  (NZL)	13:10.0	Stockholm, Sweden	25 July 1961
Commonwealth record
Games record	Murray Halberg  (NZL)	13:15.0	Cardiff, Wales	23 July 1958	[2]

Final

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Murray Halberg	New Zealand	13:34.2
	Ron Clarke	Australia	13:36.0
	Bruce Kidd	Canada	13:36.4
4	Bruce Tulloh	England	13:37.8
5	Albie Thomas	Australia	13:40.6
6	Eddie Strong	England	13:41.4
7	Pat Clohessy	Australia	13:42.0
8	Derek Ibbotson	England	13:44.0
9	John Anderson	England	13:44.0
10	Arere Anentia	Kenya	13:47.0
11	Kipchoge Keino	Kenya	13:50.0
12	Tony Cook	Australia	14:17.0
13	Anthony Ngatia	Kenya	14:33.0
14	Alistair Fyfe	Gibraltar	15:47.0
	Mubarak Shah	Pakistan		DNF
	Bill Baillie	New Zealand		DNS
	John Merriman	Wales		DNS
	Said Adeeb	Aden		DNS

References

1. "Halberg Dominates Games Athletics". The Times . London: Times Newspapers Ltd. 27 November 1962. p. 3.
2. "Fifth Day". The Sydney Morning Herald . John Fairfax and Sons. 24 July 1958. p. 11.
3. "Results of the men's 3 miles at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games". CGF. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.