Athletics at the 1986 Commonwealth Games – Men's 30 kilometres walk

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Men's 30 kilometres walk
at the Commonwealth Games

The men's 10,000 metres event at the 1986 Commonwealth Games was held on 31 July in Edinburgh. [1]

Results

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
Gold medal icon.svg Simon Baker Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:07:47
Silver medal icon.svg Guillaume LeBlanc Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:08:38
Bronze medal icon.svg Ian McCombie Flag of England.svg  England 2:10:36
4 Chris Maddocks Flag of England.svg  England 2:12:42
5 Willi Sawall Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia 2:14:29
6 Murray Day Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:15:11
7 Martin Rush Flag of England.svg  England 2:16:01
8 Ossie Johnson Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 2:21:05
9 Graham Seatter Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand 2:22:48
10 Steve Partington Flag of the Isle of Man.svg  Isle of Man 2:23:02
François Lapointe Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada DQ

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