Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

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Men's marathon
at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Venue

Perry Lakes Stadium

Date

29 November 1962

Competitors

21 from 9 nations

Winning time

2:21:17.0 GR

Medalists

	Brian Kilby	England
	Dave Power	Australia
	Rod Bonella	Australia

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Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Track events
100 yd	men	women
220 yd	men	women
440 yd	men
880 yd	men	women
1 mile	men
3 miles	men
6 miles	men
80 m hurdles		women
120 yd hurdles	men
440 yd hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 110 yd relay	men	women
4 × 440 yd relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
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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.

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 record	Abebe Bikila (ETH)	2:15:16.2	Rome, Italy	10 September 1960
Commonwealth record
Games record	Dave Power (AUS)	2:22:45.6	Cardiff, Wales	24 July 1958

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
29 November	Final	Brian Kilby	England	2:21:17.0	GR

Final

^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Brian Kilby	England	2:21:17.0	GR
	Dave Power	Australia	2:22:15.4
	Rod Bonella	Australia	2:24:07.0
4	Keith Ollerenshaw	Australia	2:24:59
5	Mel Batty	England	2:25:51
6	John Stephen Akhwari	Tanganyika	2:28:39
7	Jeff Julian	New Zealand	2:30:13
8	Peter Wilkinson	England	2:30:51
9	Martin Hyman	England	2:32:07
10	Gul Muhammad	Pakistan	2:38:26
11	Deogatius Rwabugwene	Uganda	2:42:28
12	Gordon Dickson	Canada	2:44:17
	Bruce Kidd	Canada		DNF
	Ian Sinfield	Australia		DNF
	Muhammad Yusaf	Pakistan		DNF
	Alastair Wood	Scotland		DNF
	Pascal Mfyomi	Tanganyika		DNF
	George Zebukire	Uganda		DNF
	Vinancio Okwera	Uganda		DNF
	John Merriman	Wales		DNF
	Barry Magee	New Zealand		DNS

References

^ Our Athletics Correspondent (30 November 1962). "'A Little Bit Of Fear Keeps You Going'". The Times. London: Times Newspapers Ltd. p. 4. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
^ "Commonwealth Games in detail". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. 30 November 1962. p. 12.
^ "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.

Commonwealth Games champions in the men's marathon

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Men's	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Women's	1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

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