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

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

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

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
Games record	Dave Power (AUS)	2:22:45.6	Cardiff, Wales	24 July 1958
Commonwealth record		'

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
	Kilby, BrianBrian Kilby	England	2:21:17.0	GR
	Power, DaveDave Power	Australia	2:22:15.4
	Bonella, RodRod Bonella	Australia	2:24:07.0
4	Ollerenshaw, KeithKeith Ollerenshaw	Australia	2:24:59
5	Batty, MelvynMelvyn Batty	England	2:25:51
6	Akhwari, John StephenJohn Stephen Akhwari	Tanganyika	2:28:39
7	Julian, JeffreyJeffrey Julian	New Zealand	2:30:13
8	Wilkinson, PeterPeter Wilkinson	England	2:30:51
9	Hyman, MartinMartin Hyman	England	2:32:07
10	Muhammad, GulGul Muhammad	Pakistan	2:38:26
11	Rwabugwene, DeogatiusDeogatius Rwabugwene	Uganda	2:42:28
12	Dickson, GordonGordon Dickson	Canada	2:44:17
13	Kidd, BruceBruce Kidd	Canada	9:59:58	DNF
14	Sinfield, IanIan Sinfield	Australia	9:59:58	DNF
15	Yusaf, MuhammadMuhammad Yusaf	Pakistan	9:59:58	DNF
16	Wood, AlastairAlastair Wood	Scotland	9:59:58	DNF
17	Mfyomi, PascalPascal Mfyomi	Tanganyika	9:59:58	DNF
18	Zebukire, GeorgeGeorge Zebukire	Uganda	9:59:58	DNF
19	Okwera, VinancioVinancio Okwera	Uganda	9:59:58	DNF
20	Merriman, JohnJohn Merriman	Wales	9:59:58	DNF
21	Magee, BarryBarry Magee	New Zealand	9:59:59	DNS

References

1. Our Athletics Correspondent (30 November 1962). "'A Little Bit Of Fear Keeps You Going'". The Times (London: Times Newspapers Ltd). 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. Retrieved 18 April 2014.