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
    New Zealand
    Australia
    Canada

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)13:10.0Stockholm, Sweden25 July 1961
Commonwealth record'
Games record Murray Halberg (NZL)13:15.0Cardiff, Wales23 July 1958[2]

Final

[3]

RankNameNationalityTimeNotes
1st, gold medalist(s)Murray Halberg New Zealand13:34.2
2nd, silver medalist(s)Ron Clarke Australia13:36.0
3rd, bronze medalist(s)Bruce Kidd Canada13:36.4
4Bruce Tulloh England13:37.8
5Albie Thomas Australia13:40.6
6Eddie Strong England13:41.4
7Pat Clohessy Australia13:42.0
8Derek Ibbotson England13:44.0
9John Anderson England13:44.0
10Arere Anentia Kenya13:47.0
11Kipchoge Keino Kenya13:50.0
12Tony Cook Australia14:17.0
13Anthony Ngatia Kenya14:33.0
14Alistair Fyfe Gibraltar15:47.0
Mubarak Shah PakistanDNF
Bill Baillie New ZealandDNS
John Merriman WalesDNS
Said Adeeb AdenDNS

References

  1. Our Athletics Correspondent (27 November 1962). "Halberg Dominates Games Athletics". The Times. London: Times Newspapers Ltd. 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. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
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