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

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.

Men's 3 miles
at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
VenuePerry Lakes Stadium
Date26 November 1962 (1962-11-26)
Competitors18 from 9 nations
Winning time13:34.2
Medalists
    New Zealand
    Australia
    Canada

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
Murray Halberg New Zealand13:34.2
Ron Clarke Australia13:36.0
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. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 13 April 2014.
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