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Athletics at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's 6 miles

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The men's 6 miles event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 6 August at the Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica.[1][2] It was the last time that the imperial distance was contested at the Games later being replaced by the 10,000 metres.

Results

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Naftali Temu  Kenya 27:14.21 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ron Clarke  Australia 27:39.42
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jim Alder  Scotland 28:15.4
4 Pascal Mfyomi  Tanzania 28:38.0
5 Ron Hill  England 28:42.6
6 Dave Ellis  Canada 28:55.4
7 Fergus Murray  Scotland 29:40.0
8 Andrew Boychuk  Canada 29:54.0
9 Bill Baillie  New Zealand 30:01.0
10 John Mowatt  Jamaica 31:13.4
11 Harry Prowell  Guyana 31:24.0
Tony Cook  Australia DNF
Robert Lightburn  British Honduras DNF
Glenford Robinson  Jamaica DNF
Michael Tulloh  England DNS
Roy Fowler  England DNS
Stanley Vennard  Northern Ireland DNS
Rupasinghe Perera  Ceylon DNS

References

  1. ^ "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Final results". The Guardian. 8 August 1966. p. 4. Retrieved 22 July 2020.