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Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's 6 miles

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Men's 6 miles
at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
VenuePerry Lakes Stadium
Date24 November 1962 (1962-11-24)
Competitors18 from 8 nations
Winning time28:26.6 GR
Medalists
gold medal Bruce Kidd   Canada
silver medal Dave Power   Australia
bronze medal John Merriman   Wales
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Athletics at the 1962 British Empire
and Commonwealth Games
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440 ydmen
880 ydmenwomen
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4 × 440 yd relaymen
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The men's 6 miles at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Perry Lakes Stadium on Saturday 24 November 1962.

The event was won by the 19-year-old Canadian Bruce Kidd finishing 100 yards ahead the defending champion, Australian Dave Power and Welshmen John Merriman. Kidd crossed the line in 28:26.6 breaking the Commonwealth Games record set by Power in Cardiff by 21.2 seconds. Such was the pace of the race that the top six place getters finished inside the Games record time.[1]

Records

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World record  Sándor Iharos (HUN) 27:43.8 Budapest, Hungary 15 July 1956
Commonwealth record
Games record  Dave Power (AUS) 28:47.8 Cardiff, Wales 20 July 1958 [2]

The following records were established during the competition:

Date Event Name Nationality Time Record
24 November Final Bruce Kidd  Canada 28:26.6 GR

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bruce Kidd  Canada 28:26.6 GR
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Dave Power  Australia 28:34.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) John Merriman  Wales 28:40.8
4 Barry Magee  New Zealand 28:41.0
5 Martin Hyman  England 28:42.2
6 Mel Batty  England 28:44.6
7 Arere Anentia  Kenya 29:07.0
8 Henry Fowler  England 29:44.0
9 Michael Bullivant  England 29:46.0
10 Jeff Julian  New Zealand 29:50.0
11 James Wahome  Kenya 30:04.0
12 Bob Vagg  Australia 30:10.0
13 John Stephen Akhwari  Tanganyika 31:08.0
Bill Baillie  New Zealand DNF
Ron Clarke  Australia DNF
Tony Cook  Australia DNF
Alistair Fyfe  Gibraltar DNF
Pascal Mfyomi  Tanganyika DNF

References

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  1. ^ Webster, Jim (25 November 1962). ""Freak" takes 6 miles". The Sun-Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. p. 52.
  2. ^ "Second Day". The Sydney Morning Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. 21 July 1958. p. 17.
  3. ^ "Results of the men's 6 miles at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games". CGF. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
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