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

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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
gold medal    New Zealand
silver medal    Australia
bronze medal    Canada
← 1958
1966 →

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

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World record  Murray Halberg (NZL) 13:10.0 Stockholm, Sweden 25 July 1961
Commonwealth record
Games record  Murray Halberg (NZL) 13:15.0 Cardiff, Wales 23 July 1958 [2]

Final

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Murray Halberg  New Zealand 13:34.2
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ron Clarke  Australia 13:36.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Bruce Kidd  Canada 13:36.4
4 Bruce Tulloh  England 13:37.8
5 Albie Thomas  Australia 13:40.6
6 Eddie Strong  England 13:41.4
7 Pat Clohessy  Australia 13:42.0
8 Derek Ibbotson  England 13:44.0
9 John Anderson  England 13:44.0
10 Arere Anentia  Kenya 13:47.0
11 Kipchoge Keino  Kenya 13:50.0
12 Tony Cook  Australia 14:17.0
13 Anthony Ngatia  Kenya 14:33.0
14 Alistair Fyfe  Gibraltar 15:47.0
Mubarak Shah  Pakistan DNF
Bill Baillie  New Zealand DNS
John Merriman  Wales DNS
Said Adeeb  Aden DNS

References

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  1. ^ Our Athletics Correspondent (27 November 1962). "Halberg Dominates Games Athletics". The Times. London: Times Newspapers Ltd. p. 3. {{cite news}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  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.