Athletics at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's marathon
| Men's marathon at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Kingston, Jamaica | |||||||||
| Dates | August 10, 1966 | |||||||||
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The men's marathon event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 10 August in Kingston, Jamaica.[1][2]
The winning margin was five seconds which as of 2024 remains the narrowest winning margin for the men's marathon at these games.
Results
[edit]| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
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 | Jim Alder |  Scotland | 2:22:08 | |
 | Bill Adcocks |  England | 2:22:13 | |
 | Mike Ryan |  New Zealand | 2:27:59 | |
| 4 | Dave Ellis |  Canada | 2:31:47 | |
| 5 | Jeffrey Julian | New Zealand | 2:32:45 | |
| 6 | Ronald Wallingford | Canada | 2:35:13 | |
| 7 | Christantus Nyakwoyo |  Kenya | 2:44:59 | |
| 8 | Stanley Vennard |  Northern Ireland | 2:46:59 | |
| 9 | Andrew Boychuk | Canada | 2:58:45 | |
| 10 | Omari Abdallah |  Tanzania | 3:08:30 | |
| Ron Clarke |  Australia | DNF | ||
| Ian Blackwood | Australia | DNF | ||
| Tony Cook | Australia | DNF | ||
| Brian Kilby | England | DNF | ||
| Keith Graham |  Jamaica | DNF | ||
| James Wahome | Kenya | DNF | ||
| Rupasinghe Perera |  Ceylon | DNF | ||
| Bill Baillie | New Zealand | DNS |
References
[edit]- ^ "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
- ^ "Final results". The Province. 12 August 1966. p. 10. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
Commonwealth Games champions in the men's marathon | |
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