Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Men's marathon

Men's marathon
at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
VenueEdinburgh
Dates25 July 1970
Medalists
gold medal Ron Hill   England
silver medal Jim Alder   Scotland
bronze medal Don Faircloth   England
Athletics at the 1970 British
Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4×100 m relaymenwomen
4×400 m relaymen
Road events
Marathonmen
20 mile walkmen
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Pentathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

The men's marathon event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 25 July in Edinburgh, Scotland.[1]

Results

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Final results
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ron Hill  England 2:09:28
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Jim Alder  Scotland 2:12:04
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Don Faircloth  England 2:12:19
4 Jack Foster  New Zealand 2:14:44
5 John Stephen Akhwari  Tanzania 2:15:05
6 Bill Adcocks  England 2:15:10
7 Alister Murray  Scotland 2:15:32
8 Donald MacGregor  Scotland 2:16:53
9 Michael Teer  Northern Ireland 2:17:24
10 Andrew Boychuk  Canada 2:18:45
11 Michael Rowland  Wales 2:19:08
12 Cyril Leigh  Wales 2:19:53
13 Martin Cranny  Northern Ireland 2:20:23
14 Robert Moore  Canada 2:20:47
15 Philip Ndoo  Kenya 2:22:40
16 Harnek Singh  India 2:23:12
17 Dai Davies  Wales 2:23:29
18 Jeff Julian  New Zealand 2:24:03
19 Dhavamrai Biredar  India 2:29:18
20 Douglas Zinkala  Zambia 2:30:02
21 Fulgenge Rwabu  Uganda 2:34:15
22 Kenneth Grant  Gibraltar 2:35:55
23 Reuben Dlamini  Swaziland 2:49:33
24 Sergio Acecio  Gibraltar 2:50:39
Derek Clayton  Australia DNF
Jerome Drayton  Canada DNF
Anthony Parody  Gibraltar DNF
Harry Prowell  Guyana DNF
Jagbir Singh  India DNF
Daniel Kalusa  Zambia DNF
Allieu Massaquoi  Sierra Leone DNS
Richard Mabuza  Swaziland DNS

References

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  1. ^ "Results". thecgf.com. Archived from the original on 22 August 2021. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
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