Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's 1 mile
# Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's 1 mile

The men's 1 mile at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Perry Lakes Stadium on Thursday 29 November and Saturday 1 December 1962.

32 runners competed in three heats in the first round, with the top three runners from each heat qualifying for the final.

The event was won by the world recorder holder and winner of the 880 yards event, New Zealander Peter Snell in 4:04.6. Snell finished 0.5 seconds ahead of his fellow countryman John Davies and Terry Sullivan representing the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland.

## Records

| World record | Peter Snell (NZL) | 3:54.4 | Whanganui, New Zealand | 27 January 1962 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Commonwealth record | | | | |
| Games record | Roger Bannister (ENG) | 3:58.8 | Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada | 7 August 1954 |

## Heats

### Heat 1

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Albie Thomas | Australia | 4:02.2 | Q |
| 2 | Peter Snell | New Zealand | 4:02.4 | Q |
| 3 | Bruce Tulloh | England | 4:02.5 | Q |
| 4 | Alan Simpson | England | 4:03.0 | |
| 5 | Kipchoge Keino | Kenya | 4:07.0 | |
| 6 | Anar Khan | Pakistan | 4:15.9 | |
| 7 | Don Bertoia | Canada | 4:19.0 | |
| 8 | Jacob Ndhlovu | Rhodesia and Nyasaland | 4:19.8 | |
| 9 | David Griffiths | Aden | 4:23.5 | |
| 10 | Dilbagh Singh Kler | British North Borneo | 4:26.0 | |

### Heat 2

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Terry Sullivan | Rhodesia and Nyasaland | 4:06.6 | Q |
| 2 | John Davies | New Zealand | 4:06.7 | Q |
| 3 | Stan Taylor | England | 4:08.7 | Q |
| 4 | Pat Clohessy | Australia | 4:11.0 | |
| 5 | Peter Francis | Kenya | 4:11.0 | |
| 6 | Robert Rwakojo | Uganda | 4:11.1 | |
| 7 | Colin McLachlan | Isle of Man | 4:29.2 | |
| 8 | Ramasamy Subramaniam | Malaya | 4:31.2 | |
| 9 | Daria Mohammed | Aden | 4:33.9 | |
| 10 | Abdul Wahab Mohamed Salleh | Sarawak | 4:48.4 | |
| | Bruce Kidd | Canada | | DNS |

### Heat 3

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Tony Blue | Australia | 4:09.3 | Q |
| 2 | Tony Harris | Wales | 4:09.9 | Q |
| 3 | Jim Irons | Canada | 4:10.8 | Q |
| 4 | Gordon Noble | Australia | 4:11.3 | |
| 5 | Mike Berisford | Scotland | 4:13.0 | |
| 6 | Stephen Chelimo | Kenya | 4:16.8 | |
| 7 | Hylke van der Wal | Canada | 4:18.6 | |
| 8 | Brian Hall | England | 4:18.9 | |
| | Cyril Cure | Mauritius | | DNF |
| | Bill Baillie | New Zealand | | DNS |
| | Said Adeeb | Aden | | DNS |

## Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time |
| - | - | - | - |
| | Peter Snell | New Zealand | 4:04.6 |
| | John Davies | New Zealand | 4:05.1 |
| | Terry Sullivan | Rhodesia and Nyasaland | 4:06.6 |
| 4 | Tony Blue | Australia | 4:09.4 |
| 5 | Albie Thomas | Australia | 4:11.2 |
| 6 | Tony Harris | Wales | 4:11.8 |
| 7 | Stan Taylor | England | 4:12.7 |
| 8 | Jim Irons | Canada | 4:17.4 |
| 9 | Bruce Tulloh | England | 4:22.1 |
