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

The men's marathon 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 1962.

The event was won by the European champion, Englishman Brian Kilby in 2:21:17.0, setting a new Games record. Kilby won by 58.6 seconds ahead of the defending champion Australian Dave Power and another Australian Rod Bonella who won the bronze medal.

New Zealand's Barry Magee who finished fourth in the 6 mile event earlier in the meet, was ruled unfit to start the race due to blistered feet.

## Records

| World record | Abebe Bikila (ETH) | 2:15:16.2 | Rome, Italy | 10 September 1960 |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Commonwealth record | | | | |
| Games record | Dave Power (AUS) | 2:22:45.6 | Cardiff, Wales | 24 July 1958 |

The following records were established during the competition:

| Date | Event | Name | Nationality | Time | Record |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 29 November | Final | Brian Kilby | England | 2:21:17.0 | GR |

## Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Brian Kilby | England | 2:21:17.0 | GR |
| | Dave Power | Australia | 2:22:15.4 | |
| | Rod Bonella | Australia | 2:24:07.0 | |
| 4 | Keith Ollerenshaw | Australia | 2:24:59 | |
| 5 | Mel Batty | England | 2:25:51 | |
| 6 | John Stephen Akhwari | Tanganyika | 2:28:39 | |
| 7 | Jeff Julian | New Zealand | 2:30:13 | |
| 8 | Peter Wilkinson | England | 2:30:51 | |
| 9 | Martin Hyman | England | 2:32:07 | |
| 10 | Gul Muhammad | Pakistan | 2:38:26 | |
| 11 | Deogatius Rwabugwene | Uganda | 2:42:28 | |
| 12 | Gordon Dickson | Canada | 2:44:17 | |
| | Bruce Kidd | Canada | | DNF |
| | Ian Sinfield | Australia | | DNF |
| | Muhammad Yusaf | Pakistan | | DNF |
| | Alastair Wood | Scotland | | DNF |
| | Pascal Mfyomi | Tanganyika | | DNF |
| | George Zebukire | Uganda | | DNF |
| | Vinancio Okwera | Uganda | | DNF |
| | John Merriman | Wales | | DNF |
| | Barry Magee | New Zealand | | DNS |
