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

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.

## Records

| 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 |

## Final

| Rank | Name | Nationality | Time | Notes |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| | Murray Halberg | New Zealand | 13:34.2 | |
| | Ron Clarke | Australia | 13:36.0 | |
| | 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 |
