Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games – Men's marathon

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Athletics at the
1982 Commonwealth Games
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The men's marathon event was held on 8 October at South Bank(start & finish)next to the Brisbane River in Stanley Street.Brisbane, Australia.Athletics were held at the QEll Stadium.[1]

The two Tanzanians, Juma Ikangaa and reigning champion Gidamis Shahanga, opened up a large lead (estimated at close to 500 metres), but Rob de Castella closed the gap in the final kilometres to win.

Results[]

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Robert de Castella  Australia 2:09:18
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Juma Ikangaa  Tanzania 2:09:30
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mike Gratton  England 2:12:06
4 John Graham  Scotland 2:13:04
5 Kevin Ryan  New Zealand 2:13:42
6 Gidamis Shahanga  Tanzania 2:14:25
7  Scotland 2:14:54
8 Ian Ray  England 2:15:11
9  Canada 2:15:22
10 Robert Wallace  Australia 2:15:24
11 Raymond Smedley  England 2:15:50
12 Samuel Hlawe  Swaziland 2:16:32
13 Dennis Fowles  Wales 2:16:49
14  Northern Ireland 2:17:32
15 Peter Butler  Canada 2:18:17
16  Swaziland 2:18:44
17 Emmanuel Ndiemandoi  Tanzania 2:19:16
18 Marios Kassianidis  Cyprus 2:19:51
19  Kenya 2:21:44
20 Wilson Theleso  Botswana 2:23:10
21  Swaziland 2:26:38
22  Botswana 2:27:39
23  Zimbabwe 2:28:27
24  Kenya 2:29:15
25  Zimbabwe 2:30:34
26 Matthews Kambale  Malawi 2:33:34
27  Solomon Islands 2:36:16
28  Papua New Guinea 2:42:07
29  Cayman Islands 3:02:33
 Australia DNF
 Fiji DNF
 Fiji DNF
 New Zealand DNF
 New Zealand DNF
Tau Tokwepota  Papua New Guinea DNF
 Cayman Islands DNS
Bineshwar Prasad  Fiji DNS
 Tanzania DNS
Steve Jones  Wales DNS

References[]

  1. ^ "Results". Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 17 April 2017.
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