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Men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Perry Lakes Stadium
Date	24 November 1962 (1962-11-24)
Competitors	13 from 7 nations
Winning time	8:43.4 GR
Medalists
Trevor Vincent    Australia   Maurice Herriott    England   Ron Blackney    Australia
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Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 yd	men	women
220 yd	men	women
440 yd	men
880 yd	men	women
1 mile	men
3 miles	men
6 miles	men
80 m hurdles		women
120 yd hurdles	men
440 yd hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4 × 110 yd relay	men	women
4 × 440 yd relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
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The men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Perry Lakes Stadium on Saturday 24 November 1962.

This was the first time that the event was run at the Games, however the 2 mile steeplechase was contested in 1934 and 1938.

The event was won by Australian Trevor Vincent in 8:43.4 seconds, setting an inaugural Games record and breaking his own Australian record of 8:49.2. Vincent won by 15 yards ahead of the favoured Englishmen Maurice Herriott and fellow countryman Ron Blackney who won the bronze medal.

Records

World record	Zdzisław Krzyszkowiak (POL)	8:30.4	Wałcz, Poland	26 June 1961
Commonwealth record
Games record	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
24 November	Final	Trevor Vincent	Australia	8:43.4	GR

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Trevor Vincent	Australia	8:43.4	GR
	Maurice Herriott	England	8:45.0
	Ron Blackney	Australia	9:00.6
4	Ian Blackwood	Australia	9:04:0
5	David Chapman	England	9:05.6
6	Edward O'Keefe	New Zealand	9:05.8
7	John Coyle	Australia	9:15.0
8	Hylke van der Wal	Canada	9:26.0
9	Ludovico Amukun	Uganda	9:32.0
10	Mubarak Shah	Pakistan	9:41.0
11	Dilbagh Singh Kler	British North Borneo	9:45.0
	Brian Hall	England		DNF
	Mel Batty	England		DNS

References

1. Webster, Jim (25 November 1962). "Great start for Australian athletes". The Sun-Herald. John Fairfax and Sons. p. 45.
2. "Results of the men's 3000 metres steeplechase at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games". CGF. Archived from the original on 13 April 2014. Retrieved 1 April 2014.

• Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
• Steeplechase at the Commonwealth Games