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Men's 10,000 metres
at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games
VenueMeadowbank Stadium, Edinburgh
Dates20 July 1970
Medalists
gold medal Lachie Stewart   Scotland
silver medal Ron Clarke   Australia
bronze medal Dick Taylor   England
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The men's 10,000 metres event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 20 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was the first time that the metric distance was contested at the Games, replacing the 6 miles.

Results

Final results
Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Lachie Stewart  Scotland 28:11.72
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Ron Clarke  Australia 28:13.45
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Dick Taylor  England 28:15.35
4 Roger Matthews  England 28:21.4
5 John Caine  England 28:27.6
6 John Ngeno  Kenya 28:31.4
7 Philip Ndoo  Kenya 28:42.8
8 Kerry O'Brien  Australia 28:43.49
9 John Stephen Akhwari  Tanzania 28:44.0
10 Jerome Drayton  Canada 28:45.0
11 Bernard Plain  Wales 28:51.8
12 Derek Graham  Northern Ireland 29:00.2
13 Richard Wedlock  Scotland 29:09.8
14 George Waluza  Malawi 29:33.8
15 Dave Ellis  Canada 29:37.4
16 Alan Joslyn  Wales 29:51.8
17 Ghulam Rasul  Pakistan 30:03.0
18 Nabiba Temu  Kenya 30:04.4
19 Fulgenge Rwabu  Uganda 30:44.8
20 Douglas Zinkala  Zambia 30:54.4
21 Allieu Massaquoi  Sierra Leone 31:06.2
22 Dominic Chiwaya  Malawi 31:17.8
23 Musa Mustafa  Uganda 31:32.6
24 Richard Mabuza  Swaziland 31:33.0
25 Robert Hackman  Ghana 31:50.4
26 Reuben Dlamini  Swaziland 32:56.8
27 Daniel Kalusa  Zambia 33:23.6
Donald Pierre  Grenada DNF
Dandison Moore  Sierra Leone DNF
Andrew Boychuk  Canada DNS
Harry Prowell  Guyana DNS

References

  1. "Results". thecgf.com. Archived from the original on 29 June 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2019.
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