Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games – Men's marathon

Men's marathon
at the Commonwealth Games
Athletics at the
1982 Commonwealth Games
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The men's marathon event was held on 8 October 1982. It started and finished at South Brisbane, next to the Brisbane River in Stanley Street.Brisbane, Australia.

Two of the Tanzanians, Juma Ikangaa and reigning champion Gidamis Shahanga, opened up a large lead (58 seconds at the 30 km mark),[1] but Rob de Castella closed the gap in the final kilometres to win.

Results

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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 Graham Laing  Scotland 2:14:54
8 Ian Ray  England 2:15:11
9 Mike Dyon  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 Greg Hannon  Northern Ireland 2:17:32
15 Peter Butler  Canada 2:18:17
16 Sipho Gamedze  Swaziland 2:18:44
17 Emmanuel Ndiemandoi  Tanzania 2:19:16
18 Marios Kassianidis  Cyprus 2:19:51
19 Sammy Mogere  Kenya 2:21:44
20 Wilson Theleso  Botswana 2:23:10
21 Esau Zwane  Swaziland 2:26:38
22 Motsemme Kgaotsang  Botswana 2:27:39
23 Musaope Phiri  Zimbabwe 2:28:27
24 James Maweu  Kenya 2:29:15
25 Esau Magwaza  Zimbabwe 2:30:34
26 Matthews Kambale  Malawi 2:33:34
27 Mackay Talasasa  Solomon Islands 2:36:16
28 Abel Manumanua  Papua New Guinea 2:42:07
29 Nicholas Akers  Cayman Islands 3:02:33
Lawrence Whitty  Australia DNF
Shiri Chand  Fiji DNF
Wayne Madden  Fiji DNF
Gary Palmer  New Zealand DNF
Donald Greig  New Zealand DNF
Tau Tokwepota  Papua New Guinea DNF
David Bonn  Cayman Islands DNS
Bineshwar Prasad  Fiji DNS
Nada Meta  Tanzania DNS
Steve Jones  Wales DNS

References

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  1. ^ The day Robert de Castella stopped the nation with marathon victory at the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games, ABC News, 14 April, 2018
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