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Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games – Men's 10,000 metres

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Men's 10,000 metres
at the Commonwealth Games

The men's 10,000 metres event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 6 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[1]

Results

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Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Brendan Foster  England 28:13.65
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Michael Musyoki  Kenya 28:19.14
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Mike McLeod  England 28:34.30
4 Dave Black  England 28:37.90
5 Suleiman Nyambui  Tanzania 28:56.65
6 Tony Simmons  Wales 29:01.23
7 Joel Cheruiyot  Kenya 29:20.15
8 Allister Hutton  Scotland 29:30.68
9 Dick Quax  New Zealand 29:58.00
10 Alan Thurlow  New Zealand 30:05.24
11 Samson Kimobwa  Kenya 30:13.40
12 Shivnath Singh  India 30:26.67
13 Peter Butler  Canada 31:17.18
14 Aurelio Falero  Gibraltar 31:31.39
15 Ngwila Musonda  Zambia 31:59.52
16 Vincent Rakabaele  Lesotho 32:08.43
17 Patrick Chiwala  Zambia 32:14.89
18 Nicholas Akers  Cayman Islands 33:29.01
19 Motlalepula Thabana  Lesotho 35:32.24
20 Henry Baptiste  Saint Lucia 35:57.36
Paul Bannon  Canada DNS
Bernard James  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines DNS
Baba Ibrahim Suma-Keita  Sierra Leone DNS

References

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