Athletics at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's marathon

Men's marathon
at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Men's marathon ; at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Kingston, Jamaica
Dates	August 10, 1966
Medalists
	← 1962 Perth (AUS) Edinburgh 1970 →

The men's marathon event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 10 August in Kingston, Jamaica.^[1]^[2]

The winning margin was five seconds which as of 2024 remains the narrowest winning margin for the men's marathon at these games.

Results

Marathon results
Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Jim Alder	Scotland	2:22:08
	Bill Adcocks	England	2:22:13
	Mike Ryan	New Zealand	2:27:59
4	Dave Ellis	Canada	2:31:47
5	Jeffrey Julian	New Zealand	2:32:45
6	Ronald Wallingford	Canada	2:35:13
7	Christantus Nyakwoyo	Kenya	2:44:59
8	Stanley Vennard	Northern Ireland	2:46:59
9	Andrew Boychuk	Canada	2:58:45
10	Omari Abdallah	Tanzania	3:08:30
	Ron Clarke	Australia	DNF
	Ian Blackwood	Australia	DNF
	Tony Cook	Australia	DNF
	Brian Kilby	England	DNF
	Keith Graham	Jamaica	DNF
	James Wahome	Kenya	DNF
	Rupasinghe Perera	Ceylon	DNF
	Bill Baillie	New Zealand	DNS