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Men's 6 miles at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Independence Park, Kingston
Dates	August 6, 1966
Medalists
Naftali Temu    Kenya   Ron Clarke    Australia   Jim Alder    Scotland
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Athletics at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 yd	men	women
220 yd	men	women
440 yd	men	women
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
20 miles walk	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
Combined events
Decathlon	men
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The men's 6 miles event at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was held on 6 August at the Independence Park in Kingston, Jamaica. It was the last time that the imperial distance was contested at the Games later being replaced by the 10,000 metres.

Results

Results of final: GR means a Games' record

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Naftali Temu	Kenya	27:14.21	GR
	Ron Clarke	Australia	27:39.42
	Jim Alder	Scotland	28:15.4
4	Pascal Mfyomi	Tanzania	28:38.0
5	Ron Hill	England	28:42.6
6	Dave Ellis	Canada	28:55.4
7	Fergus Murray	Scotland	29:40.0
8	Andrew Boychuk	Canada	29:54.0
9	Bill Baillie	New Zealand	30:01.0
10	John Mowatt	Jamaica	31:13.4
11	Harry Prowell	Guyana	31:24.0
	Tony Cook	Australia	DNF
	Robert Lightburn	British Honduras	DNF
	Glenford Robinson	Jamaica	DNF
	Bruce Tulloh	England	DNS
	Roy Fowler	England	DNS
	Stanley Vennard	Northern Ireland	DNS
	Rupasinghe Perera	Ceylon	DNS

References

1. "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
2. "Final results". The Guardian. 8 August 1966. p. 4. Retrieved 22 July 2020.

• Athletics at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
• 10,000 metres at the Commonwealth Games