Athletics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games – Men's 30 kilometres walk

Men's 30 kilometres walk
at the Commonwealth Games
Athletics at the
1978 Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 mmenwomen
200 mmenwomen
400 mmenwomen
800 mmenwomen
1500 mmenwomen
3000 mwomen
5000 mmen
10,000 mmen
100 m hurdleswomen
110 m hurdlesmen
400 m hurdlesmen
3000 m
steeplechase		men
4 × 100 m relaymenwomen
4 × 400 m relaymenwomen
Road events
Marathonmen
30 km walk
Field events
High jumpmenwomen
Pole vaultmen
Long jumpmenwomen
Triple jumpmen
Shot putmenwomen
Discus throwmenwomen
Hammer throwmen
Javelin throwmenwomen
Combined events
Pentathlonwomen
Decathlonmen

The men's 30 kilometres walk event at the 1978 Commonwealth Games was held on 8 August at the Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.[1][2][3]

Results

Rank Name Nationality Time Notes
1st place, gold medalist(s) Olly Flynn  England 2:22:03.70
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Willi Sawall  Australia 2:22:58.58
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Tim Erickson  Australia 2:26:33.97
4 Brian Adams  England 2:29:41.45
5 Amos Seddon  England 2:29:57.53
6 Helmut Boeck  Canada 2:31:20.85
7 Graham Seatter  New Zealand 2:31:48.92
8 Graham Young  Isle of Man 2:33:14.91
9 Marcel Jobin  Canada 2:35:01.32
10 Elisha Kasuku  Kenya 2:43:25.22
11 Rashid Chege  Kenya 2:45:12.53
12 Vellasamy Subramaniam  Malaysia 2:56:07.11
John Callow  Isle of Man DNF
Robert Lambie  Isle of Man DNF
David Munyao  Kenya DNF
Mike Parker  New Zealand DNF

References

  1. ^ "Results". Archived from the original on 14 September 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  2. ^ "The Canberra Times - 10 Aug 1978 - p24". Trove. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Australia at the Games". athhistory.sportstg.com. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
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