Athletics at the 1938 British Empire Games – Men's 6 miles

Athletics at the 1938 British Empire Games

Track events
100 yd	men	women
220 yd	men	women
440 yd	men
880 yd	men
1 mile	men
3 miles	men
6 miles	men
80 m hurdles		women
120 yd hurdles	men
220 yd hurdles (invitation)	men
440 yd hurdles	men
4 × 110 yd relay	men
110–220–110 yd relay		women
220–110–220–110 yd relay		women
4 × 440 yd relay	men
2 miles walk (invitation)	men
Road events
Marathon	men
Field events
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
Shot put	men
Discus throw	men
Hammer throw	men
Javelin throw	men	women
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The men's 6 miles event at the 1938 British Empire Games was held on 10 February at the Sydney Cricket Ground in Sydney, Australia.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Cecil Matthews	New Zealand	30:14.5	GR
	Scotty Rankine	Canada	??:??.?	180 yards behind
	Wally Hayward	South Africa	??:??.?	250 yards behind
4	Alan Geddes	New Zealand	??:??.?
5	Lawrence Weatherill	England	??:??.?
6	Jackie Gibson	South Africa	??:??.?
7	Milton Wallace	Canada	??:??.?
8	Fred Bassed	Australia	??:??.?
9	Stan Millington	Australia	??:??.?
10	Brendan Doyle	Australia	??:??.?
	Lloyd Longman	Canada	DNF
	Peter Ward	England	DNF	^[5]
	Noel Stanford	Trinidad and Tobago	DNF
	Johannes Coleman	South Africa	DQ	^[6]
	Walter Weightman	Australia	DNS
	Arthur Clarke	Canada	DNS

^ "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
^ "Athletics and cycling results". The Manchester Guardian. 11 February 1938. p. 4. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
^ "Games results". The Sydney Morning Herald. 11 February 1938. p. 18. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
^ "Results of events at Empire Games". The Gazette. 10 February 1938. p. 15. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
^ Dropped out after 5 miles after hitting the inside of the track
^ Jostling

6 miles
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