Athletics at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games – Men's marathon

Athletics at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men	women
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
100 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men	women
Road events
Marathon	men
20 mile 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
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men
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The men's marathon event at the 1974 Commonwealth Games was held on 31 January 1974 ^[1] in Christchurch, New Zealand.^[2]

The marathon course ran from the start line at Queen Elizabeth II Park in North New Brighton, passing through the central city and Hagley Park, to Christchurch Airport. Athletes then turned around and followed the same route back to the finish line at Queen Elizabeth II Park.^[3]

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Ian Thompson	England	2:09:12.0	GR
	Jack Foster	New Zealand	2:11:18.6
	Richard Mabuza	Swaziland	2:12:54.4
4	Terry Manners	New Zealand	2:12:58.6
5	John Farrington	Australia	2:14:04.0
6	Donald Macgregor	Scotland	2:14:15.4
7	Bernard Plain	Wales	2:14:56.2
8	Colin Kirkham	England	2:16:06.6
9	Malcolm Thomas	Wales	2:16:46.8
10	John Robinson	New Zealand	2:17:05.4
11	Brian Armstrong	Canada	2:20:52.6
12	Gabashane Rakabele	Lesotho	2:21:41.0
13	David Cowell	Isle of Man	2:23:33.8
14	Brenton Norman	Australia	2:24:28.4
15	Michael Teer	Northern Ireland	2:24:55.0
16	Reuben Dlamini	Swaziland	2:27:31.4
17	Jerome Drayton	Canada	2:29:20.0
18	Ron Hill	England	2:30:24.2
19	Frans Matsebula	Swaziland	2:35:05.8
20	Kiptanui Sirma	Kenya	2:38:03.2
21	Hassan Juma	Tanzania	2:38:51.2
22	Neville Dalmedo	Gibraltar	2:40:13.8
23	Pareau Umaki	Cook Islands	3:04:34.2
	Derek Clayton	Australia	DNF
	Patrick Kiingi	Kenya	DNF
	James Ocaro	Kenya	DNF
	John McLaughlin	Northern Ireland	DNF
	Vivian Ori	Papua New Guinea	DNF
	James Hoeflich	Western Samoa	DNF
	Amani Tapusoa	Western Samoa	DNF
	Joseph Stewart	Scotland	DNF
	James Wight	Scotland	DNF
	Mustafa Musa	Uganda	DNF
	Porohu Taia	Cook Islands	DNS