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Athletics at the 1938 British Empire Games
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440 yd	men
880 yd	men
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The men's marathon event at the 1938 British Empire Games was held on 7 February in Sydney, Australia with the start and finish at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

The winning margin was 7 minutes 42 seconds which as of 2024 remains the only time the men's marathon has been won by more than 5 minutes at these games.

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Johannes Coleman	South Africa	2:30:49	GR
	Bert Norris	England	2:37:57
	Jackie Gibson	South Africa	2:38:20
4	Donald Robertson	Scotland	2:42:40
5	Jimmy Bartlett	Canada	2:50:41
6	Lloyd Longman	Canada	2:54.54
7	Walter Young	Canada	2:59:05
8	Dick Crossley	Australia	3:12:50
9	John Wood	Australia	3:19:47
	Alfred Hayes	Australia	DNF
	James Patterson	Australia	DNF
	William Liddle	Australia	DNF
	Ernest Jolly	Australia	DNF
	Noel Stanford	Trinidad and Tobago	DNF
	Scotty Rankine	Canada	DNS

References

1. "Results". thecgf.com. Retrieved 12 April 2021.
2. "Placings and times". The Manchester Guardian. 8 February 1938. p. 4. Retrieved 2 April 2021.
3. "Results at the Empire Games". The Sydney Morning Herald. 8 February 1938. p. 16. Retrieved 2 April 2021.

• Athletics at the 1938 British Empire Games
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