Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games – Men's 880 yards

Men's 880 yards at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Venue	Perry Lakes Stadium
Date	24 November 1962 (1962-11-24) (round 1 and semis) 26 November 1962 (1962-11-26) (final)
Competitors	32 from 17 nations
Winning time	1:47.6 GR
Medalists
Peter Snell   New Zealand   George Kerr   Jamaica   Tony Blue   Australia

Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Track events
100 yd		men		women
220 yd		men		women
440 yd		men
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
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

Official video

The men's 880 yards at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games as part of the athletics programme was held at the Perry Lakes Stadium on Saturday 24 November 1962 and Monday 26 November.

The top two runners in each of the six heats qualified for the semifinals. There were two semifinals, and only the top three from each heat advanced to the final.

The event was won by the world recorder holder and the 800 metres Olympic champion, New Zealander Peter Snell in 1:47.6 seconds, setting a new Games record time. Snell won by 0.2 seconds ahead of the Olympic bronze medallist, Jamaican George Kerr and Tony Blue of Australia who won the bronze.^[1]

Records

World record	Peter Snell (NZL)	1:45.1	Christchurch, New Zealand	3 February 1962
Games record	Herb Elliott (AUS)	1:49.3	Cardiff, Wales	22 July 1958
Commonwealth record		'

The following records were established during the competition:

Date	Event	Name	Nationality	Time	Record
26 November	Final	Peter Snell	New Zealand	1:47.6	GR

Heats

Heat 1

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Snell, PeterPeter Snell	New Zealand	1:50.7	Q
2	Purkis, SidneySidney Purkis	England	1:50.9	Q
3	Keter, Arap KiptalamArap Kiptalam Keter	Kenya	1:51.4
4	Griffiths, DavidDavid Griffiths	Aden	1:54.8
5	Salleh, Abdul Wahab MohamedAbdul Wahab Mohamed Salleh	Sarawak	2:04.9
6	van der Wal, HylkeHylke van der Wal	Canada	9:59.9	DNS

Heat 2

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Wenk, JohnJohn Wenk	Scotland	1:51.2	Q
2	Fleet, MikeMike Fleet	England	1:51.5	Q
3	Philpott, GaryGary Philpott	New Zealand	1:52.6
4	Chelimo, StephenStephen Chelimo	Kenya	1:54.2
5	Mohammed, DariaDaria Mohammed	Aden	2:01.6
6	Owusu, FrederickFrederick Owusu	Ghana	9:59.9	DNS

Heat 3

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Francis, PeterPeter Francis	Kenya	1:50.6	Q
2	Harris, TonyTony Harris	Wales	1:51.3	Q
3	Setti, RobertRobert Setti	England	1:52.2
4	Field, PatrickPatrick Field	Hong Kong	1:57.6
5	Gill, EustaceEustace Gill	British Honduras	2:08.0

Heat 4

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Davies, JohnJohn Davies	New Zealand	1:51.1	Q
2	Kerr, GeorgeGeorge Kerr	Jamaica	1:51.3	Q
3	Taylor, StanStan Taylor	England	1:52.4
4	Subramaniam, RamasamyRamasamy Subramaniam	Malaya	1:59.9
5	McLachlan, ColinColin McLachlan	Isle of Man	2:00.0

Heat 5

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Sullivan, TerrenceTerrence Sullivan	Rhodesia and Nyasaland	1:52.7	Q
2	Wheeler, KeithKeith Wheeler	Australia	1:52.8	Q
3	Bertoia, DonDon Bertoia	Canada	1:53.3
4	Cure, CyrilCyril Cure	Mauritius	1:58.6
5	Harraghy, PeterPeter Harraghy	Isle of Man	2:02.8

Heat 6

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Crothers, BillBill Crothers	Canada	1:51.4	Q
2	Blue, TonyTony Blue	Australia	1:52.0	Q
3	Spence, MelMel Spence	Jamaica	1:52.3
4	Ndhlovu, JacobJacob Ndhlovu	Rhodesia and Nyasaland	1:54.3
5	Rahiman, Mohamed AbdulMohamed Abdul Rahiman	Malaya	1:59.7

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Kerr, GeorgeGeorge Kerr	Jamaica	1:50.4	Q
2	Blue, TonyTony Blue	Australia	1:50.7	Q
3	Francis, PeterPeter Francis	Kenya	1:51.0	Q
4	Davies, JohnJohn Davies	New Zealand	1:51.5
5	Sullivan, TerrenceTerrence Sullivan	Rhodesia and Nyasaland	1:51.7
6	Purkis, SidneySidney Purkis	England	1:54.1

Semifinal 2

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Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Snell, PeterPeter Snell	New Zealand	1:50.5	Q
2	Harris, TonyTony Harris	Wales	1:51.2	Q
3	Fleet, MikeMike Fleet	England	1:51.2	Q
4	Wheeler, KeithKeith Wheeler	Australia	1:51.3
5	Crothers, BillBill Crothers	Canada	1:52.3
6	Wenk, JohnJohn Wenk	Scotland	1:52.3

Final

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Rank	Lane	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
01 !	6	Snell, PeterPeter Snell	New Zealand	1:47.6	GR
02 !	4	Kerr, GeorgeGeorge Kerr	Jamaica	1:47.8
03 !	3	Blue, TonyTony Blue	Australia	1:49.0
4	1	Francis, PeterPeter Francis	Kenya	1:49.9
5	2	Fleet, MikeMike Fleet	England	1:50.0
6	5	Harris, TonyTony Harris	Wales	1:52.3

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