Athletics at the 1982 Commonwealth Games – Men's marathon explained

Event:

Men's marathon

The men's marathon event was held on 8 October 1982. It started and finished at South Brisbane, next to the Brisbane River in Stanley Street.Brisbane, Australia.

Two of the Tanzanians, Juma Ikangaa and reigning champion Gidamis Shahanga, opened up a large lead (58 seconds at the 30 km mark),^[1] but Rob de Castella closed the gap in the final kilometres to win.

Results

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
			2:09:18
			2:09:30
			2:12:06
			2:13:04
			2:13:42
			2:14:25
			2:14:54
			2:15:11
			2:15:22
10			2:15:24
11			2:15:50
12			2:16:32
13			2:16:49
14			2:17:32
15			2:18:17
16			2:18:44
17			2:19:16
18			2:19:51
19			2:21:44
20			2:23:10
21			2:26:38
22			2:27:39
23			2:28:27
24			2:29:15
25			2:30:34
26			2:33:34
27			2:36:16
28			2:42:07
29			3:02:33

References

Results (The Canberra Times)
Australian results

Notes and References

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-04-14/robert-de-castella-wins-gold-at-brisbane-commonwealth-games/9566830 The day Robert de Castella stopped the nation with marathon victory at the 1982 Brisbane Commonwealth Games