The men's 10,000 metres event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 20 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland. It was the first time that the metric distance was contested at the Games, replacing the 6 miles.
Results + Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Lachie Stewart 28:11.72 Ron Clarke 28:13.45 Dick Taylor 28:15.35 Roger Matthews 28:21.4 John Caine 28:27.6 John Ngeno 28:31.4 Philip Ndoo 28:42.8 Kerry O'Brien 28:43.49 John Stephen Akhwari 28:44.0 10 Jerome Drayton 28:45.0 11 Bernard Plain 28:51.8 12 Derek Graham 29:00.2 13 Richard Wedlock 29:09.8 14 George Waluza 29:33.8 15 Dave Ellis 29:37.4 16 Alan Joslyn 29:51.8 17 Ghulam Rasul 30:03.0 18 Nabiba Temu 30:04.4 19 Fulgenge Rwabu 30:44.8 20 Douglas Zinkala 30:54.4 21 Allieu Massaquoi 31:06.2 22 Dominic Chiwaya 31:17.8 23 Musa Mustafa 31:32.6 24 Richard Mabuza 31:33.0 25 Robert Hackman 31:50.4 26 Reuben Dlamini 32:56.8 27 Daniel Kalusa 33:23.6 Donald Pierre Dandison Moore Andrew Boychuk Harry Prowell
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