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Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase

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The men's 3000 metres steeplechase event at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games was held on 22 and 25 July at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland.^[1] It was the first time that the metric distance was contested at the Games replacing the mile.

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Gold	Silver	Bronze
Tony Manning Australia	Ben Jipcho Kenya	Amos Biwott Kenya

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	1	Amos Biwott	Kenya	8:37.0	Q
2	1	Kerry O'Brien	Australia	8:41.2	Q
3	1	Grant McLaren	Canada	8:47.2	Q
4	1	Bernard Hayward	Wales	8:49.2	Q
5	1	John Holden	England	8:49.2	Q
6	1	Chris Perry	England	8:59.6
7	1	Peter Griffiths	Wales	9:07.6
8	1	Frank Allen	Guernsey	9:22.4
9	1	Abdul Karim	Pakistan	9:28.0
1	2	Benjamin Kogo	Kenya	8:44.8	Q
2	2	Ben Jipcho	Kenya	8:45.0	Q
3	2	Tony Manning	Australia	8:46.2	Q
4	2	David Brayan-Jones	Scotland	8:52.6	Q
5	2	Gerald Stevens	England	?:??.?	Q
6	2	Ray Varey	Canada	9:02.2
7	2	David Logue	Northern Ireland	9:49.8
	2	Ronald McAndrew	Wales	DNF

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time
	Tony Manning	Australia	8:26.2
	Ben Jipcho	Kenya	8:29.6
	Amos Biwott	Kenya	8:30.8
4	David Brayan-Jones	Scotland	8:33.8
5	John Holden	England	8:35.6
6	Benjamin Kogo	Kenya	8:44.8
7	Bernard Hayward	Wales	8:39.8
8	Gerald Stevens	England	8:49.4
9	Grant McLaren	Canada	8:55.4
	Kerry O'Brien	Australia	DNF

Athletics at the 1970 British Commonwealth Games – Men's 3000 metres steeplechase