1862 Melbourne Cup

The 1862 Melbourne Cup was a two-mile handicap horse race which took place on Thursday, 13 November 1862.

This year was the second running of the Melbourne Cup and Archer's back-to-back wins would not be repeated again for over one hundred years, until Rain Lover's wins.

This is the list of placegetters for the 1862 Melbourne Cup.

The remaining runners were as follows (given in approximate finishing order where not known).