1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

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6th British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Image:1958 Cardiff Wales.gif
Host city	Cardiff, Wales
Nations participating	35 Nations of the Commonwealth
Athletes participating	1122
Events
Opening ceremony	July 18 1958
Closing ceremony	July 26 1958
Main Stadium	Cardiff Arms Park

The 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Cardiff, south Wales July 18-26 1958.

Thirty-five nations sent a total of 1,130 athletes and 228 officials to the Cardiff Games and 23 countries and dependencies won medals, including, for the first time, Singapore, Ghana, Kenya and the Isle of Man.

The Cardiff Games introduced the Queen's Baton Relay, which has been conducted as a prelude to every British Empire and Commonwealth Games ever since.

Contents 1 Participating Teams 2 Medals by country 3 Medals by event 3.1 Athletics 3.2 Bowls 3.3 Boxing 3.4 Cycling 3.4.1 Track 3.4.2 Road 3.5 Fencing 3.6 Rowing 3.7 Swimming 3.8 Diving 3.9 Swimming 3.10 Diving 3.11 Weightlifting 3.12 Wrestling 4 External links

[edit] Participating Teams

35 teams were represented, being the largest number to date, with a significant amount of teams competing for the first time.

(Teams competing for the first time are shown in bold)

• Australia
• Bahamas
• Barbados
• British Guiana
• IBrunei
• Canada
• ICeylon
• Dominica
• England
• Fiji
• Ghana
• Gibraltar
• Hong Kong
• India
• Isle of Man
• Jamaica
• Jersey
• Kenya
• Malaya
• Malta
• New Zealand
• Nigeria
• North Borneo
• Northern Ireland
• Northern Rhodesia
• Pakistan
• Penang
• Rhodesia
• Scotland
• Singapore
• South Africa
• ISt Vincent
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Uganda
• Wales

[edit] Medals by country

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Image:Flag of England.svg England	29	22	29	80
2	Image:Flag of Australia.svg Australia	27	22	17	66
3	Image:Flag of South Africa 1928-1994.svg South Africa	13	10	8	31
4	Image:Flag of Scotland.svg Scotland	5	5	3	13
5	Image:Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand	4	6	9	19
6	Image:Flag of Jamaica 1957.png Jamaica	4	2	1	7
7	Image:Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan	3	5	2	10
8	Image:Flag of India.svg India	2	1	0	3
9	Image:Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore	2	0	0	2
10	Image:Canadian Red Ensign.svg Canada	1	10	16	27
11	Image:Flag of Wales 2.svg Wales	1	3	7	11
12	Image:Ulster banner.svg Northern Ireland	1	1	3	5
13	Image:Sin bandera.svg Bahamas	1	1	0	2
	Image:Flag of Barbados 1885.png Barbados	1	1	0	2
15	Image:Flag of Malaya.svg Malaya	0	2	0	2
16	Image:Flag of British Colonial Nigeria.svg Nigeria	0	1	1	2
17	Image:Flag of British guiana 1919-1954.gif British Guiana	0	1	0	1
	Image:Ugandaoflag.gif Uganda	0	1	0	1
19	Image:Flag of Southern Rhodesia.svg Southern Rhodesia	0	0	3	3
20	Image:Kenyaoflag.gif Kenya	0	0	2	2
21	Image:Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana	0	0	1	1
	Image:Flag of the Isle of Man.svg Isle of Man	0	0	1	1
	Image:Flag of Trinidad and Tobago 1889-1958.gif Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	1	1
Total		94	94	104	292

[edit] Medals by event

[edit] Athletics

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 Yards	Women	Marlene Willard (AUS)	10.7	Heather Young (ENG)	10.73	Madeleine Weston (ENG)	10.81
220 Yards	Women	Marlene Willard (AUS)	23.65	Betty Cuthbert (AUS)	23.77	Heather Young (ENG)	23.9
80 Metres Hurdles	Women	Norma Thrower (AUS)	10.72w	Carole Quinton (ENG)	10.77w	Gloria Wigney (AUS)	10.94w
High Jump	Women	Michele Mason (AUS)	1.7	Mary Donaghy (NZL)	1.7	Helen Frith (AUS)	1.65
Long Jump	Women	Sheila Hoskin (ENG)	6.02w	Mary Bignal (Rand) (ENG)	5.97w	Bev Watson (AUS)	5.97w
Shot	Women	Val Sloper (NZL)	15.54	Suzanne Allday (ENG)	14.44	Jackie Gelling (MacDonald) (CAN)	14.03
Discus	Women	Suzanne Allday (ENG)	45.91	Jennifer Thompson (NZL)	45.29	Val Sloper (NZL)	44.93
Javelin	Women	Anna Pazera (AUS)	57.41	Magdalena Swanepoel (SAF)	48.73	Averil Williams (ENG)	46.78
4 x 110 Yards Relay	Women	England (ENG)	45.37	Australia (AUS)	46.12	Canada (CAN)	47.21
100 Yards	Men	Keith Gardner (JAM)	9.66	Tom Robinson (BAH)	9.69	Mike Agostini (CAN)	9.79
220 Yards	Men	Tom Robinson (BAH)	21.08	Keith Gardner (JAM)	21.11	Gordon Day (SAF)	21.15
440 Yards	Men	Milkha Singh (IND)	46.71	Malcolm Spence (SAF)	46.9	Terry Tobacco (CAN)	47.05
880 Yards	Men	Herb Elliott (AUS)	00:01:49	Brian Hewson (ENG)	00:01:49	Mike Rawson (ENG)	00:01:51
1 Mile	Men	Herb Elliott (AUS)	00:03:59	Merv Lincoln (AUS)	00:04:02	Albie Thomas (AUS)	00:04:03
3 Miles	Men	Murray Halberg (NZL)	00:13:15	Albie Thomas (AUS)	00:13:24	Neville Scott (NZL)	00:13:26
6 Miles	Men	Dave Power (AUS)	00:28:48	John Merriman (WAL)	00:28:49	Arere Anentia (KEN)	00:28:51
Marathon	Men	Dave Power (AUS)	02:22:46	Johannes Barnard (SAF)	02:22:58	Peter Wilkinson (ENG)	02:24:42
120 Yards Hurdles	Men	Keith Gardner (JAM)	14.20w	Jacobus Swart (SAF)	14.30w	Ghulam Raziq (PAK)	14.32w
440 Yards Hurdles	Men	Gert Potgieter (SAF)	49.73	David Lean (AUS)	50.59	Bartonjo Rotich (KEN)	51.75
High Jump	Men	Ernle Haisley (JAM)	2.06	Charles "Chilla" Porter (AUS)	2.03	Robert Kotei (GHA)	2
Pole Vault	Men	Geoff Elliott (ENG)	4.16	Robert Reid (CAN)	4.16	Mervyn Richards (NZL)	4.16
Long Jump	Men	Paul Foreman (JAM)	7.47	Deryck Taylor (JAM)	7.47	Muhammad Ramzan Ali (PAK)	7.33
Triple Jump	Men	Ian Tomlinson (AUS)	15.74w	Jack Smyth (CAN)	15.69	Dave Norris (NZL)	15.45
Shot	Men	Arthur Rowe (ENG)	17.57	Martyn Lucking (ENG)	16.5	Barry Donath (AUS)	15.79
Discus	Men	Stephanus du Plessis (SAF)	55.94	Les Mills (NZL)	51.73	Gerry Carr (ENG)	51.63
Hammer	Men	Mike Ellis (ENG)	62.9	Muhammad Iqbal (PAK)	61.7	Peter Allday (ENG)	57.58
Javelin	Men	Colin Smith (ENG)	71.29	Jalal Khan (PAK)	70.83	Hans Moks (CAN)	70.41
4 x 110 Yards Relay	Men	England (ENG)	40.72	Nigeria (NGR)	41.05	Australia (AUS)	41.64
4 x 440 Yards Relay	Men	South Africa (SAF)	00:03:08.1	England (ENG)	00:03:09.6	Jamaica (JAM)	00:03:10.1

[edit] Bowls

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
Singles	Men	Phineas Danilowitz (SAF)		Percy Baker (ENG)		William Jackson (SRH)
Pairs	Men	John Morris & Richard Pilkington (NZL)		John Myrdal & Rudolph van Vuuren (SAF)		Hector Philp & William Yuill (SRH)
Fours	Men	England (ENG)		South Africa (SAF)		Northern Rhodesia (SRH)

[edit] Boxing

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
Flyweight	Men	Jackie Brown (SCO)		Tommy Bache (ENG)		Peter Lavery (NIR)
						Donald Braithwaite (WAL)
Bantamweight	Men	Howard Winstone (WAL)		Oliver "Frankie" Taylor (AUS)		Olfred Owen (SCO)
						Richard Hanna (NIR)
Featherweight	Men	Wally Taylor (AUS)		Malcolm Collins (WAL)		Gert Coetzee (SAF)
						John McClory (NIR)
Lightweight	Men	Dick McTaggart (SCO)		James Jordan (NIR)		John Cooke (ENG)
						Thomas Donovan (NZL)
Light Welterweight	Men	Henry Loubscher (SAF)		Robert Kane (SCO)		Joseph Jacobs (ENG)
						Raymond Galante (CAN)
Welterweight	Men	Joseph Greyling (SAF)		Thomas Kawere (UGA)		Robert Dickson Scott (SCO)
						Brian Nancurvis (ENG)
Light Middleweight	Men	Grant Webster (SAF)		Stuart Pearson (ENG)		James Arthur Walters (CAN)
						Bill Brown (WAL)
Middleweight	Men	Terry Milligan (NIR)		Philippus du Plessis (SAF)		Robert Piau (CAN)
						John Caiger (ENG)
Light Heavyweight	Men					Gerhardus Jacobus De Bruyn (SAF)
		Tony Madigan (AUS)		Robert Higgins (WAL)		William Bannon (SCO)
Heavyweight	Men	Daniel Bekker (SAF)		David Thomas (ENG)		Robert Pleace (WAL)
						Gbadegesin Salawu (NGR)

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Track

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
Time Trial	Men	Neville Tong (ENG)	00:01:12	Warren Scarfe (AUS)	00:01:12	Warwick Dalton (NZL)	00:01:13
Sprint	Men	Dick Ploog (AUS)		Karl Barton (ENG)		Lloyd Binch (ENG)
Individual Pursuit	Men	Norman Sheil (ENG)	00:05:10	Tom Simpson (ENG)	00:05:11	Warwick Dalton (NZL)	00:05:15
10 Miles Scratch	Men	Ian Browne (AUS)	00:21:40	Warren Johnston (NZL)		Don Skene (WAL)

[edit] Road

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
Road Race	Men	Ray Booty (ENG)	05:16:34	Frank Brazier (AUS)	05:19:22	Stuart Slack (IOM)	05:19:22

[edit] Fencing

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
Foil	Men	Raymond Paul (ENG)		Ivan Lund (AUS)		René Paul (ENG)
Foil - Team	Men	England (ENG)		Australia (AUS)		Wales (WAL)
Épée	Men	Bill Hoskyns (ENG)		Mike Howard (ENG)		Allan Jay (ENG)
Épée - Team	Men	England (ENG)		Canada (CAN)		Australia (AUS)
Sabre	Men	Bill Hoskyns (ENG)		Ralph Cooperman (ENG)		Mike Amberg (ENG)
Sabre- Team	Men	England (ENG)		Australia (AUS)		Wales (WAL)
Foil	Women	Gillian Sheen (ENG)		Barbara McCreath (AUS)		Mary Glen-Haig (ENG)

[edit] Rowing

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
Single Sculls	Men	Stuart Mackenzie (AUS)	00:07:20	Jack Hill (NZL)	00:07:24	Russell Carver (ENG)	00:07:27
Double Sculls	Men	Mike Spracklen & Geoffrey Baker (ENG)	00:06:54	Mervyn Wood & Stuart Mackenzie (AUS)	00:07:01	Norman Suckling & Jack Hill (NZL)	+0.75 lgths
Coxless Pairs	Men	Bob Parker & Reg Douglas (NZL)	00:07:11	Jonathan Hall & Stewart Douglas-Mann (ENG)	00:07:14	Stephen Roll & Kevin Webb (AUS)	00:07:33
Coxless Fours	Men	Roger Pope, Keith Shakell, David Young & Creighton Redman (ENG)	00:06:34	Glen Smith, Malcolm Turnbull, Richard McClure & John Madden (CAN)	00:06:39	David Edwards, John Fage, David Prichard & John Edwards (WAL)	00:06:48
Coxed Fours	Men	Colin Porter, John Vigurs, Simon Crosse, John Beresford & Richard Gabriel (ENG)	00:06:46	Don Arnold, Walter d'Hondt, David Helliwell, Lawrence Stapleton & Sohen Biln (CAN)	00:06:53	Graeme Allen, Ralfe Currall, Kevin Evans, Lionel Robberds & Roland Waddington (AUS)	NTT
Eights	Men	Canada (CAN)	00:05:51	Australia (AUS)	00:05:56	England (ENG)	00:06:10

[edit] Swimming

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
110 Yards Freestyle	Men	John Devitt (AUS)	56.6	Gary Chapman (AUS)	56.6	Geoff Shipton (AUS)	57
440 Yards Freestyle	Men	John Konrads (AUS)	00:04:26	Ian Black (SCO)	00:04:29	Gary Winram (AUS)	00:04:32
1650 Yards Freestyle	Men	John Konrads (AUS)	00:17:45	Gary Winram (AUS)	00:18:17	Murray McLachlan (SAF)	00:18:19
110 Yards Backstroke	Men	John Monckton (AUS)	00:01:02	John Hayres (AUS)	00:01:04	Robert Wheaton (CAN)	00:01:07
220 Yards Breaststroke	Men	Terry Gathercole (AUS)	00:02:42	Peter Rocchi (SAF)	00:02:45	Chris Walkden (ENG)	00:02:47
220 Yards Butterfly	Men	Ian Black (SCO)	00:02:23	Graham Symonds (ENG)	00:02:26	Brian Wilkinson (AUS)	00:02:31
4 x 220 Yards Freestyle Relay	Men	Australia (AUS)	00:08:33	Scotland (SCO)	00:08:54	Canada (CAN)	00:09:02
4 x 110 Yards Medley Relay	Men	Australia (AUS)	00:04:14	Canada (CAN)	00:04:26	England (ENG)	00:04:26

[edit] Diving

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
3 Metres Springboard Diving	Men	Keith Collin (ENG)	126.78	Bill Patrick (CAN)	124.62	David Tarsey (ENG)	118.81
10 Metres Highboard [Platform] Diving	Men	Peter Heatly (SCO)	147.79	Brian Phelps (ENG)	144.49	Ray Cann (ENG)	138.5

[edit] Swimming

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
110 Yards Freestyle	Women	Dawn Fraser (AUS)	00:01:01	Lorraine Crapp (AUS)	00:01:04	Alva Colquhoun (AUS)	00:01:04
440 Yards Freestyle	Women	Ilsa Konrads (AUS)	00:04:49	Dawn Fraser (AUS)	00:05:01	Lorraine Crapp (AUS)	00:05:07
110 Yards Backstroke	Women	Judy Grinham (ENG)	00:01:12	Margaret Edwards (ENG)	00:01:13	Philippa Gould (NZL)	00:01:14
220 Yards Breaststroke	Women	Anita Lonsbrough (ENG)	00:02:53	Jackie Dyson (ENG)	00:02:58	Chris Gosden (ENG)	00:02:58
110 Yards Butterfly	Women	Beverley Bainbridge (AUS)	00:01:14	Tessa Staveley (NZL)	00:01:14	Margaret Iwasaki (CAN)	00:01:16
4 x 110 Yards Freestyle Relay	Women	Australia (AUS)	00:04:17	Canada (CAN)	00:04:30	England (ENG)	00:04:31
4 x 110 Yards Medley Relay	Women	England (ENG)	00:04:54	Australia (AUS)	00:04:55	Canada (CAN)	00:05:02

[edit] Diving

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
3 Metres Springboard Diving	Women	Charmian Welsh (ENG)	118.81	Irene MacDonald (CAN)	117.01	Liz Ferris (ENG)	113.3
10 Metres Highboard [Platform] Diving	Women	Charmian Welsh (ENG)	77.23	Ann Long (ENG)	73.69	Molly Wieland (ENG)	65.82

[edit] Weightlifting

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
Bantamweight - Overall	Men	Reginald Gaffley (SAF)	299	Ronald Brownbill (ENG)	285.5	Marcel Gosselin (CAN)	274
Featherweight - Overall	Men	Tan Ser Cher (SIN)	310.5	Chung Kum Weng (MAL)	306	Rodney Wilkes (TRI)	304
Lightweight - Overall	Men	Tan Howe Liang (SIN)	358	Harry Webber (SAF)	340	Ben Helfgott (ENG)	340
Middleweight - Overall	Men	Blair Blenman (BAR)	360.5	Winston McArthur (BGU)	360.5	Adrian Gilbert (CAN)	356
Light Heavyweight - Overall	Men	Phil Caira (SCO)	396.5	Sylvanus Blackman (BAR)	385.5	Jack Kestell (SAF)	385.5
Middle Heavyweight - Overall	Men	Manny Santos (AUS)	403.5	Tan Kim Bee (MAL)	392	Leonard Treganowan (AUS)	378.5
Heavyweight - Overall	Men	Ken McDonald CAN (ENG)	455.5	Dave Baillie (CAN)	446.5	Arthur Shannos (AUS)	394.5

[edit] Wrestling

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
Flyweight	Men	Ian Epton (SAF)		Shujah-ud-Din (PAK)		Fred Flannery (CAN)
Bantamweight	Men	Muhammad Akhtar (PAK)		Geoff Jameson (AUS)		Daniel van der Walt (SAF)
Featherweight	Men	Abraham Geldenhuys (SAF)		Siraj-ud-Din (PAK)		Albert Aspen (ENG)
Lightweight	Men	Muhammad Ashraf (PAK)		Alastair Duncan (SCO)		Anthony Ries (SAF)
Welterweight	Men	Muhammad Bashir (PAK)		Lachmi Kant Pandey (IND)		Coenraad de Villiers (SAF)
Middleweight	Men	Hermanus van Zyl (SAF)		George Farquhar (SCO)		Ray Myland (ENG)
Light Heavyweight	Men	Jacob Theron (SAF)		Muhammad Ali (PAK)		Bob Steckle (CAN)
Heavyweight	Men	Lila Ram (IND)		Jacobus Hanekom (SAF)		Ray Mitchell (AUS)

[edit] External links

• Commonwealth Games Official Site
• 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games - Australian Commonwealth Games official website

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