1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

6th British Empire and Commonwealth Games
Host city	Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom
Nations participating	35
Athletes participating	1122
Opening ceremony	18 July
Closing ceremony	26 July
Main Stadium	Cardiff Arms Park

The 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Cardiff, capital of Wales from 18–26 July 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.

Participating teams

Countries which participated

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
• Brunei
• Canada
• Ceylon
• 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
• Sarawak
• Scotland
• Singapore
• South Africa
• Southern Rhodesia
• St Vincent
• Trinidad & Tobago
• Uganda
• Wales

Medals by country

Original poster from the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Postage stamp

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England	29	22	29	80
2	Australia	27	22	17	66
3	South Africa	13	10	8	31
4	Scotland	5	5	3	13
5	New Zealand	4	6	9	19
6	Jamaica	4	2	1	7
7	Pakistan	3	5	2	10
8	India	2	1	0	3
9	Singapore	2	0	0	2
10	Canada	1	10	16	27
11	Wales	1	3	7	11
12	Northern Ireland	1	1	3	5
13	Bahamas	1	1	0	2
	Barbados	1	1	0	2
15	Malaya	0	2	0	2
16	Nigeria	0	1	1	2
17	British Guiana	0	1	0	1
	Uganda	0	1	0	1
19	Southern Rhodesia	0	0	3	3
20	Kenya	0	0	2	2
21	Ghana	0	0	1	1
	Isle of Man	0	0	1	1
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	1	1
Total		94	94	104	292

Medals by event

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

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 (NRH)

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)		Roger Pleace (WAL)
						Gbadegesin Salawu (NGR)

Cycling

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)

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

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)

Rowing

The rowing events were held on Llyn Padarn in Llanberis.

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
Single Sculls	Men	Stuart Mackenzie (AUS)	00:07:20	James 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 & James Hill (NZL)	+0.75 lgths
Coxless Pairs	Men	Bob Parker & Reginald 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	Donald 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

Swimming

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
110 yd freestyle	John Devitt (AUS)	56.6	Gary Chapman (AUS)	56.6	Geoff Shipton (AUS)	57.0
440 yd freestyle	John Konrads (AUS)	4:25.9	Ian Black (SCO)	4:28.5	Gary Winram (AUS)	4:32.4
1650 yd freestyle	John Konrads (AUS)	17:45.4	Gary Winram (AUS)	18:17.2	Murray McLachlan (SAF)	18:19.2
110 yd backstroke	John Monckton (AUS)	1:01.7	John Hayres (AUS)	1:03.5	Robert Wheaton (CAN)	1:06.5
220 yd breaststroke	Terry Gathercole (AUS)	2:41.6	Peter Rocchi (SAF)	2:44.9	Chris Walkden (ENG)	2:47.3
220 yd butterfly	Ian Black (SCO)	2:22.6	Graham Symonds (ENG)	2:25.5	Brian Wilkinson (AUS)	2:31.0
4×220 yd freestyle relay	Australia (AUS) Gary Chapman J. Wilkinson John Konrads John Devitt	8:33.4	Scotland (SCO) Athole Still Ian Black J.G. Leiper R.C. Sreenan	8:54.2	Canada (CAN) K. Williams P.W. Bell R.C. Grout W.G. Slater	9:01.8
4×110 yd medley relay	Australia (AUS) Gary Chapman John Monckton John Devitt Terry Gathercole	4:14.2	Canada (CAN) George Park K. Williams P.W. Bell R.J. Wheaton	4:26.3	England (ENG) C. Walkden G. Sykes G.H. Symonds N.G. McKechnie	4:26.4

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
110 yd freestyle	Dawn Fraser (AUS)	1:01.4	Lorraine Crapp (AUS)	1:03.8	Alva Colquhoun (AUS)	1:04.0
440 yd freestyle	Ilsa Konrads (AUS)	4:49.4	Dawn Fraser (AUS)	5:00.8	Lorraine Crapp (AUS)	5:06.7
110 yd backstroke	Judy Grinham (ENG)	1:11.9	Margaret Edwards (ENG)	1:12.6	Philippa Gould (NZL)	1:13.7
220 yd breaststroke	Anita Lonsbrough (ENG)	2:53.5	Jackie Dyson (ENG)	2:58.2	Chris Gosden (ENG)	2:58.4
110 yd butterfly	Beverley Bainbridge (AUS)	1:13.5	Tessa Staveley (NZL)	1:14.4	Margaret Iwasaki (CAN)	1:15.9
4×110 yd freestyle relay	Australia (AUS) Alva Colquhoun Dawn Fraser Lorraine Crapp Sandra Morgan	4:17.4	Canada (CAN) Gladys Priestley M.H. Iwasaki S.J. Sangster Sara Barber	4:30.0	England (ENG) B.O. Noakes Diana Wilkinson Judy Grinham M.A. Marshall	4:31.5
4×110 yd medley relay	England (ENG) Anita Lonsbrough J. Oldroyd M. Edwards M.A. Marshall	4:54.0	Australia (AUS) Alva Colquhoun Barbara Evans Beverley Bainbridge Gergaynia Beckett	4:55.1	Canada (CAN) Gladys Priestley I.C.B. Service M.H. Iwasaki Sara Barber	5:01.6

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
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

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

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 Sangwan (IND)		Jacobus Hanekom (SAF)		Ray Mitchell (AUS)

External links

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