1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

The 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games (Welsh: Gemau Ymerodraeth Prydain a'r Gymanwlad 1958) were held in Cardiff, Wales, from 18 to 26 July 1958. It was the sixth edition of what would come to be known as the Commonwealth Games, the second Games held in the United Kingdom, and the second held under the name British Empire and Commonwealth Games.

VI British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Original poster for the Games
Host city	Cardiff, Wales
Nations	35
Athletes	1122
Events	94
Opening	18 July 1958
Closing	26 July 1958
Opened by	Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Queen's Baton Final Runner	Ken Jones
Main venue	Cardiff Arms Park
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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 Commonwealth Games ever since.

Venues

Postage stamp

The British Empire and Commonwealth Games, including the opening and closing ceremonies, were held at the Cardiff Arms Park in the centre of Cardiff. A new Wales Empire Pool was constructed for the event. The Sophia Gardens Pavilion was used for the boxing and wrestling events, and Maindy Stadium was used for track cycling. 178,000 tickets were eventually sold during the Games.^[1][2] Rowing took place on Llyn Padarn in Llanberis.

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  Cardiff Arms Park
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  Llyn Padarn

Participating teams

Countries that participated

36 countries and territories^[3] were represented (and 1,100 athletes),^[4] being the largest number to date, with a significant number of teams competing for the first time at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games.

At Cardiff Arms Park, an anti-apartheid crowd protested at the all-white South African team; games organisers responded that non-white South Africans were ineligible as their associations were not affiliated to the international federations.^[5] South Africa left the Commonwealth in 1961 and next appeared at the Games in 1994.^[4]

Participating Commonwealth countries and territories:

• Australia
• Bahama Islands
• Barbados
• British Guiana
• Canada
•  Ceylon
• Dominica
• England
• Fiji
• Ghana
•  Gibraltar: first appearance
• Hong Kong
• India
•  Isle of Man: first appearance
• Jamaica
•  Jersey: first appearance
• Kenya
• Malaya
• Malta: first appearance
• Mauritius: first appearance
• New Zealand
• Nigeria
• North Borneo: first appearance
•  Northern Ireland
• Northern Rhodesia
• Pakistan
•  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines: first appearance
• Sarawak: first appearance
•  Scotland
• Singapore: first appearance
• Sierra Leone: first appearance
• South Africa
• Southern Rhodesia
•  Trinidad and Tobago
• Uganda
• Wales (host)

Medals by country

  *   Host nation (Wales)

Medals won by nation, ranked by number of golds, with totals—sortable

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	England (ENG)	29	22	29	80
2	Australia (AUS)	27	22	17	66
3	South Africa (SAF)	13	10	8	31
4	Scotland (SCO)	5	5	3	13
5	New Zealand (NZL)	4	6	9	19
6	Jamaica (JAM)	4	2	1	7
7	Pakistan (PAK)	3	5	2	10
8	India (IND)	2	1	0	3
9	Singapore (SIN)	2	0	0	2
10	Canada (CAN)	1	10	16	27
11	Wales (WAL)*	1	3	7	11
12	Northern Ireland (NIR)	1	1	3	5
13	Bahama Islands (BAH)	1	1	0	2
	Barbados (BAR)	1	1	0	2
15	Malaya (MAL)	0	2	0	2
16	Nigeria (NGR)	0	1	1	2
17	British Guiana (BGU)	0	1	0	1
	Uganda (UGA)	0	1	0	1
19	Kenya (KEN)	0	0	2	2
	Southern Rhodesia (SRH)	0	0	2	2
	Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)	0	0	2	2
22	Ghana (GHA)	0	0	1	1
	Isle of Man (IOM)	0	0	1	1
	Northern Rhodesia (NRH)	0	0	1	1
Totals (24 entries)		94	94	105	293

Medals by event

Athletics

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

Bowls

Main article: Lawn Bowls at the 1958 British Empire & Commonwealth Games

Boxing

Boxing Events (for men only) were at Sophia Gardens Pavilion, Cardiff.

Medallists in men's boxing by weight division

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

Cycling

Track

The track cycling events were held at the Maindy Stadium in Cardiff.

Medallists by event in track cycling, with times and links to details where available

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

Medallists by event in road cycling, with times

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

Medallists by event in fencing

Event		Gold	Silver	Bronze
Foil	Men	Raymond Paul (ENG)	Ivan Lund (AUS)	René Paul (ENG)
Foil - Team	Men	England (ENG) Raymond Paul René Paul Harold Cooke	Australia (AUS) Brian McCowage Michael Sichel Ivan Lund	Wales (WAL) John McCombe John Evans Roger Maunder
Épée	Men	Bill Hoskyns (ENG)	Mike Howard (ENG)	Allan Jay (ENG)
Épée - Team	Men	England (ENG) Bill Hoskyns Allan Jay Mike Howard	Canada (CAN) Carl Schwende John Andru Roland Asselin	Australia (AUS) David Francis Doyle Ivan Lund John Simpson
Sabre	Men	Bill Hoskyns (ENG)	Ralph Cooperman (ENG)	Mike Amberg (ENG)
Sabre - Team	Men	England (ENG) Mike Amberg Ralph Cooperman Bill Hoskyns Eugene Verebes	Australia (AUS) Alexander Martonffy Ivan Lund Michael Sichel	Wales (WAL) John Preston Malcolm Kerslake Roger Maunder T.R. Lucas
Foil	Women	Gillian Sheen (ENG)	Barbara McCreath (AUS)	Mary Glen-Haig (ENG)

Rowing

The rowing events were held on Llyn Padarn in Llanberis.

Medallists by event in rowing, with times

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
Single Sculls	Men	Stuart Mackenzie (AUS)	7:20	James Hill (NZL)	7:24	Russell Carver (ENG)	7:27
Double Sculls	Men	Mike Spracklen Geoffrey Baker (ENG)	6:54	Mervyn Wood Stuart Mackenzie (AUS)	7:01	Norm Suckling James Hill (NZL)	+0.75 lgths
Coxless pair	Men	Bob Parker Reg Douglas (NZL)	7:11	Jonathan Hall Stewart Douglas-Mann (ENG)	7:14	Stephen Roll Kevyn Webb (AUS)	7:33
Coxless four	Men	Roger Pope Keith Shackell David Young Creighton Redman (ENG)	6:34	Glen Smith Malcolm Turnbull Richard McClure John Madden (CAN)	6:39	David Edwards John Fage David Prichard John Edwards (WAL)	6:48
Coxed four	Men	Colin Porter John Vigurs Simon Crosse Michael Beresford Richard Gabriel (ENG)	6:46	Donald Arnold Walter D'Hondt David Helliwell Lawrence Stapleton Sohen Biln (CAN)	6:53	Graeme Allen Ralfe Currall Kevin Evans Lionel Robberds Roland Waddington (AUS)	NTT
Eights	Men	Archibald MacKinnon (CAN) Donald Arnold Wayne Pretty Glen Mervyn Walter D'Hondt Lorne Loomer Robert Wilson Sohen Biln Bill McKerlich	5:51	Bruce Leonard Evans (AUS) Graeme Keith Allen Kenneth Philip Railton Kevin John Evans Lionel Robberds Neville John Clinton Ralfe Raymond Currall Roland Peter Waddington Victor Albert Schweikert	5:56	Tony Hancox (ENG) Don Elliot Dennis Mount Hilali Wober John A Stephenson Felix Badcock J. P. M. Thomson Dick Workman Raymond Penney	6:10

Swimming

Swimming events were held at the Wales Empire Pool in Cardiff.

Men's events

Medallists in men's swimming by event, with times

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	Bob 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 Brian Wilkinson John Konrads John Devitt	8:33.4	Scotland (SCO) Athole Still Ian Black James Leiper Bob Sreenan	8:54.2	Canada (CAN) Kenneth Williams Peter Bell Cam Grout William 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 Kenneth Williams Peter Bell Bob Wheaton	4:26.3	England (ENG) Christopher Walkden Graham Sykes Graham Symonds Neil McKechnie	4:26.4

Women's events

Women's swimming medallists by event, with times

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	Christine 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 Margaret Iwasaki Susan Sangster Sara Barber	4:30.0	England (ENG) Beryl Noakes Diana Wilkinson Judy Grinham Anne Marshall	4:31.5
4×110 yd medley relay	England (ENG) Judy Grinham Anita Lonsbrough Christine Gosden Diana Wilkinson	4:54.0	Australia (AUS) Alva Colquhoun Barbara Evans Beverley Bainbridge Gergaynia Beckett	4:55.1	Canada (CAN) Gladys Priestley Irene Service Margaret Iwasaki Sara Barber	5:01.6

Diving

Diving events were held at the Wales Empire Pool in Cardiff.

Medallists in diving by event, with points scores

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
3 Metres Springboard Diving	Men	Keith Collin (ENG)	126.78	Bill Patrick (CAN)	124.62	Peter 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	Charmain Welsh (ENG)	118.81	Irene MacDonald (CAN)	117.01	Liz Ferris (ENG)	113.3
10 Metres Highboard [Platform] Diving	Women	Charmain Welsh (ENG)	77.23	Ann Long (ENG)	73.69	Molly Wieland (ENG)	65.82

Weightlifting

Medallists in weightlifting by event, with weight lifted

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 (MAS)	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 (MAS)	392	Leonard Treganowan (AUS)	378.5
Heavyweight - Overall	Men	Ken McDonald (ENG)	455.5	Dave Baillie (CAN)	446.5	Arthur Shannos (AUS)	394.5

Wrestling

Medallists in wrestling by weight division

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)