New Zealand at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

New Zealand at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was represented by a team of 66 competitors and 11 officials. Selection of the team for the Games in Cardiff, Wales, was the responsibility of the New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association. New Zealand's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was javelin thrower Malcolm Hahn. The New Zealand team finished fifth on the medal table, winning a total of 19 medals, four of which were gold.

New Zealand at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
CGF code	NZL
CGA	New Zealand Olympic and British Empire Games Association
Website	www.olympic.org.nz
in Cardiff, Wales
Competitors	66
Flag bearers	Opening: Malcolm Hahn Closing:
Officials	11
Medals Ranked 5th	Gold 4 Silver 6 Bronze 9 Total 19
British Empire and Commonwealth Games appearances
1930 1934 1938 1950 1954 1958 1962 1966 1970 1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

New Zealand has competed in every games, starting with the British Empire Games in 1930 at Hamilton, Ontario.

Medal tables

New Zealand was fifth in the medal table in 1958, with a total of 19 medals, including four gold.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Murray Halberg	Athletics	Men's 3 miles
Gold	Valerie Sloper	Athletics	Women's shot put
Gold	John Morris Richard Pilkington	Lawn bowls	Men's pairs
Gold	Reg Douglas Bob Parker	Rowing	Men's coxless pair
Silver	Mary Donaghy	Athletics	Women's high jump
Silver	Les Mills	Athletics	Men's discus throw
Silver	Jennifer Thompson	Athletics	Women's discus throw
Silver	Warren Johnston	Cycling	Men's 10 mile scratch race
Silver	James Hill	Rowing	Men's single scull
Silver	Tessa Staveley	Swimming	Women's 110 yards butterfly
Bronze	Dave Norris	Athletics	Men's triple jump
Bronze	Merv Richards	Athletics	Men's pole vault
Bronze	Neville Scott	Athletics	Men's 3 miles
Bronze	Valerie Sloper	Athletics	Women's discus throw
Bronze	Paddy Donovan	Boxing	Men's lightweight
Bronze	Warwick Dalton	Cycling	Men's 1 km time trial
Bronze	Warwick Dalton	Cycling	Men's 4000 m individual pursuit
Bronze	James Hill Norm Suckling	Rowing	Men's double scull
Bronze	Philippa Gould	Swimming	Women's 110 yards backstroke

Medals by sport
Sport				Total
Athletics	2	3	4	9
Rowing	1	1	1	3
Lawn bowls	1	0	0	1
Cycling	0	1	2	3
Swimming	0	1	1	2
Boxing	0	0	1	1
Total	4	6	9	19

Medals by gender
Gender				Total
Male	3	3	7	13
Female	1	3	2	6
Total	4	6	9	19

Competitors

The following table lists the number of New Zealand competitors participating at the Games according to gender and sport.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	13	6	19
Boxing	7	—	7
Cycling	6	—	6
Diving	1	0	1
Fencing	3	2	5
Lawn bowls	7	—	7
Rowing	10	—	10
Swimming	1	4	5
Weightlifting	2	—	2
Wrestling	4	—	4
Total	54	12	66

Athletics

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

Track and road

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank[lower-roman 1]	Result	Rank[lower-roman 2]	Result	Rank[lower-roman 3]	Result	Rank
Bill Baillie	Men's 1 mile	4:13.2	6	—				did not advance
	Men's 3 miles	—						13:44.4	9
Marise Chamberlain	Women's 100 yards	11.4	3	—		did not advance
	Women's 220 yards	25.8	2 Q	—		DNS		did not advance
Murray Halberg	Men's 1 mile	4:09.9	2 Q	—				4:06.6	5
	Men's 3 miles	—						13:15.0 GR
Barry Magee	Men's 3 miles	—							15
	Men's 6 miles	—						31:57.2	8
Ray Puckett	Men's 6 miles	—							12
	Men's marathon	—						2:38:58.8	14
Maurice Rae	Men's 100 yards	9.8	1 Q	9.8	1 Q	9.8	3	did not advance
	Men's 220 yards	22.1	1 Q	21.7	2 Q	21.9	6	did not advance
Barry Robinson	Men's 440 yards	48.9	2 Q	DNF		did not advance
Neville Scott	Men's 1 mile	4:05.9	3 Q	—				4:11.9	9
	Men's 3 miles	—						13:26.2
Donal Smith	Men's 880 yards	1:52.8	2 Q	—				1:51.5	5
Margaret Stuart	Women's 80 m hurdles	11.1	2 Q	—				11.0	4
	Women's 100 yards	11.3	2 Q	—		11.1	6	did not advance
Beverly Weigel	Women's 100 yards	11.4	4	—		did not advance
Marise Chamberlain Margaret Stuart Beverly Weigel Mary Donaghy	Women's 4 x 110 yards relay	48.2	2 Q	—				48.3	4

1. Ranks given are within the heat
2. Ranks given are within the quarterfinal
3. Ranks given are within the semifinal

Field

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Mary Donaghy	Women's high jump			5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
	Women's long jump		3 Q	18 ft 11 in (5.77 m)	5
Malcolm Hahn	Men's javelin throw			204 ft 9+1⁄2 in (62.42 m)	13
Les Mills	Men's discus throw			169 ft 8+1⁄2 in (51.73 m)
	Men's shot put			50 ft 2 in (15.29 m)	7
Dave Norris	Men's long jump		Q	23 ft 5+1⁄2 in (7.15 m)	8
	Men's triple jump		Q	50 ft 8+1⁄4 in (15.45 m)
Merv Richards	Men's pole vault		4 Q	13 ft 8 in (4.17 m)
Valerie Sloper	Women's discus throw			147 ft 5 in (44.93 m)
	Women's shot put			51 ft 0 in (15.54 m) GR
Jennifer Thompson	Women's discus throw			148 ft 7 in (45.29 m)
	Women's shot put			41 ft 11+1⁄2 in (12.79 m)	5
Beverly Weigel	Women's long jump	18 ft 11+3⁄4 in (5.78 m)	7 Q	NM	8
Roy Williams	Men's long jump		Q	23 ft 10 in (7.26 m)	6
	Men's triple jump	47 ft 5+3⁄4 in (14.47 m)	12	did not advance

Boxing

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

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final	Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Maurice Purton	Featherweight	Bye	Collins (WAL) L	did not advance
Paddy Donovan	Lightweight	—	Sam (SAF) W	McTaggart (SCO) L	Did not advance
Graham Finlay	Light welterweight	Smith (SRH) L	did not advance
Bevin Weir	Middleweight	Milligan (NIR) L	did not advance
Edward Morrison	Light heavyweight	—	Madigan (AUS) L	did not advance

Cycling

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

Road

Men's road race

Athlete	Time	Rank
Keith Gant		unplaced
Dick Johnstone		unplaced
Lance Payne	5:23:21.7	11
John Peoples		unplaced

Track

Men's 1000 m sprint

Athlete	Round 1	Repechage	Round 2	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Warren Johnston	Darragh (NIR)  Rimple (TTO) W 12.4	—	Skene (WAL) W 12.1, W 12.0	Harrison (ENG) W 13.5, W 12.5	Barton (ENG) D 12.1, L, L	Binch (ENG) L, W 12.4, L	4

Men's 1 km time trial

Athlete	Time	Rank
Warwick Dalton	1:12.6

Men's 4000 m individual pursuit

Athlete	Qualification		Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
	Time	Rank	Opponent Result	Opponent Result	Opponent Result
Warwick Dalton	5:09.3	2 Q	Evans (WAL) W 5:08.1	Sheil (ENG) L 5:12.8	Gambrill (ENG) W 5:14.7

Men's 10 miles scratch race

Athlete	Time	Rank
Warwick Dalton		unplaced
Warren Johnston

Diving

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

Athlete	Event	Points	Rank
Len Hodge	Men's 3 m springboard	104.87	6

Fencing

Men

Individual épée

Individual foil

Athlete	Qualifying pool								Semifinal pool						Final pool								Rank
	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Wins	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Wins	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Wins
Bob Binning	Lund  (AUS) L 1 – 5	Hung  (HKG) L 3 – 5	Cooke  (ENG) L 2 – 5	Malherbe  (SAF) L 4 – 5	Andru  (CAN) L	Evans  (WAL) L	Morrison  (SCO) L	0	Did not advance
Brian Pickworth	R.R.V. Paul  (ENG) L 4 – 5	McCowage  (AUS) L 4 – 5	Thompson  (NIR) L 2 – 5	McCombe  (WAL) W 5 – 3	Tully  (CAN) W 5 – 2	Richardson  (SCO) W 5 – 3	Lee  (HKG) W 5 – 1	4	Lund  (AUS) L 3 – 5	R.R.V. Paul  (ENG) W 5 – 3	Hung  (HKG) W 5 – 2	Malherbe  (SAF) W 5 – 3	Thompson  (NIR) L	3	R.R.V. Paul  (ENG) L 0 – 5	Lund  (AUS) L 0 – 5	R.R.C. Paul  (ENG) W 5 – 4	Preston  (WAL) W 5 – 4	Schwende  (CAN) W 5 – 3	Hung  (HKG) W 5 – 0	McCowage  (AUS) L 4 – 5	4	4
Percy Temple	R.R.C. Paul  (ENG) L 3 – 5	Marçal  (HKG) W 5 – 2	Preston  (WAL) W 5 – 4	Schwende  (CAN) W 5 – 1	Broadhurst  (SCO) W 5 – 2	—	—	4	R.R.C. Paul  (ENG) L 1 – 5	McCowage  (AUS) L 1 – 5	Preston  (WAL) L 4 – 5	Schwende  (CAN) L 2 – 5	Cooke  (ENG) W	1	did not advance

Individual sabre

Team events

Athlete	Event	Elimination pool			Final pool				Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Wins	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Wins
Bob Binning Brian Pickworth Percy Temple	Team épée	Wales W 7 – 2	—	1	England L 1 – 8	Canada L 0 – 6	Australia L 1 – 5	0	4
	Team foil	Canada W 7 – 2	England L 2 – 7	1	Australia L 2 – 7	Wales L 2 – 5	England L	0	4
	Team sabre	Wales L 3 – 6	England L 1 – 5	0	did not advance

Women

Individual foil

Athlete	Elimination pool								Final pool								Rank
	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Wins	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Wins
Enid McElwee	Glen-Haig  (ENG) L 1 – 4	McCreath  (AUS) L 1 – 4	Waters  (WAL) W 4 – 2	Reynolds  (SRH) W 4 – 3	Towland  (SCO) W 4 – 2	Maries  (CAN) L 1 – 4	—	3	Sheen  (ENG) L 2 – 4	McCreath  (AUS) L 3 – 4	Glen-Haig  (ENG) W 4 – 3	Sacco  (SAF) W 4 – 0	Mitchell  (NZL) W 4 – 1	Maries  (CAN) W 4 – 1	O'Brien  (AUS) L 3 – 4	4	4
Elizabeth Mitchell	Sheen  (ENG) W 4 – 3	Gilbert  (CAN) W 4 – 1	King  (WAL) W 4 – 3	Plews  (SCO) W 4 – 1	Kenyon  (NIR) W 4 – 3	Sacco  (SAF) L 2 – 4	O'Brien  (AUS)		McCreath  (AUS) L 1 – 4	Glen-Haig  (ENG) L 2 – 4	Sacco  (SAF) L 2 – 4	O'Brien  (AUS) L 2 – 4	McElwee  (NZL) L 1 – 4	Sheen  (ENG) W 4 – 3	Maries  (CAN) W 4 – 1	2	7

Lawn bowls

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

Athlete	Event	Round robin														Rank
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	W	D	L
James Pirret	Men's singles	Fulton  (NIR) L 14 – 21	Danilowitz  (SAF) W 21 – 13	Weir  (KEN) L 9 – 21	Hall  (JER) W 21 – 11	Jackson  (SRH) L 15 – 21	Jones  (SCO) L 3 – 21	Liddell  (HKG) W 21 – 17	Williams  (WAL) W 21 – 10	Linford  (CAN) W 21 – 13	Bosisto  (AUS) L 13 – 21	Baker  (ENG) W 21 – 18	6	0	5	6
Richard Pilkington John Morris	Men's pairs	Northern Ireland W 25 – 11	South Africa W 19 – 10	Kenya W 24 – 17	Jersey W 20 – 15	Southern Rhodesia L 12 – 21	Scotland W 19 – 17	Hong Kong W 19 – 15	Wales W 23 – 20	Canada W 20 – 16	Australia W 22 – 17	England W 23 – 9	10	0	1
Robin Andrew Jeff Barron Stanley Snedden Bill Hampton	Men's fours	Northern Ireland L 10 – 20	South Africa L 15 – 23	Kenya L 10 – 23	Jersey L 23 – 28	Southern Rhodesia L 13 – 19	Scotland W 21 – 17	Hong Kong L 13 – 23	Wales L 19 – 24	Canada W 24 – 15	Australia W 27 – 9	England L 14 – 16	3	0	8	10

Rowing

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

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Final
		Time	Rank[lower-roman 1]	Time	Rank[lower-roman 2]	Time	Rank
James Hill	Men's single scull	8:36.8	1 Q	—		7:23.9
Norm Suckling James Hill	Men's double scull	7:50.9	2	7:09.9	1 Q
Bob Parker Reg Douglas	Men's coxless pair	—				7:11.1
Donald Gemmell Peter Aitchison Frank Crotty Graeme Moran Richard Tuffin (cox)	Men's coxed four	7:51.7	3	7:04.2	2 Q		4

1. Ranks given are within the heat
2. Ranks given are within the repechage

Swimming

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

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Philippa Gould	Women's 110 yards backstroke	1:13.8	3 Q	1:13.7
Jennifer Hunter	Women's 110 yards freestyle	1:10.1	14	did not advance
Colin McFadden
Kay Sawyers	Women's 220 yards breaststroke	3:11.0	11	did not advance
Tessa Staveley	Women's 110 yards butterfly	1:16.7	4 Q	1:14.4
Philippa Gould Tessa Staveley Kay Sawyers Jennifer Hunter	Women's 4 x 110 yards medley relay	5:10.8	4 Q	5:06.4	4

Weightlifting

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

Athlete	Event	Press	Snatch	Jerk	Total	Rank
Peter Ridgley	Lightweight	230 lb (104.3 kg)	195 lb (88.5 kg)	260 lb (117.9 kg)	685 lb (310.7 kg)	9
Hohepa Komene	Light heavyweight	240 lb (108.9 kg)	230 lb (104.3 kg)	300 lb (136.1 kg)	770 lb (349.3 kg)	10

Wrestling

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

Athlete	Event	Elimination rounds				Rank
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Brian Bognuda	Featherweight	Aspen (ENG) L	Geldenhuys (SAF) L	Eliminated		=6
Gordon Hobson	Welterweight	Boese (CAN) L	Scott (WAL) W	de Villiers (SAF) L	Eliminated	=5
Barrie Courtney	Middleweight	Rashid (PAK) L	van Zyl (SAF) L	Eliminated		=6
John da Silva	Heavyweight	Mitchell (AUS) L	Richmond (ENG) W	Nazir (PAK) L	Eliminated	5

See also

• New Zealand Olympic Committee
• New Zealand at the Commonwealth Games
• New Zealand at the 1956 Summer Olympics
• New Zealand at the 1960 Summer Olympics

External links

• NZOC website on the 1958 games
• Commonwealth Games Federation website
• Athletes in the 1966 Encyclopaedia of New Zealand has a paragraph on these Games