1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

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The 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Perth, Western Australia, Australia from November 22 to December 1.

Participating Teams

34 teams were represented at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games(teams competing for the first time are shown in bold)

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Medals by country

Pos	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia	38	36	31	105
2	England	29	22	27	78
3	New Zealand	10	12	10	32
4	Pakistan	8	1	0	9
5	Canada	4	12	15	31
6	Scotland	4	7	3	14
7	Ghana	3	5	1	9
8	Jamaica	3	1	1	5
9	Kenya	2	2	1	5
10	Singapore	2	0	0	2
11	Uganda	1	1	4	6
12	Rhodesia & Nyasaland	0	2	5	7
13	Wales	0	2	4	6
14	Bahamas	0	1	0	1
15	Fiji	0	0	2	2
	Trinidad and Tobago	0	0	2	2
17	Barbados	0	0	1	1
	British Guiana	0	0	1	1
	Jersey	0	0	1	1
	Malaya	0	0	1	1
	Northern Ireland	0	0	1	1
	Papua & New Guinea	0	0	1	1
23	Aden	0	0	0	0
	British Honduras	0	0	0	0
	Ceylon	0	0	0	0
	Dominica	0	0	0	0
	Gibraltar	0	0	0	0
	Hong Kong	0	0	0	0
	Isle of Man	0	0	0	0
	Malta	0	0	0	0
	North Borneo	0	0	0	0
	St. Lucia	0	0	0	0
	Sarawak	0	0	0	0
	Tanganyika	0	0	0	0
		Medal Totals	104	104	112	320

Medals by event

Athletics

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 Yards	Women	Dorothy Hyman (ENG)	11.2	Doreen Porter (NZL)	11.3	Brenda Cox (AUS)	11.4
220 Yards	Women	Dorothy Hyman (ENG)	24	Joyce Bennett (AUS)	24.21	Margaret Burvill (AUS)	24.42
880 Yards	Women	Dixie Willis (AUS)	00:02:04	Marise Chamberlain (NZL)	00:02:06	Joy Jordan (ENG)	00:02:06
80 Metres Hurdles	Women	Pam Kilborn (AUS)	11.07	Betty Moore (ENG)	11.4	Avis McIntosh (NZL)	11.47
High Jump	Women	Robyn Woodhouse (AUS)	1.78	Helen Frith (AUS)	1.73	Michele Mason (AUS)	1.73
Long Jump	Women	Pam Kilborn (AUS)	6.27w	Helen Frith (AUS)	6.24w	Janet Knee (AUS)	6.13w
Shot	Women	Val Young (Sloper) (NZL)	15.23	Jean Roberts (AUS)	14.51	Suzanne Allday (ENG)	13.56
Discus	Women	Val Young (Sloper) (NZL)	50.2	Rosslyn Williams (AUS)	46.66	Mary McDonald (AUS)	46.23
Javelin	Women	Sue Platt (ENG)	50.26	Rosemary Morgan (ENG)	49.62	Anna Pazera (AUS)	48.68
4 x 110 Yards Relay	Women	Australia (AUS)	46.71	England (ENG)	46.81	New Zealand (NZL)	46.93
100 Yards	Men	Seraphino Antao (KEN)	9.5	Tom Robinson (BAH)	9.63	Michael Cleary (AUS)	9.78
220 Yards	Men	Seraphino Antao (KEN)	21.28	Dave Jones (ENG)	21.59	Johann du Preez (FRN)	21.7
440 Yards	Men	George Kerr (JAM)	46.74	Robbie Brightwell (ENG)	46.86	Amos Omolo (UGA)	46.88
880 Yards	Men	Peter Snell (NZL)	00:01:48	George Kerr (JAM)	00:01:48	Tony Blue (AUS)	00:01:49
1 Mile	Men	Peter Snell (NZL)	00:04:05	John Davies (NZL)	00:04:05	Terry Sullivan (FRN)	00:04:07
3 Miles	Men	Murray Halberg (NZL)	00:13:34	Ron Clarke (AUS)	00:13:36	Bruce Kidd (CAN)	00:13:36
6 Miles	Men	Bruce Kidd (CAN)	00:28:26	Dave Power (AUS)	00:28:34	John Merriman (WAL)	00:28:40
Marathon	Men	Brian Kilby (ENG)	02:21:17	Dave Power (AUS)	02:22:16	Rod Bonella (AUS)	02:24:07
3000 Metres Steeplechase	Men	Trevor Vincent (AUS)	00:08:43	Maurice Herriott (ENG)	00:08:45	Ron Blackney (AUS)	00:09:01
120 Yards Hurdles	Men	Ghulam Raziq (PAK)	14.34	Dave Prince (AUS)	14.48	Laurie Taitt (ENG)	14.81
440 Yards Hurdles	Men	Ken Roche (AUS)	51.5	Kimaru Songok (KEN)	51.9	Benson Ishiepai (UGA)	52.3
High Jump	Men	Percy Hobson (AUS)	2.11	Charles "Chilla" Porter (AUS)	2.08	Anton Norris (BAR)	2.03
Pole Vault	Men	Trevor Bickle (AUS)	4.49	Danie Burger (FRN)	4.42	Ross Filshie (AUS)	4.42
Long Jump	Men	Mike Ahey (GHA)	8.05w	Dave Norris (NZL)	7.75w	Wellesley Clayton (JAM)	7.73w
Triple Jump	Men	Ian Tomlinson (AUS)	16.2	John Baguley (AUS)	16.08	Fred Alsop (ENG)	16.03
Shot	Men	Martyn Lucking (ENG)	18.08	Mike Lindsay (SCO)	18.05	David Steen (CAN)	17.9
Discus	Men	Warwick Selvey (AUS)	56.48	Mike Lindsay (SCO)	52.58	John Sheldrick (ENG)	50.67
Hammer	Men	Howard Payne (ENG)	61.65	Dick Leffler (AUS)	59.83	Robert Brown (AUS)	57.65
Javelin	Men	Alf Mitchell (AUS)	78.11	Colin Smith (ENG)	77.94	Nick Birks (AUS)	75.07
4 x 110 Yards Relay	Men	England (ENG)	40.62	Ghana (GHA)	40.74	Wales (WAL)	40.8
4 x 440 Yards Relay	Men	Jamaica (JAM)	00:03:10	England (ENG)	00:03:11	Ghana (GHA)	00:03:12

Bowls

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
Singles	Men	David Bryant (ENG)		Joseph Watson Black (SCO)		Alan Bradley (FRN)
Pairs	Men	Bob McDonald & Hugh Robson (NZL)		Thomas Hamill & Michael Purdon (SCO)		Charles Jackson & William Jackson (FRN)
Fours	Men	England (ENG)		Scotland (SCO)		Rhodesia & Nyasaland (FRN)

Boxing

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
Flyweight	Men	Robert Mallon (SCO)		Cassis Aryee (GHA)		Warunige (KEN)
					Mike Pye (ENG)
Bantamweight	Men	Jeff Dynevor (AUS)		Sammy Abbey (GHA)		J. Sentongo (UGA)
					Peter Benneyworth (ENG)
Featherweight	Men	John McDermott (SCO)		Ali Juma (KEN)		Turori George (NZL)
					Ted Stone (AUS)
Lightweight	Men	Eddie Blay (GHA)		Kesi Odongo (UGA)		Thomas Donovan (NZL)
					Brian Whelan (ENG)
Light Welterweight	Men	Clement Quartey (GHA)		Dick McTaggart (SCO)		H. Reti (CAN)
					Brian Brazier (ENG)
Welterweight	Men	Wallace Coe (NZL)		John Pritchett (ENG)		Albert Turmel (JER)
Light Middleweight	Men	Harold Mann (CAN)		Brian Benson (FRN)		F. Nyangweso (UGA)
					Kenneth Hopkins (PNG)
Middleweight	Men	Cephas Colquhoun (JAM)		Thomas Arimi (GHA)		Moses Evans (FIJ)
Light Heavyweight	Men	Tony Madigan (AUS)		Jojo Miles (GHA)		Hans Christie (NIR)
					Tom Menzies (SCO)
Heavyweight	Men	George Oywello (UGA)		Bill Kini (NZL)		Holgar Johansen (FIJ)
					Graham Robinson (AUS)

Cycling

Track

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
Time Trial	Men	Peter Bartels (AUS)	00:01:13	Ian Chapman (AUS)	00:01:13	Roger Whitfield (ENG)	00:01:14
Sprint	Men	Tom Harrison (AUS)		Karl Barton (ENG)		Ian Browne (AUS)
Individual Pursuit	Men	Maxwell Langshaw (AUS)	00:05:08	Richard Hine (AUS)	00:05:13	Harry Jackson (ENG)	00:05:14
10 Miles Scratch	Men	Doug Adams (AUS)	00:22:11	Warren Johnston (NZL)		John Clarey (ENG)

Road

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
Road Race	Men	Wes Mason (ENG)	05:20:26	Anthony Walsh (NZL)	05:20:27	Laurie Byers (NZL)	05:20:27

Fencing

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
Foil	Men	Sandy Leckie (SCO)		Allan Jay (ENG)		Ralph Cooperman (ENG)
Foil - Team	Men	England (ENG)		Australia (AUS)		Canada (CAN)
Épée	Men	Ivan Lund (AUS)		John Pelling (ENG)		Peter Jacobs (ENG)
Épée - Team	Men	England (ENG)		Australia (AUS)		Canada (CAN)
Sabre	Men	Ralph Cooperman (ENG)		Benedek Simo (CAN)		John Andru (CAN)
Sabre- Team	Men	England (ENG)		Canada (CAN)		New Zealand (NZL)
Foil	Women	Melody Coleman (NZL)		Johanna Winter (AUS)		Janet Hopner (AUS)

Rowing

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
Single Sculls	Men	Jack Hill (NZL)	00:07:40	Bill Barry (ENG)	00:07:45	Ian Tutty (AUS)	00:07:49
Double Sculls	Men	George Justice & Nicholas Birkmyre (ENG)	00:06:52	Peter Watkinson & Murray Watkinson (NZL)	00:06:54	Barclay Wade & Graeme Squires (AUS)	00:07:01
Coxless Pairs	Men	Stewart Farquharson & Jim Lee-Nicholson (ENG)	00:07:04	Graham Lawrence & Murray Lawrence (NZL)	00:07:08	Rodger Ninham & William Hatfield (AUS)	00:07:10
Coxless Fours	Men	Chris Davidge, Michael Clay, John Beveridge & John Tilbury (ENG)	00:06:31	David Edwards, Jeremy Luke, Richard Luke & John Edwards (WAL)	00:06:32	Eldon Worobieff, Thomas Gray, Thomas Stokes & Ray McIntosh (CAN)	00:06:35
Coxed Fours	Men	Winston Stephens, Keith Heselwood, Hugh Smedley, George Paterson & Douglas Pulman (NZL)	00:06:48	David Ramage, Derek Norwood, David Caithness, David John & Phillip Sarah (AUS)	00:06:49	John Russell, Richard Knight, John Vigurs, Colin Porter & Michael Howard-Johnston (ENG)	00:07:05
Eights	Men	Australia (AUS)	00:05:53	New Zealand (NZL)	00:05:54	England (ENG)	00:06:09

Swimming

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
110 Yards Freestyle	Men	Dick Pound (CAN)	55.8	Bobby McGregor (SCO)	56.1	David Dickson (AUS)	56.1
440 Yards Freestyle	Men	Murray Rose (AUS)	00:04:20	Allan Wood (AUS)	00:04:22	Robert Windle (AUS)	00:04:23
1650 Yards Freestyle	Men	Murray Rose (AUS)	00:17:18	Robert Windle (AUS)	00:17:45	Allan Wood (AUS)	00:17:56
110 Yards Backstroke	Men	Graham Sykes (ENG)	00:01:05	Julian Carroll (AUS)	00:01:05	Wayne Vincent (AUS)	00:01:06
220 Yards Backstroke	Men	Julian Carroll (AUS)	00:02:21	Tony Fingleton (AUS)	00:02:21	Alan Robertson (NZL)	00:02:23
110 Yards Breaststroke	Men	Ian O'Brien (AUS)	00:01:11	William Burton (AUS)	00:01:14	Steve Rabinovich (CAN)	00:01:14
220 Yards Breaststroke	Men	Ian O'Brien (AUS)	00:02:38	William Burton (AUS)	00:02:42	Neil Nicholson (ENG)	00:02:43
110 Yards Butterfly	Men	Kevin Berry (AUS)	59.5	Neville Hayes (AUS)	00:01:02	Aldwin Meinhardt (CAN)	00:01:03
220 Yards Butterfly	Men	Kevin Berry (AUS)	00:02:11	Neville Hayes (AUS)	00:02:16	Brett Hill (AUS)	00:02:19
440 Yards Individual Medley	Men	Alex Alexander (AUS)	00:05:15	John Oravainen (AUS)	00:05:16	John Kelso (CAN)	00:05:16
4 x 110 Yards Freestyle Relay	Men	Australia (AUS)	00:03:44	Canada (CAN)	00:03:48	England (ENG)	00:03:51
4 x 220 Yards Freestyle Relay	Men	Australia (AUS)	00:08:13	Canada (CAN)	00:08:42	England (ENG)	00:08:46
4 x 110 Yards Medley Relay	Men	Australia (AUS)	00:04:12	England (ENG)	00:04:20	Canada (CAN)	00:04:20

Diving

Event		Gold		Silver		Bronze
3 Metres Springboard Diving	Men	Brian Phelps (ENG)	154.14	Thomas Dinsley (CAN)	147.22	Ernest Meissner (CAN)	145.03
10 Metres Highboard [Platform] Diving	Men	Brian Phelps (ENG)	168.35	Graham Deuble (AUS)	151	Tony Kitcher (ENG)	150.81

Swimming

Diving

Weightlifting

Wrestling

External links

• [Commonwealth Games Official Site]
• [1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games] - Commonwealth Games official website

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