1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

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VII British Empire and Commonwealth Games
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Host cityPerth, Western Australia,  Australia
Nations participating35
Athletes participating863
Events104
Opening ceremony22 November
Closing ceremony1 December
Officially opened byPrince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
Athlete's OathIvan Lund
Main venuePerry Lakes Stadium
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The 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Perth, Western Australia, from 22 November to 1 December 1962. Athletic events were held at Perry Lakes Stadium in the suburb of Floreat and swimming events at Beatty Park in North Perth. They were held after the 1962 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games for wheelchair athletes.

Venues[]

Most venues other than the specifically constructed Beatty Park, and Perry Lakes Stadium, were existing facilities.[1]

Participating teams[]

Countries that participated

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

Participating Commonwealth countries and territories
  •  Aden
  • Australia Australia
  •  Bahamas
  •  Barbados
  •  British Guiana
  •  British Honduras
  •  Canada
  •  Ceylon
  •  Dominica
  •  England
  •  Fiji
  •  Ghana
  •  Gibraltar
  •  Hong Kong
  •  Isle of Man
  •  Jamaica
  •  Jersey
  •  Kenya
  •  Malaya
  •  Malta
  •  Mauritius
  • New Zealand New Zealand
  • North Borneo
  •  Northern Ireland
  •  Pakistan
  •  Papua and New Guinea
  •  Rhodesia and Nyasaland
  •  Sarawak
  •  Scotland
  •  Singapore
  •  Saint Lucia
  •  Tanganyika
  •  Trinidad and Tobago
  •  Uganda
  •  Wales

Medals by country[]

Note: The medals used at these Games were the first to have a neck chain. All previous games had their medals in presentation boxes.

  *   Host nation (Australia)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Australia (AUS)*383631105
2 England (ENG)29222778
3 New Zealand (NZL)10121032
4 Pakistan (PAK)8109
5 Canada (CAN)4121531
6 Scotland (SCO)47314
7 Ghana (GHA)3519
8 Jamaica (JAM)3115
9 Kenya (KEN)2215
10 Singapore (SIN)2002
11 Uganda (UGA)1146
12 Rhodesia and Nyasaland (FRN)0257
13 Wales (WAL)0246
14 Bahamas (BAH)0101
15 Fiji (FIJ)0022
 Trinidad and Tobago (TTO)0022
17 Barbados (BAR)0011
 British Guiana (BGU)0011
 Jersey (JEY)0011
 Malaya (Malaya)0011
 Northern Ireland (NIR)0011
 Papua and New Guinea0011
Totals (22 nations)104104112320

Medals by event[]

Athletics[]

Venue: Perry Lakes Stadium, Floreat

Bowls[]

Venue: Dalkeith Nedlands Bowling Club, Dalkeith[2]

Boxing[]

Venue: Perry Lakes Boxing Stadium, Floreat

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight Men  Bobby Mallon (SCO)  Cassis Aryee (GHA)  Philip Waruinge (KEN)
 Mike Pye (ENG)
Bantamweight Men   (AUS)   (GHA)   (UGA)
 Peter Benneyworth (ENG)
Featherweight Men   (SCO)   (KEN)  Turori George (NZL)
  (AUS)
Lightweight Men  Eddie Blay (GHA)   (UGA)  Paddy Donovan (NZL)
 Brian Whelan (ENG)
Light Welterweight Men  Clement Quartey (GHA)  Dick McTaggart (SCO)  Harvey Reti (CAN)
 Brian Brazier (ENG)
Welterweight Men  Wallace Coe (NZL)  John Pritchett (ENG)   (JER)
Light Middleweight Men  Harold Mann (CAN)   (FRN)   (UGA)
 Kenneth Hopkins (PNG)
Middleweight Men  Cephas Colquhoun (JAM)  Thomas Arimi (GHA)   (FIJ)
Light Heavyweight Men  Tony Madigan (AUS)   (GHA)   (NIR)
  (SCO)
Heavyweight Men  George Oywello (UGA)  Bill Kini (NZL)   (FIJ)
  (AUS)

Cycling[]

Track cycling[]

Venue: Lake Monger Velodrome, Leederville

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   (AUS) 00:05:08  Richard Hine (AUS) 00:05:13  Harry Jackson (ENG) 00:05:14
10 Miles Scratch Men   (AUS) 00:22:11  Warren Johnston (NZL)  John Clarey (ENG)

Road cycling[]

Venue: Kings Park,[3] Perth

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[]

Venue: Victoria Park Army Drill Hall, Victoria Park

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Foil Men  Sandy Leckie (SCO)  Allan Jay (ENG)  Ralph Cooperman (ENG)
Foil – Team Men  England
Allan Jay
Ralph Cooperman
René Paul
 Australia
Brian McCowage
David McKenzie
Ivan Lund
 Canada

Carl Schwende
John Andru
Épée Men  Ivan Lund (AUS)  John Pelling (ENG)  Peter Jacobs (ENG)
Épée – Team Men  England
John Pelling
Mike Howard
Peter Jacobs
 Australia
Ivan Lund
John Humphreys
 Canada
Carl Schwende
Peter Bakonyi
Robert Foxcroft
Sabre Men  Ralph Cooperman (ENG)   (CAN)  John Andru (CAN)
Sabre – Team Men  England
Ralph Cooperman
George Birks
Michael Amberg
 Canada

Carl Schwende
John Andru
Robert Foxcroft
 New Zealand
Brian Pickworth
Michael Henderson
Bob Binning
Foil Women  Melody Coleman (NZL)  Johanna Winter (AUS)  Janet Hopner (AUS)

Rowing[]

Venue: Canning River, Applecross

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Single sculls Men  James Hill (NZL) 00:07:40  Bill Barry (ENG) 00:07:45  Ian Tutty (AUS) 00:07:49
Double sculls Men  George Justicz
Nicholas Birkmyre (ENG)
00:06:52  Peter Watkinson
Murray Watkinson (NZL)
00:06:54  Barclay Wade
 (AUS)
00:07:01
Coxless pairs Men  Stewart Farquharson
David Lee Nicholson (ENG)
00:07:04  Graham Lawrence
Murray Lawrence (NZL)
00:07:08  Rodger Ninham
 (AUS)
00:07:10
Coxless fours Men  Chris Davidge
Michael Clay
John Beveridge
John Tilbury (ENG)
00:06:31  


 (WAL)
00:06:32  Eldon Worobieff
Thomas Gray

 (CAN)
00:06:35
Coxed four Men  Winston Stephens
Keith Heselwood
Hugh Smedley
George Paterson
Doug Pulman (NZL)
00:06:48  David Ramage



 (AUS)
00:06:49  John Russell
Richard Knight
John Vigurs
Colin Porter
Michael Howard-Johnston (ENG)
00:07:05
Eights Men  Australia

David Palfreyman

Graeme McCall

Martin Tomanovits
Paul Guest
Terry Davies
Walter Howell
00:05:53  New Zealand
Alistair Dryden
Alan Grey
Christian Larsen
Colin Cordes
Darien Boswell
Alan Webster
Louis Lobel
Leslie Arthur
Robert Page
00:05:54  England
Colin Porter
Chris Davidge
John Beveridge
Michael Howard-Johnston
John Russell
John Vigurs
John Tilbury
Richard Knight
Michael Clay
00:06:09

Swimming[]

Venue: Beatty Park, Leederville

Men's events[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
110 yd freestyle  Dick Pound (CAN) 55.8  Bob McGregor (SCO) 56.1  David Dickson (AUS) 56.1
440 yd freestyle  Murray Rose (AUS) 4:20.0  Allan Wood (AUS) 4:22.5  Bob Windle (AUS) 4:23.1
1650 yd freestyle  Murray Rose (AUS) 17:18.1  Bob Windle (AUS) 17:44.5  Allan Wood (AUS) 17:55.6
110 yd backstroke  Graham Sykes (ENG) 1.04.5  Julian Carroll (AUS) 1:05.4   (AUS) 1:06.2
220 yd backstroke  Julian Carroll (AUS) 2:20.9  Tony Fingleton (AUS) 2:21.0  Alan Robertson (NZL) 2:23.0
110 yd breaststroke  Ian O'Brien (AUS) 1:11.4  William Burton (AUS) 1:13.9  Steve Rabinovitch (CAN) 1:14.1
220 yd breaststroke  Ian O'Brien (AUS) 2:38.2  William Burton (AUS) 2:42.1  Neil Nicholson (ENG) 2:42.6
110 yd butterfly  Kevin Berry (AUS) 59.5  Neville Hayes (AUS) 1:02.3   (CAN) 1:02.6
220 yd butterfly  Kevin Berry (AUS) 2:10.8  Neville Hayes (AUS) 2:16.3  Brett Hill (AUS) 2:18.7
440 yd individual medley  Alex Alexander (AUS) 5:15.3  John Oravainen (AUS) 5:16.3   (CAN) 5:16.5
4×110 yd freestyle relay  Australia
David Dickson
Murray Rose
Peter Doak
Peter Phelps
3:43.9  Canada

Sandy Gilchrist

Dick Pound
3:48.3  England
Rodney Clayden
John Martin-Dye
Peter Kendrew
Stanley Clarke
3:51.3
4×220 yd freestyle relay  Australia
Allan Wood

Murray Rose
Bob Windle
8:13.4  Canada

Sandy Gilchrist

Dick Pound
8:42.4  England
John Martin-Dye
Peter Kendrew
Richard Campion
Stanley Clarke
8:46.0
4×110 yd medley relay  Australia
David Dickson
Ian O'Brien
Julian Carroll
Kevin Berry
4:12.4  England
Graham Sykes
Neil Nicholson
Peter Kendrew
Terry Glenville
4:19.9  Canada


Dick Pound
Steve Rabinovitch
4:19.9

Women's events[]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
110 yd freestyle  Dawn Fraser (AUS) 59.5  Robyn Thorn (AUS) 1:03.8  Mary Stewart (CAN) 1:04.4
440 yd freestyle  Dawn Fraser (AUS) 4:51.4  Ilsa Konrads (AUS) 4:55.0  Liz Long (ENG) 5:00.4
110 yd backstroke  Linda Ludgrove (ENG) 1:11.1   (AUS) 1:11.5  Sylvia Lewis (ENG) 1:12.2
220 yd backstroke  Linda Ludgrove (ENG) 2:35.2  Sylvia Lewis (ENG) 2:36.7   (AUS) 2:37.5
110 yd breaststroke  Anita Lonsbrough (ENG) 1:21.3  Vivien Haddon (NZL) 1:21.3  Dorinda Fraser (ENG) 1:21.7
220 yd breaststroke  Anita Lonsbrough (ENG) 2:51.7  Jackie Enfield (ENG) 2:54.7  Vivien Haddon (NZL) 2:56.3
110 yd butterfly  Mary Stewart (CAN) 1:10.1  Mary-Anne Cotterill (ENG) 1:11.2  Linda McGill (AUS) 1:11.6
440 yd individual medley  Anita Lonsbrough (ENG) 5:38.6  Linda McGill (AUS) 5:46.1   (AUS) 5:53.0
4×110 yd freestyle relay  Australia
Dawn Fraser
Lynette Bell
Robyn Thorn
Ruth Everuss
4:11.0  Canada

M.P. Stewart
Patricia Thompson
Sara Barber
4:21.1  England
Diana Wilkinson
Elizabeth Long
Linda Amos
Sandra Keen
4:21.3
4×110 yd medley relay  Australia
Dawn Fraser
Linda McGill
Marguerite Ruygrok
4:45.9  England
Anita Lonsbrough
Diana Wilkinson
Linda Ludgrove
Mary-Anne Cotterill
4:47.9  Canada
A.J. Glendenning
M.P. Stewart
Patricia Thompson
Sara Barber
4:48.1

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
3 Metres Springboard Diving Women  Susan Knight (AUS) 134.72  Liz Ferris (ENG) 132.74   (AUS) 125.13
10 Metres Highboard [Platform] Diving Women  Susan Knight (AUS) 101.15  Margaret Austen (ENG) 98.93   (AUS) 91.79

Weightlifting[]

Venue: South Perth City Hall, South Perth[4]

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Bantamweight – Overall Men  Chua Phung Kim (SIN) 322  Allen Salter (CAN) 310.5  Martin Dias (BGU) 306
Featherweight – Overall Men  George Newton (ENG) 326.5  Ieuan Owen (WAL) 292.5   (Malaya) 281
Lightweight – Overall Men  Carlton Goring (ENG) 351.5  Alan Oshyer (AUS) 340   (SCO) 340
Middleweight – Overall Men  Tan Howe Liang (SIN) 390  Pierre St.-Jean (CAN) 376   (WAL) 372
Light Heavyweight – Overall Men  Phil Caira (SCO) 408  George Manners (ENG) 403.5  Peter Arthur (WAL) 392
Middle Heavyweight – Overall Men  Louis Martin (ENG) 469.5   (CAN) 408   (TRI) 399
Heavyweight – Overall Men  Arthur Shannos (AUS) 465  Don Oliver (NZL) 465  Brandon Bailey (TRI) 440

Wrestling[]

Venue: Royal King's Park Tennis Club, Perth

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Flyweight Men  Muhammad Niaz Din (PAK)   (CAN)  Warren Nisbet (NZL)
Bantamweight Men  Siraj-ud-Din (PAK)  Walter Pilling (ENG)   (SCO)
Featherweight Men   (PAK)  Matti Jutila (CAN)  Albert Aspen (ENG)
Lightweight Men  Muhammad Ashraf (PAK)   (AUS)  Kurt Boese (CAN)
Welterweight Men  Muhammad Bashir (PAK)  Philip Oberlander (CAN)  Len Allen (ENG)
Middleweight Men  Muhammad Faiz (PAK)   (AUS)  Fred Thomas (NZL)
Light Heavyweight Men  Tony Buck (ENG)   (PAK)  Jim Armstrong (AUS)
Heavyweight Men  Muhammad Niaz (PAK)  Ray Mitchell (AUS)  Denis McNamara (ENG)

See also[]

  • 1962 Commonwealth Paraplegic Games

References[]

  1. ^ Shell Company of Australia (1962), Commonwealth Games, Perth 1962, Shell, retrieved 1 November 2014
  2. ^ "DALKEITH NEDLANDS BOWLING CLUB". DALKEITH NEDLANDS BOWLING CLUB. Retrieved 24 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Games Road Race in Bush Setting". The Beverley Times. WA: National Library of Australia. 11 May 1962. p. 9. Retrieved 31 January 2016.
  4. ^ "Photograph of South Perth City Hall". State Library of Western Australia.

External links[]

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Cardiff
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