1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

7th British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Host city	Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Nations participating	35
Athletes participating	863
Events	104
Opening ceremony	22 November
Closing ceremony	1 December
Main venue	Perry Lakes Stadium
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The 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Perth, Western Australia, Australia from 22 November-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

• Opening Ceremony - main stadium - Perry Lakes
• Athletics - main stadium - Perry Lakes
• Boxing - main stadium - Perry Lakes
• Cycling - Velodrome - Lake Monger - Brittania Street, Leederville
• Fencing - Drill Hall - Victoria Park
• Lawn Bowls - Bowling Club - Dalkeith
• Rowing - Canning River -
• Swimming - Beatty Park -
• Weightlifting - Civic Centre - South Perth
• Wrestling - Drill Hall - Perth
• Closing Ceremony - main stadium - Perry Lakes

• Accommodation - Commonwealth games village, The Boulevard, City Beach

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).

• Aden
• 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
• 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.

Rank	Nation	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 and 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 and New Guinea	0	0	1	1
Total		104	104	112	320

Medals by event

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Venue: Perry Lakes Stadium

Bowls

Venue: Dalkeith Nedlands Bowling Club

Event		Gold	Silver	Bronze
Singles (details)	Men	David Bryant (ENG)	Joseph Watson Black (SCO)	Alan Bradley (FRN)
Pairs (details)	Men	Robert McDonald & Hugh Robson (NZL)	Thomas Hamill & Michael Purdon (SCO)	Charles Jackson & William Jackson (FRN)
Rinks (details)	Men	England - Skippered by Sid Drysdale	Scotland	Rhodesia and Nyasaland

Boxing

Event		Gold	Silver	Bronze
Flyweight	Men	Bobby Mallon (SCO)	Cassis Aryee (GHA)	Philip Waruinge (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

Venue: Lake Monger Velodrome

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

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Fencing

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

Rowing

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 & 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	00:05:53	New Zealand	00:05:54	England	00:06:09

Swimming

Venue: Beatty Park

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	Wayne Vincent (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 Rabinovich (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	Aldwin Meinhardt (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	John Kelso (CAN)	5:16.5
4×110 yd freestyle relay	Australia David Dickson Murray Rose Peter Doak Peter Phelps	3:43.9	Canada Aldwin Meinhardt Sandy Gilchrist Jack Kelso 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 Anthony Strahan Murray Rose Bob Windle	8:13.4	Canada Aldwin Meinhardt Sandy Gilchrist Jack Kelso 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 Aldwin Meinhardt Jack Kelso Dick Pound Steve Rabinovich	4:19.9

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
110 yd freestyle	Dawn Fraser (AUS)	59.5	Robin 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	Pam Sergeant (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	Pam Sergeant (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	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	Jennifer Corish (AUS)	5:53.0
4×110 yd freestyle relay	Australia Dawn Fraser Lynette Bell Robin Thorn Ruth Everuss	4:11.0	Canada M. Sevigny M.P. Stewart Patricia Thompson Sara Barber	4:21.1	England Diana Wilkinson Elizabeth Long Linda Amos S. Keen	4:21.3
4×110 yd medley relay	Australia Dawn Fraser Linda McGill Marguerite Ruygrok Pamela Sergeant	4:45.9	England Anita Lonsbrough Diana Wilkinson Linda Ludgrove Mary 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	Lorraine McArthur (AUS)	125.13
10 Metres Highboard [Platform] Diving	Women	Susan Knight (AUS)	101.15	Margaret Austen (ENG)	98.93	Patricia Plowman (AUS)	91.79

Weightlifting

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	Cheong Kam Hong (Malaya)	281
Lightweight - Overall	Men	Carlton Goring (ENG)	351.5	Alan Oshyer (AUS)	340	Jimmy Moir (SCO)	340
Middleweight - Overall	Men	Tan Howe Liang (SIN)	390	Pierre St.-Jean (CAN)	376	Horace Johnson (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	Cosford White (CAN)	408	Jackie Samuel (TRI)	399
Heavyweight - Overall	Men	Arthur Shannos (AUS)	465	Don Oliver (NZL)	465	Brandon Bailey (TRI)	440

Wrestling

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

External links

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

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