British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1954 / Boxing

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The 5th men's boxing competition at the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1954 was held from July 30th to August 7th in Vancouver , Canada . A total of 30 medals in 10 weight classes were awarded.

Medalist

class gold silver bronze
Fly weight (- 51 kg) ScotlandScotland Dick Currie
Scotland
Rhodesia North 1939Northern Rhodesia Abe Bekker
Northern Rhodesia
AustraliaAustralia Warner Batchelor
Australia
Bantam weight (- 54 kg) ScotlandScotland John Smillie
Scotland
Rhodesia South 1923Southern RhodesiaGordon Smith
Southern Rhodesia
Nigeria 1914Nigeria Abubakar Idi Garuba
Nigeria
Feather weight (- 57 kg) South Africa 1928South African Union Leonard Leisching
South Africa
Wales 1953Wales Malcolm Collins
Wales
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Dave Charnley
England
Light weight (- 60 kg) Rhodesia South 1923Southern Rhodesia Piet van Staden
Southern Rhodesia
ScotlandScotland Frank McQuillan
Scotland
AustraliaAustralia Brian Cahill
Australia
Super light weight (- 63.5 kg) Canada 1921Canada Mickey Berg in
Canada
Rhodesia South 1923Southern Rhodesia Aubrey Harris
Southern Rhodesia
AustraliaAustralia Des Duguid
Australia
Welter weight (- 67 kg) United KingdomUnited Kingdom Nicholas Gargano
England
AustraliaAustralia Rodney Litzow
Australia
South Africa 1928South African UnionHendrik van der Linde
South Africa
Super welter weight (- 71 kg) Canada 1921Canada Wilf Greaves
Canada
Rhodesia South 1923Southern Rhodesia Freddy Wright
Southern Rhodesia
United KingdomUnited Kingdom Bruce Wells
England
Middle weight (- 75 kg) South Africa 1928South African Union Johannes van der Kolff
South Africa
Rhodesia South 1923Southern Rhodesia Arthur Crawford
Southern Rhodesia
Canada 1921Canada Marcel Piau
England
Light heavyweight (- 81 kg) South Africa 1928South African Union Piet van Vuuren
South Africa
AustraliaAustralia Tony Madigan
Australia
Canada 1921Canada Bill Misselbrook
Canada
Heavy weight (+ 81 kg) United KingdomUnited KingdomBrian Harper
England
Canada 1921Canada Gerry Buchanan
Canada
South Africa 1928South African UnionGeorge Jenkins
South Africa

Medal table

 rank  country gold silver bronze total
1 South Africa 1928South African Union South African Union 3 0 2 5
2 Canada 1921Canada Canada 2 1 2 5
3 ScotlandScotland Scotland 2 1 0 3
4th EnglandEngland England 2 0 2 4th
5 Rhodesia South 1923Southern Rhodesia Southern Rhodesia 1 4th 0 5
6th AustraliaAustralia Australia 0 2 3 5
7th Rhodesia North 1939Northern Rhodesia Northern Rhodesia 0 1 0 1
Wales 1953Wales Wales 0 1 0 1
9 Nigeria 1914Nigeria Nigeria 0 0 1 1
Total 10 10 10 30th

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