British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1958 / Athletics

At the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Cardiff in 1958 , a total of 29 athletics competitions were held between July 17 and 26, of which 20 were for men and nine for women. The venue was the Cardiff Arms Park .

Men

100 yard run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Keith Gardner	JAM	9.66
2	Tom Robinson	BAH	9.69
3	Mike Agostini	CAN	9.79
4th	Peter Radford	CLOSELY	9.80
5	James Omagbemi	NGR	9.86
6th	Gordon Day	SAF	9.87

Final: July 19th

Wind: -1.6 m / s

220 yards run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Tom Robinson	BAH	21.08
2	Keith Gardner	JAM	21.11
3	Gordon Day	SAF	21.15
4th	Stan Levenson	CAN	21.51
5	John Scott-Oldfield	CLOSELY	21.90
	Edward Jefferys	SAF	DNF

Finale: July 24th

Wind:> 2.0 m / s

440 yards run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Milkha Singh	IND	46.71
2	Malcolm Spence	SAF	46.90
3	Terry Tobacco	CAN	47.05
4th	John Salisbury	CLOSELY	47.15
5	John Wrighton	CLOSELY	47.24
6th	John MacIsaac	SCO	48.82

Finale: July 24th

880 yards run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Herb Elliott	OUT	1: 49.32
2	Brian Hewson	CLOSELY	1: 49.47
3	Mike Rawson	CLOSELY	1: 50.94
4th	Terry Sullivan	RHO	1: 51.24
5	Donal Smith	NZL	1: 51.59
6th	Mike Farrell	CLOSELY	1: 51.85
7th	Les Locke	SCO	1: 54.83
	Edward Buswell	CLOSELY	DNS

Finale: July 22nd

Mile run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Herb Elliott	OUT	3: 59.03
2	Merv Lincoln	OUT	4: 01.80
3	Albie Thomas	OUT	4: 02.77
4th	Gordon Pirie	CLOSELY	4: 04.01
5	Murray Halberg	NZL	4: 06.65
6th	Mike Berisford	SCO	4: 06.77
7th	Mike Blagrove	CLOSELY	4: 07.78
8th	Brian Hewson	CLOSELY	4: 10.98

Finale: July 26th

Three mile run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Murray Halberg	NZL	13: 14.96
2	Albie Thomas	OUT	13: 24.37
3	Neville Scott	NZL	13: 26.06
4th	Gordon Pirie	CLOSELY	13: 29.45
5	Peter Clark	CLOSELY	13: 31.41
6th	John Merriman	WHALE	13: 32.06
7th	Dave Power	OUT	13: 37.37
8th	Arere Anentia	KEN	13: 39.47

22nd of July

Six mile run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Dave Power	OUT	28: 48.16
2	John Merriman	WHALE	28: 48.84
3	Arere Anentia	KEN	28: 51.48
4th	Martin Hyman	CLOSELY	28: 58.59
5	Fred Norris	CLOSELY	29: 44.0
6th	Arap Sum Kanuti	KEN	30: 03.6
7th	Joe Connolly	SCO	30: 20.4
8th	Barry Magee	NZL	30: 27.2

July 19

marathon

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Dave Power	OUT	2:22:46
2	Jan Barnard	SAF	2:22:58
3	Peter Wilkinson	CLOSELY	2:24:42
4th	Eddie Kirkup	CLOSELY	2:27:32
5	Gordon Dickson	CAN	2:28:43
6th	Colin Kemball	CLOSELY	2:29:18
7th	Alexander McDougall	SCO	2:29:58
8th	Arap Sum Kanuti	KEN	2:30:50

24th July

120 yard hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Keith Gardner	JAM	14.20
2	Jacobus Swart	SAF	14.30
3	Ghulam Raziq	PAH	14.32
4th	Peter Stanger	CAN	14.42
5	Peter Hildreth	CLOSELY	14.50
6th	Berry Primrose	OUT	14.97

Finale: July 24th

Wind 3.5 m / s

440 yard hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Gert Potgieter	SAF	49.73
2	David Lean	OUT	50.59
3	Bartonjo Rotich	KEN	51.75
4th	John Metcalf	CLOSELY	52.35
5	Chris Goudge	CLOSELY	52.39
6th	George Shepherd	CAN	52.69

Finale: July 22nd

4-by-110-yard relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	England	Peter Radford Roy Sandstrom David Segal Adrian Breacker	40.72
2	Nigeria	Thomas Obi James Omagbemi Victor Odofin Smart Akraka	41.05
3	Australia	Jim McCann Hector Hogan Terry Gale Kevan Gosper	41.64
4th	Canada	Stu Cameron Stan Levenson Peter Stanger Mike Agostini	41.74
5	Wales	Ronald Jones Nick Whitehead Dewi Roberts John Morgan	42.13
6th	Uganda	Ben Nduga S. Bwowe Ignatius Okello Erasmus Amukun	42.17

4 by 440 yards relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	South African Union	Gordon Day Gerald Evans Gert Potgieter Malcolm Spence	3: 08.21
2	England	Derek Johnson John Salisbury John Wrighton Ted Sampson	3: 09.61
3	Jamaica	Keith Gardner George Kerr Malcolm Spence Gerald James	3: 10.08
4th	Canada	George Shepherd Douglas Clement Joe Mullins Terry Tobacco	3: 12.72
5	India	Wahid Usmani Milkha Singh Daljit Singh Alex Silvera	3: 15.39
6th	Kenya	Samuel Chemweno Bartonjo Rotich Arap Kiptalam Keter Kibet Boit	3: 16.72

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Ernle Haisley	JAM	2.06
2	Chilla Porter	OUT	2.03
3	Robert Kotei	GHA	2.00
4th	Joseph Leresae	KEN	1.98
	Julius Chigbolu	NGR	1.98
	Patrick Etolu	UGA	1.98
7th	Crawford Fairbrother	SCO	1.98
8th	Ken Money	CAN	1.98

Final: July 19th

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Geoff Elliott	CLOSELY	4.16
2	Robert Reid	CAN	4.16
3	Mervyn Richards	NZL	4.16
4th	Allah Ditta	PAH	4.06
5	Ian Ward	CLOSELY	3.96
6th	Wadi Khan	PAH	3.96
7th	Rex porter	CLOSELY	3.81
8th	Glen Cividen	CAN	3.81

Finale: July 26th

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Paul Foreman	JAM	7.47
2	Deryck Taylor	JAM	7.47
3	Muhammad Ramzan Ali	PAH	7.33
4th	Ian Tomlinson	OUT	7.30
5	Roy Cruttenden	CLOSELY	7.28 w
6th	Roy Williams	NZL	7.26
7th	Jack Smyth	CAN	7.15
8th	Dave Norris	NZL	7.15

Finale: July 22nd

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Ian Tomlinson	OUT	15.74
2	Jack Smyth	CAN	15.69
3	Dave Norris	NZL	15.45
4th	Maurice Rich	OUT	15.45
5	Ken Wilmshurst	CLOSELY	15.40
6th	Gabuh bin Piging	NBO	15.10
7th	Lawrence Ogwang	UGA	15.10
8th	Tan Eng Yoon	SIN	14.86 w

Finale: July 24th

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Arthur Rowe	CLOSELY	17.57
2	Martyn Lucking	CLOSELY	16.50
3	Barry Donath	OUT	15.79
4th	Jan Botha	SAF	15.61
5	Nick Morgan	CLOSELY	15.56
6th	Mike Lindsay	SCO	15.42
7th	Les Mills	NZL	15.26
8th	Stan Raike	CAN	15.00

24th July

Discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Stephen du Plessis	SAF	55.94
2	Les Mills	NZL	51.73
3	Gerry Carr	CLOSELY	51.63
4th	Mike Lindsay	SCO	49.07
5	Mesulame Rakuro	FIJ	48.01
6th	Stan Raike	CAN	46.62
7th	Hywel Williams	WHALE	46.41
8th	Peter Isbester	SCO	46.29

22nd of July

Hammer throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Mike Ellis	CLOSELY	62.90
2	Muhammad Iqbal	PAH	61.70
3	Peter Allday	CLOSELY	57.58
4th	Howard Payne	RHO	56.39
5	Don Anthony	CLOSELY	55.02
6th	Charlie Morris	OUT	54.99
7th	Charles Koen	SAF	52.49
8th	Malik Noor	PAH	50.93

July 26th

Javelin throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Colin Smith	CLOSELY	71.29
2	Jalal Khan	PAH	70.83
3	Hans Moks	CAN	70.41
4th	Richard Miller	NIR	66.96
5	William League	FIJ	66.90
6th	Peter Cullen	CLOSELY	66.90
7th	Ray Davies	CLOSELY	66.49
8th	Muhammad Nawaz	PAH	66.13

July 19

Women

100 yard run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Marlene Mathews-Willard	OUT	10.70
2	Heather Young	CLOSELY	10.73
3	Madeleine Weston	CLOSELY	10.81
4th	Betty Cuthbert	OUT	10.84
5	June Paul	CLOSELY	10.93
6th	Anne Shaw	SAF	11.09

Finale: July 22nd

Wind: 0.3 m / s

220 yards run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Marlene Mathews-Willard	OUT	23.65
2	Betty Cuthbert	OUT	23.77
3	Heather Young	CLOSELY	23.90
4th	June Paul	CLOSELY	24.14
5	Magdel Myburgh	SAF	24.51
6th	Eleanor Haslam	CAN	24.63

Finale: July 24th

Wind:> 2.0 m / s

80 meter hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Norma Thrower	OUT	10.72
2	Carole Quinton	CLOSELY	10.77
3	Gloria Wigney	OUT	10.94
4th	Margaret Stuart	NZL	11.18
5	Wendy Hayes	OUT	11.21
6th	Heather Young	CLOSELY	11.34

Finale: July 26th

Wind: 4.9 m / s

4-by-110-yard relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	England	Madeleine Weston Dorothy Hyman June Paul Heather Young	45.37
2	Australia	Betty Cuthbert Kay Johnson Wendy Hayes Marlene Mathews-Willard	46.12
3	Canada	Diane Matheson Eleanor Haslam Maureen Rever Freyda Berman	47.21
4th	New Zealand	Mary Donaghy Marise Chamberlain Margaret Stuart Beverly Weigel	48.34
5	Scotland	Doris Tyndall Mary Campbell Isabel Bond Mary Symon	48.56
6th	Northern Ireland	Thelma Hopkins Bridget Robinson Mary Peters Maeve Kyle	50.43

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Michele Mason	OUT	1.70
2	Mary Donaghy	NZL	1.70
3	Helen Frith	OUT	1.65
4th	Dorothy Shirley	CLOSELY	1.65
5	Mary Bignal	CLOSELY	1.62
6th	Audrey Banfield	CLOSELY	1.62
7th	Jean Card	CLOSELY	1.57
8th	Thelma Hopkins	NIR	1.57

22nd of July

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Sheila Hoskin	CLOSELY	6.02 w
2	Mary Bignal	CLOSELY	5.97 w
3	Bev Watson	OUT	5.97 w
4th	Jean Whitehead	WHALE	5.78 w
5	Mary Donaghy	NZL	5.76 w
6th	Marian Needham	CLOSELY	5.69 w
7th	Thelma Hopkins	NIR	5.55 w
	Beverly Weigel	NZL	NM

Finale: July 26th

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Valerie Sloper	NZL	15.54
2	Suzanne Allday	CLOSELY	14.44
3	Jackie Gelling	CAN	14.03
4th	Magdalena Swanepoel	SAF	13.17
5	Jennifer Thompson	NZL	12.79
6th	Iris Mouzer	CLOSELY	12.41
7th	Josephine Cook	CLOSELY	12.29
8th	Mary Peters	NIR	11.21

July 19

Discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Suzanne Allday	CLOSELY	45.91
2	Jennifer Thompson	NZL	45.29
3	Valerie Sloper	NZL	44.93
4th	Marie Dupree	CAN	42.93
5	Sylvia Needham	CLOSELY	42.53
6th	Lois Jackman	OUT	40.86
7th	Anna fuck	SAF	39.08
8th	Diana Will	SCO	38.22

July 26th

Javelin throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Anna Pazera	OUT	57.41
2	Magdalena Swanepoel	SAF	48.73
3	Averil Williams	CLOSELY	46.78
4th	Sue Platt	CLOSELY	45.38
5	Margaret Callender	CLOSELY	44.31
6th	Mary Tadd	CLOSELY	41.58
7th	Elizabeth Davenport	IND	40.53
8th	Bridget Robinson	NIR	36.67

24th July

Web links

• Results on the Commonwealth Games Federation website
• VI Commonwealth Game, Cardiff 1958 on trackfield.brinkster.net
• VI Commonwealth Games on TOPS in athletics