British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1962

British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1962
venue	Perth , Australia
participating countries	34
Participating athletes	863
Competitions	104 in 9 sports
Opening ceremony	November 22, 1962
Closing ceremony	December 1, 1962

The 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were the seventh edition of the event now known as the Commonwealth Games . They took place from November 22nd to December 1st, 1962 in the Australian city ​​of Perth .

104 competitions were held in the fields of bowls , boxing , fencing , weightlifting , track and field , cycling , wrestling , rowing and swimming (including diving ). 863 athletes from 34 countries took part. The main competition venues were Perry Lakes Stadium and Beatty Park .

participating countries

Participating countries (purple: first participation)

Aden  Australia  Bahamas  Barbados  British Guiana  British Honduras  Ceylon  Dominica  England  Fiji  Ghana Gibraltar

Hong Kong  Isle of Man  Jamaica jersey  Canada  Kenya  Malaya  Malta  Mauritius  New Zealand North Borneo

Northern Ireland  Pakistan Papua and New Guinea  Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland  Scotland  Singapore  St. Lucia  Tanganyika  Trinidad and Tobago  Uganda  Wales

Results

(The links lead to detailed results pages)

• Bowls
• Boxing
• fencing
• Weightlifting
• athletics
• Cycling
• Wrestling
• rowing
• swim
• Diving

Medal table

space	country	gold	silver	bronze	total
1	Australia	38	36	31	105
2	England	29	22nd	27	78
3	New Zealand	10	12	10	32
4th	Pakistan	8th	1	-	9
5	Canada	4th	12	15th	31
6th	Scotland	4th	7th	3	14th
7th	Ghana	3	5	1	9
8th	Jamaica	3	1	1	5
9	Kenya	2	2	1	5
10	Singapore	2	-	-	2
11	Uganda	1	1	4th	6th
12	Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland	-	2	5	7th
13	Wales	-	2	4th	6th
14th	Bahamas	-	1	-	1
15th	Fiji	-	-	2	2
	Trinidad and Tobago	-	-	2	2
17th	Barbados	-	-	1	1
	British Guiana	-	-	1	1
	jersey	-	-	1	1
	Malaya	-	-	1	1
	Northern Ireland	-	-	1	1
	Papua and New Guinea	-	-	1	1

Web links

Commons : British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1962  - Collection of Images

• Commonwealth Games Federation