British Empire and Commonwealth Games 1962 / Athletics

At the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth in 1962 , a total of 31 competitions were held in athletics between November 23 and December 1, including 21 for men and ten for women. The venue was the Perry Lakes Stadium .

Men

100 yard run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Seraphino Antao	KEN	09.5
2	Tom Robinson	BAH	09.6
3	Michael Cleary	OUT	09.6
4th	Gary Holdsworth	OUT	09.7
5	Dennis Johnson	JAM	09.9
6th	Harry Jerome	CAN	10.0

Final: November 24th

Wind: -1.8 m / s

220 yards run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Seraphino Antao	KEN	21.28
2	David Jones	CLOSELY	21.59
3	Johan Du Preez	FRN	21.70
4th	Michael Okantey	GHA	21.83
5	Michael Cleary	OUT	21.94
6th	Jeffery Smith	FRN	22.07

Final: November 29th

Wind: -2.5 m / s

440 yards run

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	George Kerr	JAM	46.74
2	Robbie Brightwell	CLOSELY	46.86
3	Amos Omolo	UGA	46.88
4th	Ken Roche	OUT	47.69
5	Malcolm Spence	JAM	47.73
6th	Melville Spence	JAM	47.79

Final: November 29th

880 yards run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Peter Snell	NZL	1: 47.64
2	George Kerr	JAM	1: 47.90
3	Tony Blue	OUT	1: 48.99
4th	Peter Francis	KEN	1: 49.92
5	Mike Fleet	CLOSELY	1: 49.95
6th	Tony Harris	WHALE	1: 52.43

Finale: November 26th

Mile run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Peter Snell	NZL	4: 04.58
2	John Davies	NZL	4: 05.12
3	Terry Sullivan	FRN	4: 06.61
4th	Tony Blue	OUT	4: 09.30
5	Albie Thomas	OUT	4: 11.19
6th	Tony Harris	WHALE	4: 11.89
7th	Stan Taylor	CLOSELY	4: 12.81
8th	Jim Irons	CAN	4: 17.52

Final: December 1st

Three mile run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Murray Halberg	NZL	13: 34.15
2	Ron Clarke	OUT	13: 35.92
3	Bruce Kidd	CAN	13: 36.37
4th	Bruce Tulloh	CLOSELY	13: 37.91
5	Albie Thomas	OUT	13: 40.64
6th	Eddie Strong	CLOSELY	13: 41.23
7th	Pat Clohessy	OUT	13: 42.19
8th	Derek Ibbotson	CLOSELY	13: 43.97

November 26th

Six mile run

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Bruce Kidd	CAN	28: 26.6
2	Dave Power	OUT	28: 34.0
3	John Merriman	WHALE	28: 40.8
4th	Barry Magee	NZL	28: 41.0
5	Martin Hyman	CLOSELY	28: 42.2
6th	Mel Batty	CLOSELY	28: 44.6
7th	Arere Anentia	KEN	29: 07.0
8th	Roy Fowler	CLOSELY	29: 44.0

November 24th

marathon

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Brian Kilby	CLOSELY	2:21:17
2	Dave Power	OUT	2:22:16
3	Rod Bonella	OUT	2:24:07
4th	Keith Ollerenshaw	OUT	2:24:59
5	Mel Batty	CLOSELY	2:25:51
6th	John Stephen Akhwari	TAN	2:28:39
7th	Jeff Julian	NZL	2:30:13
8th	Peter Wilkinson	CLOSELY	2:30:51

November 29th

120 yard hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Ghulam Raziq	PAH	14.34
2	Dave Prince	OUT	14.48
3	Laurie Taitt	CLOSELY	14.81
4th	Michael Devlin	OUT	14.93
5	Mick Daws	OUT	14.94
6th	Bob Birrell	CLOSELY	15.30

Final: November 29th

Wind: -2.1 m / s

440 yard hurdles

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Ken Roche	OUT	51.5
2	Kimaru Songok	KEN	51.9
3	Benson Ishiepai	UGA	52.3
4th	Gary Knoke	OUT	52.5
5	Michael Devlin	OUT	52.6
6th	Chris Surety	CLOSELY	53.3

Finale: November 26th

3000 meter obstacle course

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Trevor Vincent	OUT	8: 43.4
2	Maurice Herriott	CLOSELY	8: 45.0
3	Ron Blackney	OUT	9: 00.6
4th	Ian Blackwood	OUT	9: 04.0
5	Dave Chapman	CLOSELY	9: 05.6
6th	Edward O'Keefe	NZL	9: 05.8
7th	John Coyle	OUT	9: 15.0
8th	Hylke Van der Wal	CAN	9: 26.0

November 24th

For the first time since 1934 an obstacle course was held again.

4-by-110-yard relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	England	Peter Radford Len Carter Alf Meakin David Jones	40.62
2	Ghana	Mike Ahey Bonner Mends Bukari Bashiru Michael Okantey	40.74
3	Wales	David England Ronald Jones Berwyn Jones Nick Whitehead	40.80
4th	Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland	Roy Collins Jeffery Smith Danie Burger Johan Du Preez	42.80
5	Australia	Bob Lay Dennis Tipping Gary Holdsworth Michael Cleary	44.79
	Sarawak	William Lee Kuda Ditta Joseph Lee Gut-Hing William Chai Ah-Lim	DSQ

4 by 440 yards relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (min)
1	Jamaica	Malcolm Spence Laurie Khan Melville Spence George Kerr	3: 10.2
2	England	Adrian Metcalfe Bob Setti Barry Jackson Robbie Brightwell	3: 11.2
3	Ghana	Ebenezer Quartey James Addy Frederick Owusu John Asare-Antwi	3: 12.3
4th	Australia	Brian Waters Peter Quiggan John Randall Ken Roche	3: 12.9
5	Kenya	Kimaru Songok Peter Francis Seraphino Antao Wilson Kiprugut	3: 16.0
6th	Canada	George Shepherd Don Bertoia Lynn Eves Bill Crothers	3: 20.6

high jump

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Percy Hobson	OUT	2.11
2	Chilla Porter	OUT	2.08
3	Anton Norris	BAR	2.03
4th	Gordon Miller	CLOSELY	2.03
5	Joseph Leresae	KEN	2.03
6th	Lawrie Peckham	OUT	2.03
7th	Tony Sneazwell	OUT	2.00
8th	Crawford Fairbrother	SCO	1.98

November 24th

Pole vault

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Trevor Bickle	OUT	4.49
2	Danie Burger	FRN	4.42
3	Ross Filshie	OUT	4.42
4th	Gerry Moro	CAN	4.34
5	John Pfitzner	OUT	4.27
6th	Bob Watson	CAN	4.27
7th	Darcy McGonagle	NZL	3.96
8th	Allah Ditta	PAH	3.96

December 1

Long jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Mike Ahey	GHA	8.05 w
2	Dave Norris	NZL	7.74 w
3	Wellesley Clayton	JAM	7.73 w
4th	Lynn Davies	WHALE	7.72
5	John Baguley	OUT	7.64 w
6th	Ian Tomlinson	OUT	7.47
7th	Paul Odhiambo	KEN	7.41 w
8th	John Howell	CLOSELY	7.38 w

November 26th

Triple jump

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Ian Tomlinson	OUT	16.20
2	John Baguley	OUT	16.08
3	Fred Alsop	CLOSELY	16.03
4th	Graham Boase	OUT	15.77
5	Mahoney Samuels	JAM	15.50
6th	Dave Norris	NZL	15.40
7th	Paul Odhiambo	KEN	14.92
8th	Kevin Rule	OUT	14.90

November 29th

Shot put

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Martyn Lucking	CLOSELY	18.08
2	Mike Lindsay	SCO	18.04
3	Dave Steen	CAN	17.90
4th	Warwick Selvey	OUT	16.62
5	Merv Kemp	OUT	16.02
6th	Les Mills	NZL	15.81
7th	Warren Ryan	OUT	15.75
8th	Yovan Ochola	UGA	15.37

November 29th

Discus throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Warwick Selvey	OUT	56.48
2	Mike Lindsay	SCO	52.58
3	John Sheldrick	CLOSELY	50.67
4th	Robin Tait	NZL	50.51
5	Les Mills	NZL	49.38
6th	Len Vlahov	OUT	48.29
7th	Roy Hollingsworth	CLOSELY	48.07
8th	Len Chinnery	OUT	47.93

November 26th

Hammer throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Howard Payne	CLOSELY	61.65
2	Dick Leffler	OUT	59.83
3	Robert Brown	OUT	57.65
4th	Charlie Morris	OUT	56.78
5	Laurie Hall	WHALE	54.41
6th	Mike Edwards	OUT	54.41
7th	Dave Leech	NZL	50.74

December 1

Javelin throw

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Alf Mitchell	OUT	78.11
2	Colin Smith	CLOSELY	77.94
3	Nick Birks	OUT	75.07
4th	Muhammad Nawaz	PAH	73.66
5	Reg Spiers	OUT	69.70
6th	William League	FIJ	64.44
7th	Richard Miller	NIR	63.54
8th	Ivaharia Oe	PNG	61.13

November 24th

Women

100 yard run

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Dorothy Hyman	CLOSELY	11.2
2	Doreen Porter	NZL	11.3
3	Brenda Cox	OUT	11.4
4th	Christiana Boateng	GHA	11.6
5	Daphne Arden	CLOSELY	11.6
6th	Betty Moore	CLOSELY	11.7

Finale: November 26th

Wind: -5.8 m / s

220 yards run

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Dorothy Hyman	CLOSELY	24.00
2	Joyce Bennett	OUT	24.21
3	Margaret Burvill	OUT	24.42
4th	Brenda Cox	OUT	24.48
5	Betty Cuthbert	OUT	24.80
6th	Doreen Porter	NZL	24.81

Final: November 29th

Wind: -3.0 m / s

880 yards run

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Dixie Willis	OUT	2: 03.85
2	Marise Chamberlain	NZL	2: 05.66
3	Joy Jordan	CLOSELY	2: 05.96
4th	Phyllis Perkins	CLOSELY	2: 09.45
5	Joan Beretta	OUT	2: 12.36
6th	Jackie Barnett	WHALE	2: 14.86
7th	Abby Hoffman	CAN	2: 21.6
	Joy Grieveson	CLOSELY	DNS

December 1

80 meter hurdles

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Pam Kilborn	OUT	11.07
2	Betty Moore	CLOSELY	11.40
3	Avis McIntosh	NZL	11.47
4th	Pat Nutting	CLOSELY	11.70
5	Margot Evans	OUT	11.87
6th	Ann Packer	CLOSELY	11.91

Final: December 1st

Wind: -7.0 m / s

4-by-110-yard relay

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	Australia	Joyce Bennett Glenny's Beasley Brenda Cox Betty Cuthbert	46.71
2	England	Ann Packer Dorothy Hyman Daphne Arden Betty Moore	46.81
3	New Zealand	Nola Bond Avis McIntosh Molly Cowan Doreen Porter	46.93
4th	Jamaica	Ouida Walker Carmen Smith Carmen Williams Adlin Mair	48.72
5	Ghana	Christiana Boateng Rose Hart Matilda Adjei Victoria Chinery	49.11

high jump

space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Robyn Woodhouse	OUT	1.78
2	Helen Frith	OUT	1.73
3	Michele Mason	OUT	1.73
4th	Linda Knowles	CLOSELY	1.73
5	Frances Slaap	CLOSELY	1.70
6th	Carolyn Wright	OUT	1.70
7th	Dorothy Shirley	CLOSELY	1.67
8th	Lorraine Curtis	NZL	1.65

November 26th

Long jump

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Pam Kilborn	OUT	6.27 w
2	Helen Frith	OUT	6.24 w
3	Janet Knee	OUT	6.13 w
4th	Eva Kampe	OUT	5.88 w
5	Sheila Parkin	CLOSELY	5.87
6th	Thelma Hopkins	NIR	5.72 w
7th	Pat Nutting	CLOSELY	5.59 w
8th	Janette Neil	SCO	5.43 w

December 1

Shot put

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Valerie Young	NZL	15.23
2	Jean Roberts	OUT	14.51
3	Suzanne Allday	CLOSELY	13.56
4th	Mary Peters	NIR	13.31
5	Mary Breen	OUT	13.20
6th	Larraine Hillier	OUT	12.89
7th	Rosslyn Williams	OUT	12.84
8th	Sue Platt	CLOSELY	11.53

November 24th

Discus throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Valerie Young	NZL	50.20
2	Rosslyn Williams	OUT	46.66
3	Mary McDonald	OUT	46.23
4th	Suzanne Allday	CLOSELY	43.97
5	Mary Breen	OUT	42.77
6th	Helen Thayer	NZL	41.28
7th	Pat Dobie	CAN	39.90

December 1

Javelin throw

space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Sue Platt	CLOSELY	50.26
2	Rosemary Morgan	CLOSELY	49.62
3	Anna Pazera	OUT	48.68
4th	Maureen Wright	OUT	47.36
5	Pat Dobie	CAN	44.44
6th	Pamela Telfer	OUT	41.11

November 29th

Web links

• Results on the Commonwealth Games Federation website
• VII Commonwealth Game, Perth 1962 on trackfield.brinkster.net
• VII Commonwealth Games on TOPS in athletics