1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Host City	Perth
Country	AUS
Held	22 November – 1 December 1962
Competitors	332
Countries	24

Events

Event	Gender	Held	Status	Competitors	Countries
100 y	Men	—	Medal	3	3
220 y	Men	—	Medal	3	3
440 y	Men	—	Medal	3	3
880 y	Men	—	Medal	3	3
1 mile	Men	—	Medal	3	2
3 miles	Men	—	Medal	3	3
6 miles	Men	—	Medal	3	3
Marathon	Men	—	Medal	3	2
120 y Hurdles	Men	—	Medal	3	3
440 y Hurdles	Men	—	Medal	3	3
3,000 m Steeplechase	Men	—	Medal	3	2
4 x 110 y Relay	Men	—	Medal	12	3
4 x 440 y Relay	Men	—	Medal	12	3
High Jump	Men	—	Medal	3	2
Pole Vault	Men	—	Medal	3	2
Long Jump	Men	—	Medal	3	3
Triple Jump	Men	—	Medal	3	2
Shot Put	Men	—	Medal	3	3
Discus Throw	Men	—	Medal	3	3
Hammer Throw	Men	—	Medal	3	2
Javelin Throw	Men	—	Medal	3	2
100 y	Women	—	Medal	3	3
220 y	Women	—	Medal	3	2
880 y	Women	—	Medal	3	3
80 m Hurdles	Women	—	Medal	3	3
4 x 110 y Relay	Women	—	Medal	12	3
High Jump	Women	—	Medal	3	1
Long Jump	Women	—	Medal	3	1
Shot Put	Women	—	Medal	3	3
Discus Throw	Women	—	Medal	3	2
Javelin Throw	Women	—	Medal	3	2

Event	Gender	Held	Status	Competitors	Countries
-51 kg	Men	—	Medal	4	4
-54 kg	Men	—	Medal	4	4
-57 kg	Men	—	Medal	4	4
-60 kg	Men	—	Medal	4	4
-63.5 kg	Men	—	Medal	4	4
-67 kg	Men	—	Medal	3	3
-71 kg	Men	—	Medal	4	4
-75 kg	Men	—	Medal	3	3
+81 kg	Men	—	Medal	4	4
-81 kg	Men	—	Medal	4	4

Event	Gender	Held	Status	Competitors	Countries
3 m Springboard	Men	26 November 1962	Medal	3	2
10 m Platform	Men	28 November 1962	Medal	3	2
3 m Springboard	Women	28 November 1962	Medal	3	2
10 m Platform	Women	26 November 1962	Medal	3	2

Event	Gender	Held	Status	Competitors	Countries
Single Sculls	Men	—	Medal	3	3
Coxless Pairs	Men	—	Medal	6	3
Double Sculls	Men	—	Medal	6	3
Coxless Fours	Men	—	Medal	12	3
Coxed Fours	Men	—	Medal	15	3
Eights	Men	—	Medal	27	3

Event	Gender	Held	Status	Competitors	Countries
110 y Freestyle	Men	—	Medal	3	3
440 y Freestyle	Men	—	Medal	3	1
1,650 y Freestyle	Men	—	Medal	3	1
4 x 110 y Freestyle Relay	Men	28 November 1962	Medal	12	3
4 x 220 y Freestyle Relay	Men	23 November 1962	Medal	12	3
110 y Backstroke	Men	—	Medal	3	2
220 y Backstroke	Men	—	Medal	3	2
110 y Breaststroke	Men	—	Medal	3	2
220 y Breaststroke	Men	—	Medal	3	2
110 y Butterfly	Men	—	Medal	3	2
220 y Butterfly	Men	—	Medal	3	1
440 y Individual Medley	Men	—	Medal	3	2
4 x 110 y Medley Relay	Men	28 November 1962	Medal	12	3
110 y Freestyle	Women	—	Medal	3	2
440 y Freestyle	Women	—	Medal	3	2
4 x 110 y Freestyle Relay	Women	23 November 1962	Medal	12	3
110 y Backstroke	Women	—	Medal	3	2
220 y Backstroke	Women	—	Medal	3	2
110 y Breaststroke	Women	—	Medal	3	2
220 y Breaststroke	Women	—	Medal	3	2
110 y Butterfly	Women	—	Medal	3	3
440 y Individual Medley	Women	—	Medal	3	2
4 x 110 y Medley Relay	Women	26 November 1962	Medal	12	3

Event	Gender	Held	Status	Competitors	Countries
bantamweight -123.5 lbs (-56 kg) Total (three lifts)	Men	26 November 1962	Medal	8	7
featherweight -132.25 lbs (-60 kg) Total (three lifts)	Men	26 November 1958	Medal	4	4
lightweight -148.75 lbs (-67.5 kg) Total (three lifts)	Men	27 November 1962	Medal	7	7
middleweight -165.375 lbs (-75 kg) Total (three lifts)	Men	28 November 1962	Medal	8	6
light-heavyweight -181.875 lbs (-82.5 kg) Total (three lifts)	Men	28 November 1962	Medal	4	4
middle-heavyweight -198.375 lbs (-90 kg) Total (three lifts)	Men	29 November 1962	Medal	7	7
heavyweight +198.375 lbs (+90 kg) Total (three lifts)	Men	29 November 1962	Medal	5	5

Event	Gender	Held	Status	Competitors	Countries
Freestyle -52 kg	Men	—	Medal	3	3
Freestyle -57 kg	Men	—	Medal	3	3
Freestyle -63 kg	Men	—	Medal	3	3
Freestyle -70 kg	Men	—	Medal	3	3
Freestyle -78 kg	Men	—	Medal	3	3
Freestyle -87 kg	Men	—	Medal	3	3
Freestyle -97 kg	Men	—	Medal	3	3
Freestyle -+97 kg	Men	—	Medal	3	3

Medal table

Pos	Country		🥇 Gold	🥈 Silver	🥉 Bronze	Total
1	Australia	AUS	33	31	29	93
2	England	ENG	22	19	22	63
3	New Zealand	NZL	8	10	8	26
4	Pakistan	PAK	8	1	0	9
5	Canada	CAN	4	10	12	26
6	Ghana	GHA	3	5	1	9
7	Scotland	SCO	3	4	3	10
8	Jamaica	JAM	3	1	1	5
9	Kenya	KEN	2	2	1	5
10	Singapore	SGP	2	0	0	2
11	Uganda	UGA	1	1	4	6
12	Wales	WAL	0	2	4	6
13	Zimbabwe	ZIM	0	2	2	4
14	Bahamas	BAH	0	1	0	1
15	Fiji	FIJ	0	0	2	2
=	Trinidad and Tobago	TTO	0	0	2	2
17	Barbados	BAR	0	0	1	1
=	Guyana	GUY	0	0	1	1
=	Jersey	JER	0	0	1	1
=	Malaya	MAL	0	0	1	1
=	Northern Ireland	NIR	0	0	1	1
=	Papua New Guinea	PNG	0	0	1	1

Medal winners

Event	🥇 Gold		🥈 Silver		🥉 Bronze
100 y, Men	Seraphino Antao	KEN	Tom Robinson	BAH	Mike Cleary	AUS
220 y, Men	Seraphino Antao	KEN	David Jones	ENG	Johan Du Preez	ZIM
440 y, Men	George Kerr	JAM	Robbie Brightwell	ENG	Amos Omolo	UGA
880 y, Men	Peter Snell	NZL	George Kerr	JAM	Tony Blue	AUS
1 mile, Men	Peter Snell	NZL	John Davies	NZL	Terry Sullivan	ZIM
3 miles, Men	Murray Halberg	NZL	Ron Clarke	AUS	Bruce Kidd	CAN
6 miles, Men	Bruce Kidd	CAN	Dave Power	AUS	John Merriman	WAL
Marathon, Men	Brian Kilby	ENG	Dave Power	AUS	Rod Bonella	AUS
120 y Hurdles, Men	Ghulam Raziq	PAK	Dave Prince	AUS	Laurie Taitt	ENG
440 y Hurdles, Men	Ken Roche	AUS	Kimaru Songok	KEN	Benson Ishiepai	UGA
3,000 m Steeplechase, Men	Trevor Vincent	AUS	Maurice Herriott	ENG	Ron Blackney	AUS
4 x 110 y Relay, Men	England	ENG	Ghana	GHA	Wales	WAL
4 x 440 y Relay, Men	Jamaica	JAM	England	ENG	Ghana	GHA
High Jump, Men	Percy Hobson	AUS	Charles Porter	AUS	Erskine Norris	BAR
Pole Vault, Men	Trevor Bickle	AUS	Danie Burger	ZIM	James Filshie	AUS
Long Jump, Men	Mike Ahey	GHA	Dave Norris	NZL	Wellesley Clayton	JAM
Triple Jump, Men	Ian Tomlinson	AUS	John Baguley	AUS	Fred Alsop	ENG
Shot Put, Men	Martyn Lucking	ENG	Mike Lindsay	SCO	Dave Steen	CAN
Discus Throw, Men	Warwick Selvey	AUS	Mike Lindsay	SCO	John Sheldrick	ENG
Hammer Throw, Men	Howard Payne	ENG	Dick Leffler	AUS	Bob Brown	AUS
Javelin Throw, Men	Alf Mitchell	AUS	Colin Smith	ENG	Nick Birks	AUS
100 y, Women	Dorothy Hyman	ENG	Doreen Porter	NZL	Brenda Cox	AUS
220 y, Women	Dorothy Hyman	ENG	Joyce Bennett	AUS	Margaret Burvill	AUS
880 y, Women	Dixie Willis	AUS	Marise Chamberlain	NZL	Joy Jordan	ENG
80 m Hurdles, Women	Pam Kilborn-Ryan	AUS	Betty Moore	ENG	Avis McIntosh	NZL
4 x 110 y Relay, Women	Australia	AUS	England	ENG	New Zealand	NZL
High Jump, Women	Robyn Woodhouse	AUS	Helen Frith	AUS	Michele Mason-Brown	AUS
Long Jump, Women	Pam Kilborn-Ryan	AUS	Helen Frith	AUS	Janet Mary Knee	AUS
Shot Put, Women	Val Sloper-Young	NZL	Jean Roberts	AUS	Suzanne Farmer-Allday	ENG
Discus Throw, Women	Val Sloper-Young	NZL	Rosslyn Williams	AUS	Mary McDonald	AUS
Javelin Throw, Women	Sue Platt	ENG	Rosemary Morgan	ENG	Anna Wojtaszek-Pazera	AUS
-51 kg, Men	Robert Mallon	SCO	Isaac Aryee	GHA	Michael Pye Philip Waruinge	ENG KEN
-54 kg, Men	Jeffrey Dynevor	AUS	Sammy Abbey	GHA	Peter Benneyworth John Sentongo	ENG UGA
-57 kg, Men	John McDermott	SCO	Ali Juma	KEN	Edward Stone Turori George	AUS NZL
-60 kg, Men	Eddie Blay	GHA	Kesi Odongo	UGA	Brian Whelan Paddy Donovan	ENG NZL
-63.5 kg, Men	Ike Quartey	GHA	Dick McTaggart	SCO	Harvey Reti Brian Brazier	CAN ENG
-67 kg, Men	Wallace Coe	NZL	John Pritchett	ENG	Albert Turmel	JER
-71 kg, Men	Harold Mann	CAN	Brian Benson	ZIM	Kenneth Hopkins Frank Nyangweso	PNG UGA
-75 kg, Men	Cephas Colquhoun	JAM	Thomas Arimi	GHA	Moses Evans	FIJ
-81 kg, Men	Tony Madigan	AUS	Jojo Miles	GHA	Hans Christie Tom Menzies	NIR SCO
+81 kg, Men	George Oywello	UGA	William Kini	NZL	Graham Robinson Holgar Johansen	AUS FIJ
3 m Springboard, Men	Brian Phelps	ENG	Tom Dinsley	CAN	Ernie Meissner	CAN
10 m Platform, Men	Brian Phelps	ENG	Graham Deuble	AUS	Tony Kitcher	ENG
3 m Springboard, Women	Susan Knight	AUS	Liz Ferris	ENG	Lorraine McArthur	AUS
10 m Platform, Women	Susan Knight	AUS	Margaret Austen	ENG	Patricia Plowman	AUS
Single Sculls, Men	James Hill	NZL	Bill Barry	ENG	Ian Tutty	AUS
Coxless Pairs, Men	Stewart Farquharson / Jim Lee-Nicholson	ENG	Graham Lawrence / Murray Lawrence	NZL	Roger Ninham / William Hatfield	AUS
Double Sculls, Men	George Justicz / Nicholas Birkmyre	ENG	Peter Watkinson / Murray Watkinson	NZL	Barclay Wade / Graeme Squires	AUS
Coxless Fours, Men	England	ENG	Wales	WAL	Canada	CAN
Coxed Fours, Men	New Zealand	NZL	Australia	AUS	England	ENG
Eights, Men	Australia	AUS	New Zealand	NZL	England	ENG
110 y Freestyle, Men	Dick Pound	CAN	Bobby McGregor	SCO	David Dickson	AUS
440 y Freestyle, Men	Murray Rose	AUS	Allan Wood	AUS	Bob Windle	AUS
1,650 y Freestyle, Men	Murray Rose	AUS	Bob Windle	AUS	Allan Wood	AUS
4 x 110 y Freestyle Relay, Men	Australia	AUS	Canada	CAN	England	ENG
4 x 220 y Freestyle Relay, Men	Australia	AUS	Canada	CAN	England	ENG
110 y Backstroke, Men	Graham Sykes	ENG	Julian Carroll	AUS	Wayne Vincent	AUS
220 y Backstroke, Men	Julian Carroll	AUS	Tony Fingleton	AUS	Alan Robertson	NZL
110 y Breaststroke, Men	Ian O'Brien	AUS	William Burton	AUS	Steve Rabinovitch	CAN
220 y Breaststroke, Men	Ian O'Brien	AUS	William Burton	AUS	Neil Nicholson	ENG
110 y Butterfly, Men	Kevin Berry	AUS	Neville Hayes	AUS	Aldwin Meinhardt	CAN
220 y Butterfly, Men	Kevin Berry	AUS	Neville Hayes	AUS	Brett Hill	AUS
440 y Individual Medley, Men	Alex Alexander	AUS	John Oravainen	AUS	John Kelso	CAN
4 x 110 y Medley Relay, Men	Australia	AUS	England	ENG	Canada	CAN
110 y Freestyle, Women	Dawn Fraser	AUS	Robyn Thorn	AUS	Mary Beth Stewart	CAN
440 y Freestyle, Women	Dawn Fraser	AUS	Ilsa Konrads	AUS	Liz Long	ENG
4 x 110 y Freestyle Relay, Women	Australia	AUS	Canada	CAN	England	ENG
110 y Backstroke, Women	Linda Ludgrove	ENG	Pamela Sergeant	AUS	Sylvia Lewis	ENG
220 y Backstroke, Women	Linda Ludgrove	ENG	Sylvia Lewis	ENG	Pamela Sergeant	AUS
110 y Breaststroke, Women	Anita Lonsbrough	ENG	Vivien Haddon	NZL	Dorinda Fraser	ENG
220 y Breaststroke, Women	Anita Lonsbrough	ENG	Jackie Enfield	ENG	Vivien Haddon	NZL
110 y Butterfly, Women	Mary Beth Stewart	CAN	Mary Anne Cotterill	ENG	Linda McGill	AUS
440 y Individual Medley, Women	Anita Lonsbrough	ENG	Linda McGill	AUS	Jennifer Corish	AUS
4 x 110 y Medley Relay, Women	Australia	AUS	England	ENG	Canada	CAN
bantamweight -123.5 lbs (-56 kg) Total (three lifts), Men	Chua Phung Kim	SGP	Allen Salter	CAN	Martin Dias	GUY
featherweight -132.25 lbs (-60 kg) Total (three lifts), Men	George Newton	ENG	Ieuan Owen	WAL	Cheong Kam Hong	MAL
lightweight -148.75 lbs (-67.5 kg) Total (three lifts), Men	Carlton Goring	ENG	Alan Oshyer	AUS	James Moir	SCO
middleweight -165.375 lbs (-75 kg) Total (three lifts), Men	Tiger Tan	SGP	Pierre St. Jean	CAN	Horace Johnson	WAL
light-heavyweight -181.875 lbs (-82.5 kg) Total (three lifts), Men	Phil Caira	SCO	George Manners	ENG	Peter Arthur	WAL
middle-heavyweight -198.375 lbs (-90 kg) Total (three lifts), Men	Louis Martin	ENG	Cosford White	CAN	Jackie Samuel	TTO
heavyweight +198.375 lbs (+90 kg) Total (three lifts), Men	Arthur Shannos	AUS	Don Oliver	NZL	Brandon Bailey	TTO
Freestyle -52 kg, Men	Muhammad Niaz-Din	PAK	Peter Michienzi	CAN	Warren Nisbet	NZL
Freestyle -57 kg, Men	Muhammad Siraj-ud-din	PAK	Walter Pilling	ENG	James Turnbull	SCO
Freestyle -63 kg, Men	Ala Ud-Din	PAK	Matti Jutila	CAN	Bert Aspen	ENG
Freestyle -70 kg, Men	Muhammad Akhtar	PAK	Reg Marsh	AUS	Kurt Boese	CAN
Freestyle -78 kg, Men	Muhammad Bashir	PAK	Phil Oberlander	CAN	Len Allen	ENG
Freestyle -87 kg, Men	Muhammad Faiz	PAK	Michael Benarik	AUS	Fred Thomas	NZL
Freestyle -97 kg, Men	Tony Buck	ENG	Muhammad Saeed	PAK	Jim Armstrong	AUS
Freestyle -+97 kg, Men	Muhammad Niaz	PAK	Ray Mitchell	AUS	Denis McNamara	ENG