Athletics at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

At the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
The 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Cardiff, capital of Wales from 18–26 July 1958.Thirty-five nations sent a total of 1,130 athletes and 228 officials to the Cardiff Games and 23 countries and dependencies won medals, including, for the first time, Singapore, Ghana, Kenya...

, the athletics events were held at Cardiff Arms Park

Cardiff Arms Park

Cardiff Arms Park , also known as The Arms Park, is primarily known as a rugby union stadium, but it also has a bowling green, and is situated in the centre of Cardiff, Wales. The Arms Park was host to the British Empire and Commonwealth Games in 1958, and hosted four games in the 1991 Rugby World...

in Cardiff

Cardiff

Cardiff is the capital, largest city and most populous county of Wales and the 10th largest city in the United Kingdom. The city is Wales' chief commercial centre, the base for most national cultural and sporting institutions, the Welsh national media, and the seat of the National Assembly for...

, Wales

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

in July 1958. A total of 29 athletics events were contested at the Games, 20 by men and 9 by women. Four Games records were improved over the competition.

Men

100 yards		9.66		9.69		9.79
220 yards		21.08		21.11		21.15
440 yards		46.71		46.9		47.05
880 yards		1:49.32		1:49.47		1:50.94
1 mile		3:59.03		4:01.80		4:02.77
3 miles		13:14.96		13:24.37		13:26.06
6 miles		28:48.16		28:48.84		28:51.48
Marathon		2:22:46		2:22:58		2:24:42
120 yards hurdles		14.20w GR		14.30w		14.32w
440 yards hurdles		49.73 GR		50.59		51.75
High jump		2.06 m		2.03 m		2.00 m
Pole vault		4.16 m		4.16 m		4.16 m
Long jump		7.47 m		7.47 m		7.33 m
Triple jump		15.74 m (w)		15.69 m		15.45 m
Shot put		17.57 m		16.50 m		15.79 m
Discus throw		55.94 m		51.73 m		51.63 m
Hammer throw		62.9 m		61.7 m		57.58 m
Javelin throw		71.29 m		70.83 m		70.41 m
4×110 yards relay	Adrian Breaker David Segal David Segal (athlete) David Hugh Segal was a British athlete who competed in the sprints. He had best times of 9.5 seconds for the 100 yards and 21.0 seconds for the 220 yards... Roy Sandstrom Peter Radford Peter Radford Peter Frank Radford is a former British athlete, who competed at 100 & 200 metres , broke world records, and won Olympic medals, despite being using a wheelchair by a serious kidney illness as a child.He took up competitive running at the age of 12, soon joining Birchfield Harriers, where he was...	40.72	Nigeria Jimmy Omagbemi Smart Akrara Thomas Obi Victor Odofin	41.05	Hector Hogan Hector Hogan Hector Denis Hogan was an Australian athlete who competed mainly in the 100 yards and 100 metres sprint, where he was 7 times Australian 100 yards champion. He also competed in the 220 yards/200 metres, which he won twice in the Australian Championships, and the long jump which he won in 1954... Jim McCann Richard Gosper Terry Gale	41.64
4×440 yards relay	South Africa Gerald Evans Gert Potgieter Gordon Day Malcolm Spence	3:08.21	Derek Johnson Derek Johnson Derek Johnson was a British athlete, who was born in Chigwell, Essex. He did his National Service in Egypt before going up to Lincoln College, Oxford to read medicine in 1953... Ted Sampson John Wrighton John Wrighton John Derek Wrighton MB, BS, FRCS in Ilford, Essex, is a retired track and field athlete, who represented Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy... John Salisbury	3:09.61	Jamaica George Kerr George Kerr (athlete) George Ezekiel Kerr was a Jamaican athlete who competed in the 400 metres and 800 metres twice making the Olympic Games final in the latter event.... Gerald James Keith Gardner Keith Gardner Keith Alvin Saint Hope Gardner was a Jamaican athlete who competed in the 110 metre hurdles, 100 metres, 200 metres and 400 metres.... Malcolm Spence	3:10.08

Women

100 yards		10.7		10.73		10.81
220 yards		23.65 GR		23.77		23.9
80 metres hurdles		10.72w GR		10.77w		10.94w
High jump		1.70 m		1.70 m		1.65 m
Long jump		6.02 m (w)		5.97 m (w)		5.97 m (w)
Shot put		15.54 m		14.44 m		14.03 m
Discus throw		45.91 m		45.29 m		44.93 m
Javelin throw		57.41 m		48.73 m		46.78 m
4×110 yards relay	Dorothy Hyman Dorothy Hyman Dorothy Hyman is a British athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.... Heather Young June Paul Madeleine Weston	45.37	Betty Cuthbert Betty Cuthbert Elizabeth Cuthbert AM, MBE is an Australian athlete, and a fourfold Olympic champion.... Kay Johnson Marlene Mathews-Willard Wendy Hayes	46.12	Canada Diane Matheson Eleanor Haslam Freyda Berman Maureen Rever	47.21

Medal table

Key:

1	Australia	10	6	6	22
2	England	8	7	7	22
3	Jamaica	4	2	1	7
4		3	4	1	8
5	New Zealand	2	3	4	9
6	The Bahamas	1	1	0	2
7	India	1	0	0	1
8	Canada	0	2	5	7
9	Pakistan	0	2	2	4
10=	Nigeria	0	1	0	1
10=	Wales	0	1	0	1
12	Kenya	0	0	2	2
13	Ghana	0	0	1	1
Total		29	29	29	87

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