England at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

England at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games
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in Perth, Western Australia
Flag bearers	Opening: Closing:
Medals Ranked 2nd	Gold 29 Silver 22 Bronze 27 Total 78
British Empire and Commonwealth Games appearances
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England competed at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games in Perth, Western Australia, from 22 November to 1 December 1962.

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Medalists

Further information: 1962 British Empire and Commonwealth Games medal table

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Dorothy Hyman	Athletics	Women's 100 yards	26 November
Gold	Brian Kilby	Athletics	Men's marathon	29 November
Gold	Martyn Lucking	Athletics	Men's shot put	29 November
Gold	Dorothy Hyman	Athletics	Women's 220 yards	29 November
Gold	Sue Platt	Athletics	Women's javelin throw	29 November
Gold	Len Carter David Jones Alf Meakin Peter Radford	Athletics	Men's 4 × 110 yards relay	1 December
Gold	Howard Payne	Athletics	Men's hammer throw	1 December
Silver	Maurice Herriott	Athletics	Men's 3000 metres steeplechase	24 November
Silver	Colin Smith	Athletics	Men's javelin throw	24 November
Silver	David Jones	Athletics	Men's 220 yards	29 November
Silver	Robbie Brightwell	Athletics	Men's 440 yards	29 November
Silver	Rosemary Morgan	Athletics	Women's javelin throw	29 November
Silver	Robbie Brightwell Barry Jackson Adrian Metcalfe Bob Setti	Athletics	Men's 4 × 440 yards relay	1 December
Silver	Betty Moore	Athletics	Women's 80 metres hurdles	1 December
Silver	Daphne Arden Dorothy Hyman Betty Moore Ann Packer	Athletics	Women's 4 × 110 yards relay	1 December
Bronze	Suzanne Allday	Athletics	Women's shot put	24 November
Bronze	John Sheldrick	Athletics	Men's discus throw	26 November
Bronze	Laurie Taitt	Athletics	Men's 120 yards hurdles	29 November
Bronze	Fred Alsop	Athletics	Men's triple jump	29 November
Bronze	Joy Jordan	Athletics	Women's 880 yards	1 December

Events

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Len Carter	100 yd	10.0	3 Q	10.2	5	Did not advance
David Jones		9.6	1 Q	9.9	3	Did not advance
Alf Meakin		9.7	3 Q	9.9	3	Did not advance
Peter Radford		9.7	2 Q	9.8	2 Q	9.8	5	Did not advance
Len Carter	220 yd	22.3	4 Q	22.5	4	Did not advance
David Jones		21.4	1 Q	21.7	1 Q	21.4	2 Q	21.5
Alf Meakin		22.0	5	Did not advance
Peter Radford		21.5	2 Q	21.9	3 Q	21.6	5	Did not advance
Robbie Brightwell	440 yd	47.5	1 Q	—		47.4	1 Q	46.8
Barry Jackson		47.5	2 Q	—		DNF		Did not advance
Adrian Metcalfe		48.3	3	—		Did not advance
Nick Overhead		48.4	3	—		Did not advance
Mike Fleet	880 yd	1:51.5	2 Q	—		1:51.2	3	1:50.0	5
Sid Purkis		1:50.9	2 Q	—		1:54.1	6	Did not advance
Bob Setti		1:52.2	3	—		Did not advance
Stan Taylor		1:52.4	3	—		Did not advance
Brian Hall	1 mile	4:18.9	8	—				Did not advance
Alan Simpson		4:03.0	4	—				Did not advance
Stan Taylor		4:08.7	3 Q	—				4:12.7	7
Bruce Tulloh		4:02.5	3 Q	—				4:22.1	9
John Anderson	3 miles	—						13:44.0	9
Derek Ibbotson		—						13:44.0	8
Eddie Strong		—						13:41.4	6
Bruce Tulloh		—						13:37.8	4
Mel Batty	6 miles	—						28:44.6	6
Michael Bullivant		—						29:46.0	9
Roy Fowler		—						29:44.0	8
Martin Hyman		—						28:42.2	5
Bob Birrell	120 yd hurdles	14.3	1 Q	—				15.2	6
Laurie Taitt		14.3	1 Q	—				14.7
Chris Surety	440 yd hurdles	53.8	3 Q	—				53.3	6
Mel Batty	3000 m steeplechase	—						DNS
David Chapman		—						9:05.6	5
Brian Hall		—						DNF
Maurice Herriott		—						8:45.0
Len Carter David Jones Alf Meakin Peter Radford	4×110 yd relay	41.0	1 Q	—				40.6	GR, =BR
Robbie Brightwell Barry Jackson Adrian Metcalfe Bob Setti	4×440 yd relay	3:13.1	1 Q	—				3:11.2
Mel Batty	Marathon	—						2:25:51	5
Martin Hyman		—						2:32:07	9
Brian Kilby		—						2:21:17.0	GR
Peter Wilkinson		—						2:30:51	8

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Rank
John Howell	High jump	DNS
Gordon Miller		6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)	4
Laurie Taitt		DNS
Rex Porter	Pole vault	13 ft 0 in (3.96 m)	12
Fred Alsop	Long jump	24 ft 2+1⁄4 in (7.37 m)	9
John Howell		24 ft 2+3⁄4 in (7.39 m)	8
Fred Alsop	Triple jump	52 ft 7 in (16.03 m)	BR
John Howell		47 ft 0 in (14.33 m)	11
Roy Hollingsworth	Shot put	43 ft 7+3⁄4 in (13.30 m)	14
Martyn Lucking		59 ft 4 in (18.08 m)	GR
John McSorley		39 ft 0 in (11.89 m)	16
John Sheldrick		47 ft 1+1⁄4 in (14.36 m)	11
Roy Hollingsworth	Discus throw	157 ft 8+1⁄2 in (48.07 m)	7
Martyn Lucking		137 ft 0+1⁄2 in (41.77 m)	11
Howard Payne		DNS
John Sheldrick		166 ft 3 in (50.67 m)
John McSorley	Hammer throw	DNS
Howard Payne		202 ft 3 in (61.65 m)
John Sheldrick		DNS
Roy Hollingsworth	Javelin throw	DNS
John McSorley		190 ft 2+1⁄2 in (57.98 m)	9
Colin Smith		255 ft 8+1⁄2 in (77.94 m)

Women

Track events

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Daphne Arden	100 yd	11.1	3 Q	10.9	3 Q	11.6	5
Dorothy Hyman		11.0	1 Q	10.7	1 Q	11.2
Betty Moore		11.0	1 Q	11.0	3 Q	11.7	6
Ann Packer		11.3	2 Q	11.2	5	Did not advance
Daphne Arden	220 yd	24.8	2 Q	24.7	4	Did not advance
Joy Grieveson		25.2	3 Q	25.1	6	Did not advance
Dorothy Hyman		24.5	1 Q	24.0	2 Q	23.8
Ann Packer		24.8	2 Q	24.5	4	Did not advance
Joy Grieveson	880 yd	—				DNS
Joy Jordan		—				2:05.9
Phyllis Perkins		—				2:09.4	4
Betty Moore	80 m hurdles	10.8	2 Q	—		11.3
Pat Nutting		11.4	2 Q	—		11.5	4
Ann Packer		11.4	3 Q	—		11.9	6
Frances Slaap		12.0	5	—		Did not advance
Daphne Arden Dorothy Hyman Betty Moore Ann Packer	4×110 yd relay	—				46.6

Field events

Athlete	Event	Final
		Distance	Rank
Linda Knowles	High jump	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	4
Dorothy Shirley		5 ft 6 in (1.68 m)	7
Frances Slaap		5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)	5
Pat Nutting	Long jump	18 ft 4 in (5.59 m)	7
Sheila Sherwood		19 ft 3+1⁄4 in (5.87 m)	5
Suzanne Allday	Shot put	44 ft 6 in (13.56 m)
Sue Platt		37 ft 10 in (11.53 m)	8
Suzanne Allday	Discus throw	144 ft 3 in (43.97 m)	4
Rosemary Morgan	Javelin throw	162 ft 9+1⁄2 in (49.62 m)
Sue Platt		164 ft 10+1⁄2 in (50.25 m)

Bowls

Main article: Lawn Bowls at the 1962 British Empire & Commonwealth Games

Name	Event/s	Medal/s
David Bryant	singles & rinks/fours	2 x gold
Sydney Drysdale	rinks/fours	1 x gold
Tom Fleming	pairs & rinks/fours	1 x gold
Les Watson	pairs & rinks/fours	1 x gold

Boxing

Name	Event/s	Medal/s
Peter Benneyworth	54 kg bantamweight	1 x bronze
Brian Brazier	63.5 kg light welterweight	1 x bronze
Alf Matthews	75 kg middleweight
Dennis Pollard	81 kg light-heavyweight
Johnny Pritchett	67 kg welterweight	1 x silver
Mike Pye	51 kg flyweight	1 x bronze
Brian Whelan	60 kg lightweight	1 x bronze

Cycling

Name	Event/s	Medal/s
Bob Addy	road race
Karl Barton	match sprint & time trial	1 x silver
Keith Butler	road race
John Clarey	scratch	1 x bronze
Harry Jackson	scratch & time trial & pursuit	1 x bronze
Wes Mason	road race	1 x gold
Charlie McCoy	pursuit
Joe McLean	scratch & pursuit
Ken Nuttall	road race
Roger Whitfield	match sprint & time trial	1 x bronze

Diving

Name	Event/s	Medal/s
Margaret Austen	10m Platform & 3m Springboard	1 x silver
Keith Collin	3m Springboard
Liz Ferris	3m Springboard	1 x silver
Tony Kitcher	10m Platform	1 x bronze
Joy Newman	10m Platform
Brian Phelps	10m Platform & 3m Springboard	2 x gold
William Wood	10m Platform
Dennis Young	3m Springboard

Fencing

Name	Event/s	Medal/s
Mike Amberg	sabre individual & team	1 x gold
George Birks	sabre individual & team	1 x gold
Ralph Cooperman	foil, sabre, individual & team	3 x gold, 1 x bronze
Mike Howard	épée individual & team	1 x gold
Peter Jacobs	épée individual & team	1 x gold, 1 x bronze
Allan Jay	foil individual & team	1 gold, 1 x silver
Theresa Offredy	foil individual
René Paul	foil individual & team	1 x gold
John Pelling	épée individual & team	1 x gold, 1 x silver
Gillian Sheen	foil individual

Rowing

Name	Event/s	Medal/s
Bill Barry	single scull	1 x silver
John Beveridge	coxless four & eights	1 x gold, 1 x bronze
Nicholas Birkmyre	double scull	1 x gold
Michael Clay	coxless four & eights	1 x gold, 1 x bronze
Christopher Davidge	coxless four & eights	1 x gold, 1 x bronze
Stewart Farquharson	coxless pair	1 x gold
Michael Howard-Johnston	coxed fours & eights	2 x bronze
George Justicz	double scull	1 x gold
Richard Knight	coxed fours & eights	2 x bronze
David Lee Nicholson	coxless pair	1 x gold
Colin Porter	coxed fours & eights	2 x bronze
John Russell	coxed fours & eights	2 x bronze
John Tilbury	coxless four & eights	1 x gold, 1 x bronze
John Vigurs	coxed fours & eights	2 x bronze

Swimming

Name	Event/s	Medal/s
Linda Amos	110 & 440y freestyle & relay	1 x bronze
Patricia Baines	110y butterfly
Richard Campion	440 & 1650y freestyle & 440 medley & relay	1 x bronze
Stanley Clarke	110y freestyle & relay	2 x bronze
Rodney Clayden	110 & 220y backstroke, freestyle relay	1 x bronze
Mary-Anne Cotterill	110y butterfly & medley relay	2 x silver
Jackie Enfield	110 & 220y breaststroke	1 x silver
Roddy Frame	440y medley
Dorinda Fraser	110 & 220y breaststroke	1 x bronze
Judy Gegan	110y butterfly
Terry Glenville	110 & 220y butterfly, medley relay	1 x silver
Sandra Keen	110y freestyle & relay	1 x bronze
Peter Kendrew	110y freestyle & medley & freestyle relay	3 x bronze
Sylvia Lewis	110 & 220y Backstroke	1 x silver, 1 x bronze
Liz Long	440y freestyle & relay	2 x bronze
Anita Lonsbrough	110/220 breaststroke, 440 freestyle & medley, relay	3 x gold, 1 x silver
Linda Ludgrove	110 & 220y backstroke & medley relay	2 x gold, 1 x silver
John Martin-Dye	110 & 440y freestyle & relay	2 x bronze
Neil Nicholson	110 & 220y breaststroke, medley relay	1 x silver, 1 x bronze
Jill Norfolk	110 & 220y backstroke
Graham Sykes	110y & 220y backstroke, medley silver	1 x gold, 1 x silver
Austin Verner	440y freestyle
Christopher Wilkinson	110 & 220y breaststroke
Diana Wilkinson	110y freestyle & medley & freestyle relay	1 x silver, 1 x bronze

Weightlifting

Name	Event/s	Medal/s
Carlton Goring	67.5 kg lightweight	1 x gold
George Manners	82.5 kg light heavyweight	1 x silver
Louis Martin	90 kg middle heavyweight	1 x gold
George Newton	60 kg featherweight	1 x gold
David Prowse	110 kg heavyweight

Wrestling

Name	Event/s	Medal/s
Len Allen	74 kg welterweight	1 x bronze
Peter Amey	68 kg lightweight
Bert Aspen	62 kg featherweight	1 x bronze
Tony Buck	90 kg light-heavyweight	1 x gold
Denis McNamara	100 kg heavyweight	1 x bronze
Walter Pilling	57 kg bantamweight	1 x silver

See also

• Great Britain at the 1960 Summer Olympics
• Great Britain at the 1964 Summer Olympics