Athletics at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

At the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games, the athletics events were held at Cardiff Arms Park in Cardiff, Wales 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 during the competition and three world records were set (at 440 yards hurdles, women's javelin, women's 4 × 110 yards relay).

Athletics at the 6th British Empire and Commonwealth Games
The now-modernised Cardiff Arms Park.
Dates	18–26 July 1958
Host city	Cardiff, Wales
Venue	Cardiff Arms Park
Level	Senior
Events	29
Participation	424 athletes from 32 nations
Records set	3 WR
← 1954 Vancouver 1962 Perth → 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games

Medal summary

Men

Medallists in men's athletics by event with link to details; also times, heights and distances

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards details	Keith Gardner (JAM)	9.66	Tom Robinson (BAH)	9.69	Mike Agostini (TRI)	9.79
220 yards details	Tom Robinson (BAH)	21.08	Keith Gardner (JAM)	21.11	Gordon Day (SAF)	21.15
440 yards details	Milkha Singh (IND)	46.71	Malcolm Spence (SAF)	46.9	Terry Tobacco (CAN)	47.05
880 yards details	Herb Elliott (AUS)	1:49.32	Brian Hewson (ENG)	1:49.47	Mike Rawson (ENG)	1:50.94
1 mile details	Herb Elliott (AUS)	3:59.03	Merv Lincoln (AUS)	4:01.80	Albie Thomas (AUS)	4:02.77
3 miles details	Murray Halberg (NZL)	13:14.96	Albie Thomas (AUS)	13:24.37	Neville Scott (NZL)	13:26.06
6 miles details	Dave Power (AUS)	28:48.16	John Merriman (WAL)	28:48.84	Arere Anentia (KEN)	28:51.48
Marathon details	Dave Power (AUS)	2:22:46	Johannes Barnard (SAF)	2:22:58	Peter Wilkinson (ENG)	2:24:42
120 yards hurdles (wind: +3.5 m/s) details	Keith Gardner (JAM)	14.20w	Jacobus Swart (SAF)	14.30w	Ghulam Raziq (PAK)	14.32w
440 yards hurdles details	Gert Potgieter (SAF)	49.73 (WR) GR	David Lean (AUS)	50.59	Bartonjo Rotich (KEN)	51.75
4 × 110 yards relay details	England Peter Radford Roy Sandstrom David Segal Adrian Breacker	40.72	Nigeria Thomas Obi Jimmy Omagbemi Victor Odofin Smart Akrara	41.05	Australia Jim McCann Hector Hogan Terry Gale Kevan Gosper	41.64
4 × 440 yards relay details	South Africa Gordon Day Gerald Evans Gert Potgieter Malcolm Spence	3:08.21	England Ted Sampson John Wrighton John Salisbury Derek Johnson	3:09.61	Jamaica Gerald James Malcolm Spence George Kerr Keith Gardner	3:10.08
High jump details	Ernle Haisley (JAM)	2.06 m	Chilla Porter (AUS)	2.03 m	Robert Kotei (GHA)	2.01 m
Pole vault details	Geoff Elliott (ENG)	4.17 m	Robert Reid (CAN)	4.17 m	Merv Richards (NZL)	4.17 m
Long jump details	Paul Foreman (JAM)	7.47 m	Deryck Taylor (JAM)	7.47 m	Muhammad Ramzan Ali (PAK)	7.33 m
Triple jump details	Ian Tomlinson (AUS)	15.74 m (w)	Jack Smyth (CAN)	15.69 m	Dave Norris (NZL)	15.45 m
Shot put details	Arthur Rowe (ENG)	17.58 m	Martyn Lucking (ENG)	16.50 m	Barry Donath (AUS)	15.79 m
Discus throw details	Fanie du Plessis (SAF)	55.94 m	Les Mills (NZL)	51.73 m	Gerry Carr (ENG)	51.63 m
Hammer throw details	Mike Ellis (ENG)	62.90 m	Muhammad Iqbal (PAK)	61.70 m	Peter Allday (ENG)	57.58 m
Javelin throw details	Colin Smith (ENG)	71.29 m	Jalal Khan (PAK)	70.83 m	Hans Moks (CAN)	70.41 m

Women

Medallists in women's athletics by event with link to details; also times, heights and distances

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
100 yards (wind: +0.3 m/s) details	Marlene Willard (AUS)	10.7	Heather Young (ENG)	10.73	Madeleine Weston (ENG)	10.81
220 yards details	Marlene Willard (AUS)	23.65 GR	Betty Cuthbert (AUS)	23.77	Heather Young (ENG)	23.9
80 metres hurdles (wind: +4.9 m/s) details	Norma Thrower (AUS)	10.72w	Carole Quinton (ENG)	10.77w	Gloria Wigney (AUS)	10.94w
4 × 110 yards relay details	England Heather Young June Paul Dorothy Hyman Madeleine Weston	45.37 (WR)	Australia Betty Cuthbert Kay Johnson Wendy Hayes Marlene Mathews-Willard	46.12	Canada Diane Matheson Eleanor Haslam Maureen Rever Freyda Berman	47.21
High jump details	Michele Mason (AUS)	1.70 m	Mary Donaghy (NZL)	1.70 m	Helen Frith (AUS)	1.65 m
Long jump details	Sheila Hoskin (ENG)	6.02 m (w)	Mary Bignal (ENG)	5.97 m (w)	Bev Watson (AUS)	5.97 m (w)
Shot put details	Val Sloper (NZL)	15.54 m	Suzanne Allday (ENG)	14.44 m	Jackie Gelling (CAN)	14.03 m
Discus throw details	Suzanne Allday (ENG)	45.91 m	Jennifer Thompson (NZL)	45.29 m	Val Sloper (NZL)	44.93 m
Javelin throw details	Anna Pazera (AUS)	57.40 m (WR)	Magdalena Swanepoel (SAF)	48.73 m	Averil Williams (ENG)	46.78 m

Medal table

Australia's Herb Elliott scored double gold with wins in the 880 yards and mile run.

  *   Host nation (Wales)

Medals won by nation, ranked and sortable, with totals

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Australia (AUS)	10	6	6	22
2	England (ENG)	8	7	7	22
3	Jamaica (JAM)	4	2	1	7
4	South Africa (SAF)	3	4	1	8
5	New Zealand (NZL)	2	3	4	9
6	Bahamas (BAH)	1	1	0	2
7	India (IND)	1	0	0	1
8	Canada (CAN)	0	2	5	7
9	Pakistan (PAK)	0	2	2	4
10	Nigeria (NGR)	0	1	0	1
	Wales (WAL)*	0	1	0	1
12	Kenya (KEN)	0	0	2	2
13	Ghana (GHA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (13 entries)		29	29	29	87

Participating nations

•  Australia (29)
• Bahamas (1)
• British Guiana (10)
• Canada (23)
• Ceylon (2)
•  England (88)
• Fiji (3)
•  Ghana (10)
• Gibraltar (2)
• Hong Kong (1)
•  India (12)
•  Isle of Man (3)
• Jamaica (8)
• Jersey (2)
• Kenya (10)
• Malaya (1)
• Mauritius (4)
•  New Zealand (19)
• Nigeria (30)
• North Borneo (1)
•  Northern Ireland (19)
•  Pakistan (13)
• Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (2)
• Sarawak (3)
•  Scotland (38)
• Sierra Leone (9)
• Singapore (1)
• South Africa (19)
• Southern Rhodesia (5)
• Trinidad and Tobago (8)
• Uganda (6)
• Wales (42)