1954 british empire and commonwealth games

The 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games were held in Vancouver, British Columbia. These were the first games since the name change from British Empire Games took effect in 1952. It was at these games that the 'Miracle Mile' between Roger Bannister and John Landy. This was the first time the two (and at that time the only) sub-four minute mile runners took part. The games were attended by 24 nations and 662 competitors.

Medals by country

ountry	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
a href="/encyclopedia/England" title="England">England	23	24	20	67
a href="/encyclopedia/Australia" title="Australia">Australia	20	11	17	48
a href="/encyclopedia/South-Africa" title="South Africa">South Africa	16	6	13	35
a href="/encyclopedia/Canada" title="Canada">Canada	9	20	14	43
a href="/encyclopedia/New-Zealand" title="New Zealand">New Zealand	7	7	5	19
a href="/encyclopedia/Scotland" title="Scotland">Scotland	6	2	5	13
a href="/encyclopedia/Rhodesia" title="Rhodesia">Rhodesia	2	4	0	6
a href="/encyclopedia/Trinidad-&-Tobago" title="Trinidad & Tobago">Trinidad & Tobago	2	2	0	4
a href="/encyclopedia/Northern-Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland	2	1	0	3
a href="/encyclopedia/Nigeria" title="Nigeria">Nigeria	1	3	3	7
a href="/encyclopedia/Pakistan" title="Pakistan">Pakistan	1	3	2	6
a href="/encyclopedia/Northern-Rhodesia" title="Northern Rhodesia">Northern Rhodesia	1	2	3	6
a href="/encyclopedia/Wales" title="Wales">Wales	1	1	5	7
a href="/encyclopedia/Jamaica" title="Jamaica">Jamaica	1	0	0	1
a href="/encyclopedia/Barbados" title="Barbados">Barbados	0	1	0	1
a href="/encyclopedia/Hong-Kong" title="Hong Kong">Hong Kong	0	1	0	1
a href="/encyclopedia/Uganda" title="Uganda">Uganda	0	1	0	1
a href="/encyclopedia/British-Guiana" title="British Guiana">British Guiana	0	0	1	1
a href="/encyclopedia/Southern-Rhodesia" title="Southern Rhodesia">Southern Rhodesia	0	0	1	1

Medals by event

Athletics

Event>

\|!align="center" bgcolor="gold" colspan="2"\|Gold \|!align="center" bgcolor="silver" colspan="2"\|Silver \|!align="center" bgcolor="#a67d3d" colspan="2"\|Bronze
00 Yards	Women	Marjorie Nelson (Jackson) (AUS)	10.7w	Winsome Cripps (AUS)	10.8w	Edna Maskell (NRH)	10.8w
20 Yards	Women	Marjorie Nelson (Jackson) (AUS)	24	Winsome Cripps (AUS)	24.5	Shirley Hampton (ENG)	25
0 Metres Hurdles	Women	Edna Maskell (NRH)	10.9w	Gwen Hobbins (CAN)	11.2w	Jean Desforges (ENG)	11.2w
igh Jump	Women	Thelma Hopkins (NIR)	1.67	Dorothy Tyler (ENG)	1.6	Alice Whitty (CAN)	1.6
ong Jump	Women	Yvette Williams (NZL)	6.08	Thelma Hopkins (NIR)	5.84	Jean Desforges (ENG)	5.84
hot	Women	Yvette Williams (NZL)	13.96	Jackie MacDonald (CAN)	12.98	Magdalena Swanepoel (SAF)	12.81
iscus	Women	Yvette Williams (NZL)	45.01	Suzanne Allday (ENG)	40.02	Marie Depree (CAN)	38.66
avelin	Women	Magdalena Swanepoel (SAF)	43.83	Pearl Fisher (NRH)	41.97	Shirley Couzens (CAN)	38.98
x 110 Yards Relay	Women	Australia (AUS)	46.8	England (ENG)	46.9	Canada (CAN)	47.8
00 Yards	Men	Mike Agostini (TRI)	9.6	Don McFarlane (CAN)	9.7	Hec Hogan (AUS)	9.7
20 Yards	Men	Don Jowett (NZL)	21.5	Brian Shenton (ENG)	21.5	Ken Jones (WAL)	21.9
40 Yards	Men	Kevan Gosper (AUS)	47.2	Don Jowett (NZL)	47.4	Terry Tobacco (CAN)	47.8
80 Yards	Men	Derek Johnson (ENG)	00:01:51	Brian Hewson (ENG)	00:01:51	Ian Boyd (ENG)	00:01:52
Mile	Men	Roger Bannister (ENG)	00:03:59	John Landy (AUS)	00:04:00	Rich Ferguson (CAN)	00:04:05
Miles	Men	Chris Chataway (ENG)	00:13:35	Fred Green (ENG)	00:13:37	Frank Sando (ENG)	00:13:37
Miles	Men	Peter Driver (ENG)	00:29:09	Frank Sando (ENG)	00:29:10	Jim Peters (ENG)	00:29:20
arathon	Men	Joseph McGhee (SCO)	02:39:36	Jack Mekler (SAF)	02:40:57	Johannes Barnard (SAF)	02:51:50
20 Yards Hurdles	Men	Keith Gardner (JAM)	14.2	Chris Higham (ENG)	14.9	Norman Williams (CAN)	14.9
40 Yards Hurdles	Men	David Lean (AUS)	52.4	Harry Kane (ENG)	53.3	Bob Shaw (WAL)	53.3
igh Jump	Men	Emmanuel Ifeajuna (NGR)	2.03	Patrick Etolu (UGA)	1.99	Nafio Osagie (NGR)	1.99
ole Vault	Men	Geoff Elliott (ENG)	4.26	Ron Miller (CAN)	4.2	Andries Burger (SAF)	4.13
ong Jump	Men	Ken Wilmshurst (ENG)	7.54	Karim Oluwu (NGR)	7.39	Sylvanus Williams (NGR)	7.22
riple Jump	Men	Ken Wilmshurst (ENG)	15.28	Peter Esiri (NGR)	15.25	Brian Oliver (AUS)	15.14
hot	Men	John Savidge (ENG)	16.77	John Pavelich (CAN)	14.95	Stephanus du Plessis (SAF)	14.93
iscus	Men	Stephanus du Plessis (SAF)	51.7	Roy Pella (CAN)	49.53	Mark Pharaoh (ENG)	47.84
ammer	Men	Muhammad Iqbal (PAK)	55.37	Jakobus Dreyer (SAF)	54.75	Ewan Douglas (SCO)	52.81
avelin	Men	James Achurch (AUS)	68.52	Muhammad Nawaz (PAK)	68.09	Jalal Khan (PAK)	67.5
x 110 Yards Relay	Men	Canada (CAN)	41.3	Nigeria (NGR)	41.3	Australia (AUS)	41.7
x 440 Yards Relay	Men	England (ENG)	00:03:11	Canada (CAN)	00:03:12	Australia (AUS)	00:03:16

Bowls

Event>

\|!align="center" bgcolor="gold" colspan="2"\|Gold \|!align="center" bgcolor="silver" colspan="2"\|Silver \|!align="center" bgcolor="#a67d3d" colspan="2"\|Bronze
ingles	Men	Ralph Hodges (RHO)	\|\|Jim Pirret (NZL)\|\|\|\|Arthur Saunders (SAF)\|\|
airs	Men	William Rosbotham & Percy Watson (NIR)	\|\|Sam Gardiner & Richard Williams (CAN)\|\|\|\|George Budge & John Carswell (SCO)\|\|
ours	Men	South Africa (SAF)	\|\|Hong Kong (HKG)\|\|\|\|Southern Rhodesia (SRH)\|\|

Boxing

Event>

\|!align="center" bgcolor="gold" colspan="2"\|Gold \|!align="center" bgcolor="silver" colspan="2"\|Silver \|!align="center" bgcolor="#a67d3d" colspan="2"\|Bronze
lyweight	Men	Dick Currie (SCO)	\|\|Abe Bekker (NRH)\|\|\|\|Warren Batchelor (AUS)\|\|
antamweight	Men	John Smillie (SCO)	\|\|Gordon Smith (RHO)\|\|\|\|Abubakar Idi Garuba (NGR)\|\|
eatherweight	Men	Leonard Leisching (SAF)	\|\|Malcolm Collins (WAL)\|\|\|\|Dave Charnley (ENG)\|\|
ightweight	Men	Piet van Staden (RHO)	\|\|Frank McQuillan (SCO)\|\|\|\|Brian Cahill (AUS)\|\|
ight Welterweight	Men	Mickey Bergin (CAN)	\|\|Aubrey Harris (RHO)\|\|\|\|Des Duguid (AUS)\|\|
elterweight	Men	Nicholas Gargano (ENG)	\|\|Rodney Litzow (AUS)\|\|\|\|Hendrik van der Linde (SAF)\|\|
ight Middleweight	Men	Wilf Greaves (CAN)	\|\|Freddy Wright (RHO)\|\|\|\|Bruce Wells (ENG)\|\|
iddleweight	Men	Johannes van der Kolff (SAF)	\|\|Arthur Crawford (RHO)\|\|\|\|Marcel Piau (CAN)\|\|
ight Heavyweight	Men	Piet van Vuuren (SAF)	\|\|Tony Madigan (AUS)\|\|\|\|Bill Misselbrooke (CAN)\|\|
eavyweight	Men	Brian Harper (ENG)	\|\|Gerry Buchanan (CAN)\|\|\|\|George Jenkins (SAF)\|\|

Cycling

Track

Event>

\|!align="center" bgcolor="gold" colspan="2"\|Gold \|!align="center" bgcolor="silver" colspan="2"\|Silver \|!align="center" bgcolor="#a67d3d" colspan="2"\|Bronze
rowspan=2 \|Time Trial	rowspan=2 \|Men	Dick Ploog (AUS)	00:01:12	\|\|\|\|Keith Harrison (ENG)\|\|00:01:13
lfred Swift (SAF)	00:01:12	\|\|\|\|\|\|
print	Men	Cyril Peacock (ENG)	\|\|\|\|\|\|Tom Shardelow (SAF)\|\|
ndividual Pursuit	Men	Norman Sheil (ENG)	00:05:03	Peter Brotherton (ENG)	00:05:09	Robert Fowler (SAF)	00:05:07
0 Miles Scratch	Men	Lindsay Cocks (AUS)	00:21:59	Keith Harrison (ENG)	\|\|Don Skene (WAL)\|\|

Road

Event>

\|!align="center" bgcolor="gold" colspan="2"\|Gold \|!align="center" bgcolor="silver" colspan="2"\|Silver \|!align="center" bgcolor="#a67d3d" colspan="2"\|Bronze
oad Race	Men	Eric Thompson (ENG)	02:44:08	John Baird (NZL)	NTT	Bernard Pusey (ENG)	NTT

Fencing

Event>

\|!align="center" bgcolor="gold" colspan="2"\|Gold \|!align="center" bgcolor="silver" colspan="2"\|Silver \|!align="center" bgcolor="#a67d3d" colspan="2"\|Bronze
oil	Men	Ren Paul (ENG)	\|\|John Fethers (AUS)\|\|\|\|Allan Jay (ENG)\|\|
oil - Team	Men	England (ENG)	\|\|Australia (AUS)\|\|\|\|Canada (CAN)\|\|
e	Men	Ivan Lund (AUS)	\|\|Ren Paul (ENG)\|\|\|\|Carl Schwende (CAN)\|\|
e - Team	Men	England (ENG)	\|\|Canada (CAN)\|\|\|\|Australia (AUS)\|\|
abre	Men	Mike Amberg (ENG)	\|\|Ralph Cooperman (ENG)\|\|\|\|John Fethers (AUS)\|\|
abre- Team	Men	Canada (CAN)	\|\|England (ENG)\|\|\|\|Australia (AUS)\|\|
oil	Women	Mary Glen-Haig (ENG)	\|\|Gillian Sheen (ENG)\|\|\|\|Aileen Harding (WAL)\|\|

Rowing

Event>

\|!align="center" bgcolor="gold" colspan="2"\|Gold \|!align="center" bgcolor="silver" colspan="2"\|Silver \|!align="center" bgcolor="#a67d3d" colspan="2"\|Bronze
ingle Sculls	Men	Don Rowlands (NZL)	00:08:28	Sidney Rand (ENG)	00:08:43	Bobby Williams (CAN)	00:08:51
ouble Sculls	Men	Mervyn Wood & Murray Riley (AUS)	00:07:55	Bob Parker & Reg Douglas (NZL)	00:08:05	Donald Guest & Lawrence Stephan (CAN)	00:08:29
oxless Pairs	Men	Bob Parker & Reg Douglas (NZL)	00:08:24	Tom Christie & Nicholas Clack (ENG)	00:08:24	Dave Anderson & Geoff Williamson (AUS)	00:08:30
oxed Fours	Men	Lionel Robberds, Dave Anderson, Peter Evatt, Geoff Williamson & Mervyn Wood (AUS)	00:07:58	Bruce Culpan, Kerry Ashby, Murray Ashby, William Tinnock & Stanley Gallagher (NZL)	00:08:04	Geoffrey Page, Roderick Macmillan, Alastair Davidson, Maurice Legg & David Glynne-Jones (ENG)	00:08:05
ights	Men	Canada (CAN)	00:06:59	England (ENG)	00:07:11	\|\|

Swimming

Event>

\|!align="center" bgcolor="gold" colspan="2"\|Gold \|!align="center" bgcolor="silver" colspan="2"\|Silver \|!align="center" bgcolor="#a67d3d" colspan="2"\|Bronze
10 Yards Freestyle	Men	Jon Henricks (AUS)	56.5	Cyrus Weld (AUS)	58.5	Rex Aubrey (AUS)	58.7
40 Yards Freestyle	Men	Gary Chapman (AUS)	00:04:40	Jack Wardrop (SCO)	00:04:41	Graham Johnston (SAF)	00:04:43
650 Yards Freestyle	Men	Graham Johnston (SAF)	00:19:01	Peter Duncan (SAF)	00:19:22	Gary Chapman (AUS)	00:19:28
10 Yards Backstroke	Men	John Brockway (WAL)	00:01:07	Lincoln Hurring (NZL)	00:01:07	Cyrus Weld (AUS)	00:01:09
20 Yards Breaststroke	Men	Jack Doms (NZL)	00:02:53	Peter Jervis (ENG)	00:02:53	Alan Hime (ENG)	0.002
x 220 Yards Freestyle Relay	Men	Australia (AUS)	00:08:48	Canada (CAN)	00:08:56	South Africa (SAF)	00:08:56
x 110 Yards Medley Relay	Men	Australia (AUS)	00:03:22	New Zealand (NZL)	00:03:27	Scotland (SCO)	00:03:27

Diving

Event>

\|!align="center" bgcolor="gold" colspan="2"\|Gold \|!align="center" bgcolor="silver" colspan="2"\|Silver \|!align="center" bgcolor="#a67d3d" colspan="2"\|Bronze
Metres Springboard Diving	Men	Peter Heatly (SCO)	146.76	Tony Turner (ENG)	145.27	Jack Stewart (NZL)	144.98
0 Metres Highboard Platform Diving	Men	Bill Patrick (CAN)	142.7	Kevin Newell (AUS)	142.06	Peter Heatly (SCO)	141.32

Swimming

Event>

\|!align="center" bgcolor="gold" colspan="2"\|Gold \|!align="center" bgcolor="silver" colspan="2"\|Silver \|!align="center" bgcolor="#a67d3d" colspan="2"\|Bronze
10 Yards Freestyle	Women	Lorraine Crapp (AUS)	00:01:06	Virginia Grant (CAN)	00:01:06	Joan Harrison (SAF)	00:01:08
40 Yards Freestyle	Women	Lorraine Crapp (AUS)	00:05:11	Gladys Pristley (CAN)	00:05:20	Margaret Girvan (SCO)	00:05:21
10 Yards Backstroke	Women	Joan Harrison (SAF)	00:01:15	Pat Symons (ENG)	00:01:17	Jean Stewart (NZL)	00:01:18
20 Yards Breaststroke	Women	Elenor Gordon (SCO)	00:02:59	Mary Morgan (SAF)	00:03:03	Margaret Grundy (ENG)	00:03:05
x 110 Yards Freestyle Relay	Women	South Africa (SAF)	00:04:34	Canada (CAN)	00:04:37	England (ENG)	00:04:42
x 110 Yards Medley Relay	Women	Scotland (SCO)	00:03:51	South Africa (SAF)	00:03:53	Australia (AUS)	00:03:56

Diving

Event>

\|!align="center" bgcolor="gold" colspan="2"\|Gold \|!align="center" bgcolor="silver" colspan="2"\|Silver \|!align="center" bgcolor="#a67d3d" colspan="2"\|Bronze
Metres Springboard Diving	Women	Ann Long (ENG)	128.26	Barbara McAulay (AUS)	127.74	Irene MacDonald (CAN)	126.19
0 Metres Highboard Platform Diving	Women	Barbara McAulay (AUS)	86.55	Eunice Miller (ENG)	79.86	Ann Long (ENG)	79.53

Weightlifting

Event>

\|!align="center" bgcolor="gold" colspan="2"\|Gold \|!align="center" bgcolor="silver" colspan="2"\|Silver \|!align="center" bgcolor="#a67d3d" colspan="2"\|Bronze
antamweight - Overall	Men	Maurice Megennis (ENG)	281	Frank Cope (ENG)	276.5	Keith Caple (AUS)	274
eatherweight - Overall	Men	Rodney Wilkes (TRI)	313	Jules Sylvain (CAN)	297	Ron Jenkins (WAL)	279
ightweight - Overall	Men	Vern Barberis (AUS)	347	George Nicholls (BAR)	344.5	Jan Pieterse (SAF)	333
iddleweight - Overall	Men	Jim Halliday (ENG)	362.5	Lionel de Freitas (TRI)	342	Julius Park (BGU)	338
ight Heavyweight - Overall	Men	Gerry Gratton (CAN)	403.5	Louis Greeff (SAF)	367	Bruce George (NZL)	353.5
iddle Heavyweight - Overall	Men	Keevil Daly (CAN)	399	Lennox Kilgour (TRI)	392	Joseph Barnett (ENG)	376.5
eavyweight - Overall	Men	Doug Hepburn (CAN)	471.5	Dave Baillie (CAN)	453.5	Harold Cleghorn (NZL)	421.5

Wrestling

Event>

\|!align="center" bgcolor="gold" colspan="2"\|Gold \|!align="center" bgcolor="silver" colspan="2"\|Silver \|!align="center" bgcolor="#a67d3d" colspan="2"\|Bronze
lyweight	Men	Louis Baise (SAF)	\|\|Fred Flannery (AUS)\|\|\|\|Muhammad Din (PAK)\|\|
antamweight	Men	Geoff Jameson (AUS)	\|\|Muhammad Amin (PAK)\|\|\|\|Ian Epton (NRH)\|\|
eatherweight	Men	Abraham Geldenhuys (SAF)	\|\|Herb Hall (ENG)\|\|\|\|John Armitt (NZL)\|\|
ightweight	Men	Godfrey Pienaar (SAF)	\|\|Ruby Leobovitch (CAN)\|\|\|\|Dick Garrard (AUS)\|\|
elterweight	Men	Nick Loubscher (SAF)	\|\|Abdul Rashid (PAK)\|\|\|\|Ray Myland (ENG)\|\|
iddleweight	Men	Hermanus van Zyl (SAF)	\|\|Jim Christie (CAN)\|\|\|\|Harry Kendall (ENG)\|\|
ight Heavyweight	Men	Jacob Theron (SAF)	\|\|Bob Steckle (CAN)\|\|\|\|Dan van Staden (NRH)\|\|
eavyweight	Men	Ken Richmond (ENG)	\|\|Keith Maltman (CAN)\|\|\|\|\|\|

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