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).

Medal summary Men + Medallists in men's athletics 9.66 9.69 9.79 21.08 21.11 21.15 46.71 46.9 47.05 1:49.32 1:49.47 1:50.94 3:59.03 4:01.80 4:02.77 13:14.96 13:24.37 13:26.06 28:48.16 28:48.84 28:51.48 2:22:46 2:22:58 2:24:42 14.20w 14.30w 14.32w 49.73 (WR) GR 50.59 51.75Peter RadfordRoy SandstromDavid SegalAdrian Breacker 40.72Thomas ObiJimmy OmagbemiVictor OdofinSmart Akrara 41.05Jim McCannHector HoganTerry GaleKevan Gosper 41.64Gordon DayGerald EvansGert PotgieterMalcolm Spence 3:08.21Ted SampsonJohn WrightonJohn SalisburyDerek Johnson 3:09.61Gerald JamesMalcolm SpenceGeorge KerrKeith Gardner 3:10.08 2.06 m 2.03 m 2.01 m 4.17 m 4.17 m 4.17 m 7.47 m 7.47 m 7.33 m 15.74 m (w) 15.69 m 15.45 m 17.58 m 16.50 m 15.79 m 55.94 m 51.73 m 51.63 m 62.90 m 61.70 m 57.58 m 71.29 m 70.83 m 70.41 m

Women + Medallists in women's athletics 10.7 10.73 10.81 23.65 GR 23.77 23.9 10.72w 10.77w 10.94wHeather YoungJune PaulDorothy HymanMadeleine Weston45.37 (WR)Betty CuthbertKay JohnsonWendy HayesMarlene Mathews-Willard 46.12Diane MathesonEleanor HaslamMaureen ReverFreyda Berman 47.21 1.70 m 1.70 m 1.65 m 6.02 m (w) 5.97 m (w) 5.97 m (w) 15.54 m 14.44 m 14.03 m 45.91 m 45.29 m 44.93 m 57.40 m (WR) 48.73 m 46.78 m

Medal table

Participating nations

(29) (1) (10) (23) (2) (88) (3) (10) (2) (1) (12) (3) (8) (2) (10) (1) (4) (19) (30) (1) (19) (13) (2) (3) (38) Sierra Leone (9) (1) (19) (5) (8) (6) (42)

References

Results Commonwealth Games Medallists - Men. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-08-30. Commonwealth Games Medallists - Women. GBR Athletics. Retrieved on 2010-08-30.