Wrestling at the 1958 British Empire and Commonwealth Games was the sixth appearance of Wrestling at the Commonwealth Games. The events were held in Cardiff, Wales, and featured contests in eight weight classes.
The wrestling events were held in the Sophia Gardens Pavilion. South Africa topped the boxing medal table by virtue of winning four gold medals.
Medal table
Medallists Flyweight 52kg Bantamweight 57kg Featherweight 62kg Lightweight 68kg Welterweight 74kg Middleweight 82kg Light heavyweight 90kg Heavyweight 100kg
Results
Flyweight 52kg Winner Loser Score points fall 4.31 fall 5.06 Epton Griffiths w/o Flannery Bews fall 2.20 ud Din Christie fall 7.10 Epton ud Din fall 3.50 ud Din Flannery fall 5.42
Final positions: 1. Epton 2. ud-Din 3. Flannery 4. Christie 5.= Bews, Griffiths
Bantamweight 57kg Winner Loser Score points points points der Walt Isitore Jameson Gilligan fall 8.40 Akhtar Turnbull points Jameson der Walt fall 11.59 Akhtar Gilligan points Akhtar der Walt w/o
Final positions: 1. Akhtar 2. Jameson 3. van der Walt 4. Gilligan 5. Turnbull 6. Isitore
Featherweight 62kg Winner Loser Score fall 1.35 points points fall 1.39 Aspen McKee fall 1.50 Geldenhuys Bognuda fall 2.10 ud Din Parsons fall 4.12 Casperon Silva fall 4.35 Geldenhuys ud-Din draw Aspen Casperon draw Geldenhuys Parsons fall 6.01 Geldenhuys Casperon fall 3.50 Geldenhuys Aspen fall 11.10
Final positions: 1. Geldenhuys 2. ud-Duin 3. Aspen 4. Casperon 5. Parsons, 6.=Bognuda, Silva, McKee
Lightweight 68kg Winner Loser Score fall 1.26 points fall 11.34 points Hall Lougheed points Ries Yates fall 1.59 Duncan Medlin draw Ashraf Perera fall 0.43 Ashraf Hall points Duncan Ries fall 4.10 Ashraf Ries points
Final positions: 1. Ashraf 2. Duncan 3. Ries 4. Hall 5. Medlin 6.= Perera, Lougheed, Yates
Welterweight 74kg Winner Loser Score points points fall 4.02 points McKenzie points Pandey De Villiers points Bambacus Ickringill points Hobson Scott points Bashir Boese ret 6.00 Pandey Bambacus points de Villiers Hobson fall 4.41 Bashir Pandey points De Villiers Bambacus points
Final positions: 1. Bashir 2. Pandey 3. de Villiers 4. Bambacus 5=. Boese, Hobson 7=. Ickringill, McKenzie, Scott
Middleweight 82kg Winner Loser Score fall 4.52 fall 0.59 fall 6.05 points Farquhar Bailey fall 2.43 Myland Runzer points van Zyl Courtney points Murphy Rashid draw Farquhar Myland fall 2.41 van Zyl Rashid w/o van Zyl Farquhar fall 3.50 van Zyl Myland fall 2.50
Final positions: 1. van Zyl 2. Farquhar 3. Myland 4. Rashid 5. Murphy 6.= Runzer, Courtney, Bailey
Light heavyweight 90kg Winner Loser Score fall 1.45 fall 4.50 points Dodd fall 1.15 Theron Fowler points Kendall McRitchie fall 1.53 Ali Steckle points Kendall Fowler points Theron Steckle fall 7.57 Ali Theron draw Steckle Kendall points
Final positions: 1. Theron 2. Ali 3. Steckle 4. Kendall 5. Fowler 6.= McRitchie, Dodd
Heavyweight 100kg Winner Loser Score draw points fall 1.03 fall 5.00 Mitchell Nazir points Silva Richmond fall 5.20 Hanekom Harvey fall 5.32 Ram Costello points Nazir Silva points Hanekom Mitchell points Ram Mitchell fall 4.55 Ram Hanekom points
Final positions: 1. Ram 2. Hanekom 3. Mitchell 4. Nazir 5. Silva 6.=Costello, Richmond, Harvey.
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